Hooked on Flowers

Did you know I'm hooked on flowers?  

Yep... there may be a 12 step program to defeat it, but I'm not going to the meetings!

I am passionate about planting flowers.  

I love to make arrangements in pots.  I love the instant gratification that the annuals give me and they are easy to maintain!

 These frilly Geraniums are called "Summer Twist"

and I couldn't be happier with them.  They've branched out really well and the flowers last a very long time.  

I put Bacopa at the base and some Star Flower (Isotoma) to fill in around the geraniums.

Above the geraniums is this long planter filled with these Vinca Titan plants.  

They are called Lavender Blue Halo

I mixed in some Vinca vine which has been slow to get going. 

By my back door are my two plant stands that I turned into planters.  I've set a few decorative items below.  I blogged about this creation here

Both of these planters flank the back door slider....

These haven't quite turned out as I had hoped.   

The Violas are going to get trimmed back heavily so the begonias will show up better. 

This hanging basket has taken off nicely.  The Creeping Jenny is a great for hanging baskets and I have some growing out in my perennial beds.

 I didn't know the Creeping Jenny would flower like this.  I planted it one year thinking it was an annual but it keeps coming back.  I love how it spills over the little wall.

My window box is coming along but right now the flowers are in one of those transitions where there aren't many blooms.

My Fairy Garden (in the background) is coming along nicely.

That is a purple Bacopa on the left. The bees love it!

 The pot that these are in is actually a huge bowl I bought on clearance from Pottery Barn a couple of years ago.  We drilled a couple of holes in the bottom I could use it as a planter.

My big pot on the bicycle stand has gone crazy.

 I put a an Alyssum in it called Clear Crystal White and this variety produces large flowers...there are some Superbells called Lemon slice mixed in there too along with some more vinca vine and Purple Archangel (Angelonia)

These little pots have some more Vinca called Cooler Rose and my favorite Violas....and

I think that's a weed on the left! LOL

I mixed this Saratoga Lime Nicotiana with these reds and pinks and I really love the color mix.

 I need to rotate it more often- it has gotten lopsided...

 This is my burlap wrapped watering can I blogged about a while back (here)

These rusty buckets have been aging with my (abuse) care for the past 3 years...the bottoms are a little iffy so I've placed them on the mulch just in case they let go!

My Endless Summer Hydrangeas are starting to flower- which makes me soo happy!  Last year I had no flowers due to some untimely frosts!

My lilies are blooming all around my yard...

If you'd like please visit my other blog for my gardens at "Sit With Me In My Garden"

 and see my most recent post.

 I sit here and try to enjoy my gardens and the birds (real ones) at least once a day.

 

Some Tiny Pearl Asiatic Lilies

So like I said I'm a flower freak!

Don't forget to pop on by my garden blog

and snoop around....

Love to hear from you!