Things are in full swing in the garden - bees are buzzing, flowers are blooming, leaves are expanding, plants are growing, everything there is life (except where there is death).
I apologize for the lull in posting photos. My camera is currently traveling overseas (along with my wife), but my kindly neighbor Christian generously lent me his camera so that I could capture some scenes from the early May garden.
(There are a lot of photos, so I'll split them into two posts. This post will focus on the back garden, the next one on the front and side gardens.)
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Lantana camara 'Miss Huff', first year in the garden, first blooms. |
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Penstemon x mexicali 'Red Rocks', first year in the garden |
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Looks like there should be lots of crabapples this year on the 'Sugar Tyme' crab. |
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Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) wilting in early May. Not a good sign of drought tolerance when we're still 5-6 weeks away from the official start of summer. |
Stay tuned, more photos coming soon from the front garden!