Cobalt blue; my favorite color! Lovely pics as always but where's Alfie?

Alfie has been busy helping me critique the posies which I expected were going to be orange mallows, except they are pink! He says he likes them just fine. I'm not so sure. I wanted orange. I didn't even know they came in pink ...

Cobalt blue is also a favorite of mine, and those are striking. Everything looks just beautiful, as always, and so glad Alfie can be of help.

The colors are so vibrant! I love the exploding blue bottle tree! You have a true skill with placement and pairing of plants to create a lovely scene. That is a very nice blue salvia, I wonder which it is?

Simply Gorgeous

Thanks to all who looked. Probably most people are more interested in seeing plants rather than garden decor. That's understandable so I try to do both.

I thought of the name of the cobalt blue salvia from Mara. She passes along the neatest plants! It's Salvia reptans!

Ragna, do you know if deer bother salvia reptans?

Mine is in the back yard, but this site says deer resistant.

salvia reptans it is. There is a naming conflict so The name might be one of those in flux. The Deer do not bother them in my yard but I have had some bug problems. I will have one at the San Antonio swap.

Nothing new, nothing exciting, just wanted to share with a few of you the enjoyment felt in the garden this morning.

Bunny grass; so pretty, so easy to grow. Why don't we hear more about it? ...

Esperanza leaning for the light ...

With all this rain the Thyallis must be 20 ft. across. Such a wonderful evergreen shrub that blooms all season with just a few hours of sun a day ...

And of course there's my constant companion, the always happy Alfie.

(Let's ignore the wheel barrow of mulch waiting to be spread ... :-)

Your photos are always such a treat!

I love bunny grass and kill it every time!

What has Alfie got "treed" there?

Mara, would you like to trade your s. reptans for a pup of A. bracteosa or A. parrasana?

Omar

Always enjoy seeing your pictures! Beautiful!

Alfie is so dang cute. He seems to have so much personality. :D

Thank you. Don't know what Alfie is pointing at, but not much escapes his attention. He loves toys and he's always bringing us odd things he finds in the leaves I collect from curb side to use as mulch. We never have figured out what some of them are. They are parts to toys and tools I guess. He has a nice collection ... lol

Pam, sorry you haven't been able to keep bunny grass going. It likes full sun, by the way. Strange, but a friend kept giving me starts of Ruby crystal grass and it would not 'take'. Finally it came up by itself, from seed of the failed transplants I suppose, and has been reseeding nicely ever since.

Nice dream garden Ragna. We are still away and won't be back in ten days. The only thing exploding is our tummy. Thank you for sending me the garden link. What a treat.

Ah Mizan, so they've been feeding you and Mike well in Malaysia! It's good to get a note from across the seas ... :-)

I'll bet you're also enjoying seeing lots of beautiful tropical plants over there.

I hope not a touch of bad food. Our stomach can really pay a number on us when we travel..