The Changing Seasons is a monthly challenge hosted by Cardinal Guzman. The rules are simple. Choose an area and every month take pictures of that area.
I chose my flowerbeds. Starting in January they were quite barren. Six months into the year and they are busting with blooms!
Autumn Sage and Knockout Roses
Gerber Daisy
Yellow Roses
Oleander
Joseph’s Coat Rose
I have 2 new additions this month. The first is a little Bald Cypress. We found it on sale at Walmart for $5.00! And the little guy is quite healthy.
Bald Cypress
The second is a Hardy Hibiscus. I have killed many hibiscus. Each year I swear I’ll get it inside before the first freeze and every year I fail. But Tina found me this Hardy Hibiscus. She was told it should survive a Texas winter….lets hope for the best!
In case you question the chicken wire around the plants….remember I have a Labrador Retriever named Sugar!!
Hardy Hibiscus
Yellow Rose
Black Eyed Susan Vine
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Good idea with the chicken wire to protect against Sugar the Labrador.
Thanks! Plants don’t have a chance against Sugar the first year of life!!
Dogs & kids can be brutal to plants sometimes!
Beautiful flowers! Nice selection you have there 😃
I love Hibiscus. We have a couple of different varieties that work up here at the north pole (giggle)
Hibiscus moscheutos, which have dinner plate sized blooms. Actually native here! They grow like a perennial, dieing back in winter. We also have hibiscus syringa or Rose of Sharon. These are woody shrubs and bloom regular sized blooms (4 ish inches). I think you may have a dinner plate one there… can’t wait to see it!
Your garden looks spectacular … so many beautiful flowers!! I also couldn’t help notice your stylized sun wall art. Love it!
Thank you Joanne!
The rain has been very helpful this year!!
I love “sun art!”