This is one of my backyard beds. It is facing east and gets the morning sun. Those are pentas in the front, and sunflowers and silver fog in the back. I was told that they all love Florida heat and rain, that's why I chose them.
This was taken three weeks later. The sunflowers really took off! As of today I have 18 sunflowers, and more buds look like they are coming in. The other flowers are doing well also. The only thing I wished someone warned me about- sunflowers are big time bee attractors. Not that I have a problem with bees, it's just that with so many sunflowers we have a ton of bees. I may plant some butterfly attractors there next year, those seem a little more, well, tame.
This was my vegetable garden a little while after I planted it. It faces north and gets sun most of the day. You can see tiny tomato sprouts in the back, leafy onion sprouts in the middle, and my rosemary and thyme in the front.
Here it is a week ago. As you can see things exploded! I had to stake my tomatoes and peppers, since they were tipping under their own weight. The onions seem to be doing great! I hope they last until a cold snap, I hear that makes them sweeter :) the marigolds took over the space for my thyme, and the rosemary is good. Rosemary seems to be one of those things that does better the less you fuss with it. I would definitely recommend it for beginners.
These are the infamous plants I got from Greenfest back in February, the plants that started it all! The three on the left are gardenias, and the one on the right is jasmine. Note that the jasmine is only about a foot tall. They also face east.
The jasmine is now over 6 feet tall! I trimmed it back a few days ago, but wow! It definitely climbs when you allow it to. I will get a bunch of trellises and put them along my north facing fence next year and let some of these things go to town! My gardenias aren't getting very tall, but they are getting "bushier" and fatter. They were the most delicate of all my flowers at first, but seem pretty good now.
This is my baby! It's my southern magnolia tree! I took my share of income tax money and bought myself a baby tree. Most people would call me crazy but I fell in love with this tree. She bloomed a single flower this year before the season ended, and it lasted one day. But boy that flower was so beautiful! I could go on and on about my tree, so maybe I'll do that in a separate blog ;)
This is my pink and white crepe myrtle, and my front garden bed with the yellow hibiscus and lemon/lime bushes. Just planted them Wednesday, hope they last until winter at least!!Well that's all for pictures now! Peace out!
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