Oh MY GOODNESS;It is soooo pretty.In the first 2 pictures, whats growing in the hanging baskets?Pretty, and the Lupines are very pretty.Those things was fully grown when you bought them,right?They are Tall. Pictures 3 and 4 are sooo pretty, too.I really love them.Them Iris'e looks so pretty in the corner there.What is the Tall redish thing in picture 4 at the corner of your porch.Is that your Clematis Tower?.That front is going to be so pretty when the other plants start blooming.That yellow iris is pretty, too.I planted a yellow one last year and this year its blue.Not a trace of yellow on it.. I had to go early this morniing for blood tests,and when I was finished,I stopped by the feed store,as they have a nursery at the side of the feed store building. I stopped to see if he had brought any WAVE PETUNIA'S yet.He told me about 2 weeks ago, they were too small yet,and he should have thrm in about 2 weeks. They have aa nursery about 10 miles out of town at their home, they operate only in the spring,and bring their plants in to town and sell in a little nursery building by the feed store.Well, he had the wave Petunias today.They not blooming yet, but, sure some nice plants.They had so many beautiful plants of all kinds,and gorgeous Zinia's,several different kinds, Ballon flowers were gorgeous.I was sure wanting to bring a couple trays of plants home to plant between other things.But, I passes on it.

Jean

Jean- There are red petunias in the hanging basket. The thing by the side of my porch is the clematis tower, you guessed correctly. It is very easily seen from the street.

I guess the flower spikes on the lupines are about 2 feet tall. I know there are very tall lupines but this is the new shorter kind. They looked like this when I bought them.

Rita, Your lupines are so pretty. I have a daughter who lives in New Zealand so I have been there to visit many times and if you would like to see wild lupines by the thousands, go to New Zealand in the late spring or earlly summer (south island) and drive from Christchurch across the island to the west. The lupines grow like weeds by the roadsides and in the mountain meadows and come in every imaginable color. It's a wonderland of lupines.

Christine

Those lupines are beautiful. Are they perennial? Lowe's here have somthing similar, my beds are pretty full. I have 1 white foxglove, planted two, but only one survived. Over the years it gets expensive losing those perrenials. That's why I love daylilies. I also have yarrow, black eyed susan (rudbeccia) azaleas, cleome, iris,spanish blue bells, plumbago, white becky daisies, clematis, seeding phlox, bleeding heart, peonies, and lots of tiger liles that come back. Your yard is really good. love the stacked stone.

Had no idea that lupines got that big. They are very pretty.

That view from the road looks like a show-stopper! The clematis really shows up, too. Very nicely done, Rita.

Vickie

More garden pictures from today.

Violas between the daylilies.

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TB Iris are showing off today.

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Can't wait for all these lilies to bloom.

I adore those violas, they are my all time favorite spring flower. The lupines are awesome, your yard looks fantastic already.

Sharon

Just beautiful garden shots. Love the Lupines too!! I added a few last summer. Your lilies look great too!! They will look stunning in front of the fence, and what a nice backdrop for the daylilies!! Looks like you have a little room between the daylilies and lilies to walk through so you can get good close ups. Keep posting your pics
Cindy

Pictures mostly from yesterday although I did take some in the rain today.

Front yard path.

Near the backyard daylily plateau.

Pots on the Patio.

A very blue Iris.

Hanging basket in the sideyard garden.

Blackberries in bloom.

Forgot the Iris group picture taken yesterday.

Your garden is looking great! That was the first pic that I have seen of your violas and they are wonderful! The lupines are going to be a wonderful addition. I just adore the colors that they come in... so vibrant and such a unique range.

Very beautiful. The TB Irises are really showing off for you. I love the Lupines too. This is the first year the voles didn't get mine!! Ellie

Wow! I just love these garden shots of your gardens. Soo Pretty.That IRIS IS BLUE alright.A very pretty blue, too. I hope you take some pictures of all them Lilies all in a row,when they bloom.The ones you sent me is begining to bloom real good, too now,and they are soo pretty.My youngest daughter came here early this morning to bring me to the Dr.(The one that insists I take statin drugs) and I have several groups of Red blooming abd One group of yellows.She loved them,too.

Jean

Rita;What is the Red blooms in the background of your Bearded Iris's blooming? Them Iris's are very pretty.Mine seems to have went to pot.They all turned into one color, b ut they are so thick.I had plenty room in the bed when I planted them quite a few years ago,and now they are packed in the bed.Your suppose to transplant them and divide them in JUly here,and its just too hot here then.

Jean

That would be my red petunias.

Rita, I love lupines and bearded iris. But I can't grow either...believe me I've tried. So keep your pics coming so that I can admire them from afar. You garden is soooo purdy!
Kathy

Just love the daylily plateau! The colors of the irises (especially the blue!) are so pretty. You have such a wonderful place and I'm sure you enjoy it very much.

Vickie

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Lupines in the sun.

Iris in the rain.

Just Spectacular!

I am thrilled that some Violas are now perennials rather than re-seeders. I have some too. Love their pansy faces. They bloom again in fall for me.

I see your new Clematis...Is that Blue Light?

Those lilies are going to be amazing.

That one in the picture is MRS CHOLMONDELEY. It is one of four potted clematis sitting over there waiting until I get a chance to plant them. And there are honeysuckles there too waiting.

I was never interested in violas when they only had the annual kinds. But now many are supposed to be perennial. I will just have to wait and see. But I love them so far, so many blooms. Constant blooms. Much more so than any pansies I have ever had. I am pleased.

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Those daylilies I planted on the slope by the driveway sure are looking good.

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A patio view.

Here is one of the pots I planted with annuals.

My Clematis on the front yard tower are still looking good.

Everything is just looking so beautiful, Rita. The violas really look good, the iris are beautiful and the clematis are to die for! Lovely garden.
kay

Those daylilies on the slope just did really well for you!! That was a super idea.
cindy

I have been super pleased this spring that I thought up the idea to plant these daylilies there on the driveway slope last year. Of course last August when I was actually planting them in the middle of a big heatwave with sky high humidity, I had to keep reminding myself that it was a good idea.

In fact I was so pleased that I added that very last row this spring. That actually went very easily. I guess because it was cool out and the part of the slope I was working on was easy to reach.

It all looks great, Rita. You've got to be excited to see the blooms this year! Your pictures are surely making me wish we could grow lupines here. I've had to content myself with adding the "spiky" texture using Veronicas and perennial salvias. Anything "spiky" looks good as a contrast to daylilies, IMHO.

I realized this spring (DUH, big revelation) that I had too much strappy leaves and not enough of other textures in the garden. I am awash in my favorites which are daylilies, lilies and now iris. So the lupines, as well as those beautiful flowers, gave me those lovely lace like leaves. Of course, I am not getting rid of my strappy leaves, just trying to add some contrast. There is not much I have here that flowers in tall spikes so that is another reason for the lupines. But the bottom reason is that I just flipped for the colors and the flowers.

I had though of getting Delphiniums but I don't know how they would do here and just ran out of steam with all the other garden additions. I would also like to bring back the tall hollyhocks as mine died out last year from hollyhock rust (not related to rose or daylily rust). I got some shorter hollyhocks this spring to try.

One thing I do use for spikey summer color are gladiolas. I used to plant the full sized ones but since I discoved the shorter just wonderful Glamini Glads I am only planting those this year. I also grow some annual blue salvias which are likely perennial for you down there.