I was just looking back at my pictures from 2010 and 2011 - I forgot how it all looked! I'm so happy I have this thread! It's fun to see how my flower garden has morphed over the last couple of seasons.

Since my mom-in-law, Pammy, planted some stuff in October 2011, I'm curious to see what she did. I know she planted Crocuses (is that the right spelling?), Daffodils, and the Iris bulbs that Jenn split from her garden, and some other bulb that I can't remember the name. I have no idea where she put it all! So it'll be a surprise as they pop up!

Stay tuned for pictures of what's popping out of the ground!....

Can't wait!

Here's what's popping out in my garden out in front of my home!

Crocus

the last pic is Crocus flowers, I LOVE THEM and i keep forgetting to plant some! in the 5ths pic by the sprinkler head those are daffodils, another fav of mine you front gets more sun then mine! cant wait to see more.
2nd from bottom i think is hyacinth flower....

Yes! That's it! Hyacinth!
You SO smart!

So I'll a handful of pansies that survived my hubby (LOL!), crocus, hyacinth, iris and daffodils...oh! and around the base of the trees, hopefully the lillies (star gazers, i think) will come back, and off to the side, day lillies.

Hopefully the balloon flowers will come back too....

Beautiful! Love the crocus especially! I hope your stargazers come back, they're my favorites of the Asiatic lilies.

I love flowers but can't seem to get in to gardening. Wish I could but I just go out there and start digging and get so overwhelmed with how much work there is to do and give up and have a drink...lol! I will just live vicariously through you all!

lharris wrote:

I love flowers but can't seem to get in to gardening. Wish I could but I just go out there and start digging and get so overwhelmed with how much work there is to do and give up and have a drink...lol! I will just live vicariously through you all!

LOL!
I'm not all that into gardening either - I love to have flowers, but don't like digging in the dirt. I just buy the stuff. Luckily, hubby and Pammy (MIL) loves gardening so I just say what kind of flowers I like, and they have at it. Pammy is more artistic when gardening, and I think I am going to pleasantly surprised as the plants and flowers start to come in.

Updated pics from today - I got more flowers blooming and budding!

looking good claudia! i need to take an update picture of my yard too

Oh my gosh, so pretty! Forgive me if you've said this before, but what are those bushes you have in the back there that are currently void of leaves?

Huskyluv wrote:

Oh my gosh, so pretty! Forgive me if you've said this before, but what are those bushes you have in the back there that are currently void of leaves?

Burning bushes. The leaves start out green, and by Fall, they 'burn' and turn deep red.

Oh okay, I think Jenn has those as well if I'm remembering correctly.

Huskyluv wrote:

Oh okay, I think Jenn has those as well if I'm remembering correctly.

Yes, Jenn has a big one on the right side of her house if you're facing the house from the street. I don't want mine to get that big, but I wish it was more full. A friend had some that were really full and when it burned it was so pretty!

I'm jealous! I don't know if they would survive down here, I've never seen one in person.

So the leaves fall off of your burning bushes in the winter? Here in VA, ours just get kind of nasty looking (kind or a red + green = brown look) all winter until they green up in the spring.

Looking good, Claudia! I need to update my thread. I think I could have watched my plants actually growing today. There is so much more growth on them now than first thing this morning!

Yep i have a SWEET burning bush bout the only thing the house came with in the yard i plan on keeping all the leafs fall off in winter. im so happy it has such a nice round shape, i have seen some that are odd looking. if you look in my 2011 thread im sure you will see it

Updated pics!

Lillies are starting to come up!




We still have a few gaps to fill in the lower retaining wall toward the center, but we wanted to see how things would fill in first.




And here's all the bulbs my mom-in-law planted, which are all blooming!

So pretty! Now come do my yard! lol.

You're gaden's are beautiful!! I wish I had a green thumb like you!

Omg beautiful! Can I borrow you to fix my yard? ?

SaraB wrote:

So pretty! Now come do my yard! lol.

Hayden_69 wrote:

You're gaden's are beautiful!! I wish I had a green thumb like you!

MetalMama wrote:

Omg beautiful! Can I borrow you to fix my yard? ?

I wish I could take credit, but last Fall, hubby's mom came and planted the bulbs and mixed in compost in the entire retaining wall which I think, with the early Spring, made everything come in healthy! Hubby maintains the front and backyard. I just water my herb garden!

Just a few updated pics!



Balloon flowers starting to sprout!


Hosta coming back nicely!




Day lillies!


I thought these were the irises that Jenn gave me when she split hers up, but I thought they were blue/purple-ish ones?

I am SUPER jealous! We can't plant anything at our house bc the dirt is so bad and it costs a fortune to have new dirt brought in!