Byrd's Eye View

Last summer, I spent endless hours making a natural area that covered most of my front yard. I did this as a labor of love to my husband who push mows a quite large yard every week...I planted pink mums against silver dust against a huge elephant ear on one side...I planted the orange day lilies against white mums against some sort of bush that starts with a C with another huge bush (also don't know the name) with white flowers on the other...thats entangled on the other side..and there's azelas and rhododendrums in there too.
Then in this labor of love natural area, I have sections of irises, hostas, ferns, silver dust, yellow mums, daylillies, that monkey grass stuff, and green leaf (turn red in the fall)bushes that surround the pines and dogwoods...the ferns died...they 'aint' coming back.
the hybiscus in back also died last winter...wonder if that will come back...prob not..
In the back yard is the assortment of $.75 cent plants that were half dead at Lowes and Home Depot...poor things just needed to be watered..
OMG, I am WAY too crazy about plants, I could type all day..I am going to play in the dirt now.

I want snow!!!

My Mother in Law’s Garden.
My Friend Judy’s Garden.

My photos don’t do my top three gardeners justice. I’ll try to do better. All three of them can make a stick grow!

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Sorry for the triple post. I need an edit button for comments.

Thanks Cook!
Lola’s Pics were taken with a DSC-H5 Sony Cybershot Last Spring. Beware of the shutter button on the Sony. It has a tendency to pop off for no reason. The Tech’s like to charge $200.00 to fix it! Don’t believe what they say about battery life either. I carry a pocketful of re-chargeables everywhere I go. However it takes a great shot with a macro to 12 x zoom and a Carl Zeiss lens. It also takes movies in mpeg quality. It’s buttons are real easy to figure out so a beginner can shoot with this camera. It’s actually easier to use than the canon a-300.
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Judy’s were taken with a Canon Power Shot a-300 three or four springs ago. I need to catch her garden in full bloom sometime. The Salisbury Post featured her one year.
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I always scatter some assorted wildflower seeds. It's always fun to see what comes up and butterflies love some of them.

I always try to pick something new and different each year, too. I've been browsing the seed catalogs ever since they arrived in January. I've decided to try some Kong variety sunflower seeds this year. The seed company ad says they grow to around 14 feet high. I'm pretty certain the seed company ads are reliable. I've never heard anyone complain about those seeds for 800 pound and 1300 pound pumpkins not producing as advertised. I'm thinkin' if I get soil tests and optimize the fertilizer and water them with my rain barrels, I might get 15 footers. That should impress the neighbor kids.

Emily,

To have really pretty tulips, you will need to cut them back in late August and in early October dig them out of the ground and wrap them in a slightly moist paper towel and put them in the refrigerator. The ground does not get cold enough for them to completely go dormnat in the winter, as they do in their native Holland, and they feed on that bulb, therefore lowering your potential for blooming. Then you replant them in late February so that in March-April they bloom prolifically.

hello emma, this is the weather god.

Huh Oh, my annonymity is beginning to fade. I've been spotted. wxGod, do you live in Denver?

Emily,

The Weather God can send you a link to my website, by regular email.