More pink blooms. Lotus and Mandevella's
Transition from Spring to Summer Containers
Here is a pretty cool Brugmansia; First the trumpet shape flower appears clear yellow ...
The following day the trumpet turns pure white ...
Will share with you the next development of the above Angel trumpet (Brugmansia) next. Now let's see the Inflorescent (flower stalk) of a Plumeria;
The hot pink crinum fully open up a week ago today.
An American Goldfinch stopped by on its way North that day.
Back to the Brugmansia or Angel trumpet. The final beauty shone through the following morning; It's actually a pink trumpet(s)!
The 'Football' Lily that same day;
Last one for the evening. The Lotus blossom and arial friend. Hope you've enjoyed the pictures. Common in and share your joy of containers gardening. Until we meet again. Happy spring.
Kim
Kim, loved seeing all your beautiful containers! Thanks for sharing with us! We are so far behind this year, I'm not sure any of mine will have time to fill in before winter sets in again, lol! Our lilacs are just now blooming, so they are about 3-4 weeks behing where they usually are. Ughh! But that's what's so great about gardening on line! I can enjoy all the wonderful plants that won't ever get here, lol!
Thank you skellogg for your compliment. The weather indeed is very unusual this year. Lilac, lilac is a much loved plants here. What I've in the garden isn't perform well I've yet to find one that thrives here. They don't have enough 'chills hours' down South I don't think.
You're Welcome! Not enough "chill" is not something we ever think about here, lol! But love the wonderful fragrance from the lilacs! They do wonderful here, so almost everyone has tons of them. Seems that when we actually find something that grows good here, everyone plants tons of them! The great part is that the whole neighborhood smells wonderful! Love your football lily! I don't think I've ever seen one of them before!
The 'Football' lily was a gift from a fellow gardener. It reminds me of her gentle way every time I care for the plant. I'm glad you enjoyed it as well. Here is a new one I recently introduced into the garden. I call these 'Blue Butterflies' plant. (Clerodrendron blue).
Thanks for sharing your garden.
Many of those do not grow here, so it was interesting to see the pictures of your garden.
Caroline
Hello Caroline from Calgary Canada. Many of these 'container grown plants' are not hardy here either. They're truly 'tropical perennials'. It requires hard work on my part. For these containers are portable and are being overwintered indoor.
Pandora vine's blooms. This tropical vine will provide a long season of blooming all through the summer.
OT; sunset in the garden one evening. ^_^
The front of the garden spring time make-over.
Before pix;
Other seasonal containers and hanging baskets.
Work is in progress ....
One is down, one more to finish.
Another crinum bloomed that day. June 10th. 'Milk & Wine' crinum. This bulb is hardy in my zone.
More of the crinum 'Milk & Wine' blossoms. Tempermental plants, require sun/shade just right. I've many of these for many years. Only this particular one blooms consistently every year. Others, just foliage.
The make-over continued;
It is so much fun seeing your transition from spring to summer! I just finished putting seeds in for morning glories and marigolds and such today, hahahaha! It is still very cool in the evenings, down to about 40 most nights, so definately not ready for summer yet! I'm guessing that Calgary isn't any warmer yet, teeheehee!
skellogg, it's getting very very hot down here in the mid 90'ish most days. Ha, 40 is a tad cold. I'd gladly take it in the mid 50-60 lol.
Here is a delightful bloom, 'Hookerii' from one of the hanging baskets. The bloom opens sometime during the night, and lasted onto the early morning hours.
Link to the above Orchid cactus bloom; http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2100/
One of my fav. container is the Penta, salvias, verbenas and nemesias combo.
The Lotus at its peak blooms.
Drove out of town this afternoon late to get a rock or 2, and noticed up in the higher hills the crocuses are just now starting to bloom ;-)
Love that combination planter, Lily!
Great gravel path. Maybe an idea for my gardens. I have a path thats mulch and flagstone odds and ends.
Kim, you're yard and paths and planters are gorgeous! It must be wonderful living on the water's edge! Do you start most of your annuals for your pots from seed?
Lily_love,
Your garden is awesome! Great combos
Ge, thanks. The gravel path is my hubby's idea. It turns out nice, there's a the bonus as it's functional. Our yard is slight slope and he was redesigning the area to faciliate drainage for the lawn. Or what we've left of the lawn. Skellogg, I used to devoted the front garden for spring bulbs planting. But the past couple of years I'm shifting from mass bulbs planting into containers -- then the project evolved into a transitional planting to promote a longer growing season. No, I used nursery plants since I can see what I really wanted according to height, color and textures ect. The tropical perennials however, are maintained over the years. The little old spring bulbs garden is gradually turned into a perennial planting which is work in progress at present.
Small Xeric garden this past week.
'Honey Dew drops' a tropical initial flush of blooms for the season.
Ooops, I called the above flower "Honey Dew Drops" but actually this is what's it. A family of the verbena. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1320/
Another of those durantas, this one's color is a lighter shade of blue.
Alamanda 'Jubilee' first bloom, another tropical.
