I've mentioned before that my best friend Katherine is away on military leave. I haven't mentioned that she's the lucky owner of a home previously occupied by at least one gardener. Her yard has great no-care perennials and is especially beautiful in spring. I went by today and took these pictures so she (and you!) can see what's happening in late March:
The rose bush has lots of healthy new growth and multiple buds.
Daffodils coming up in the lawn, where there used to be a bed.
A really fancy purple iris.
Her confederate jasmine is doing its thing.
Does anyone know what this shrub is? It has these oblong blue fruits on top...
Azalea and wisteria - what a pretty combination!
These petunias survived the winter. It's a beautiful yard/garden, isn't it?
8 comments:
You have wisteria blooming in March? Wow.
Hope your friend gets to come home soon to enjoy her lovely garden.
Pyzahn,
Thanks for visiting my blog! Yeah, we have a short winter here. It was 80 degrees today!
Ginger
You've got quite a bit going on in your garden. I'm just barely getting daffodil blooms. Your mystery plant looks like a type of Mahonia (oregon grape or creeping barberry) a native in the Pacific Northwest. Does it get little yellow flowers?
Mystery plant is definitely a Mahonia. Wonderful scent on its yellow flowers!
Nice post!
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Ryan
I see you've gone and changed it again. I like this one for sure.
How nice to see all those blooms. It would be nice to inherit a yard where a previous gardener lived.
What a great idea - Thank you for taking special interest in a military person. This idea of blogging about her garden periodically is very cool! I'll bet she really appreciates it! Love the pictures. So glad I followed Susie from Diggin in the Dirt to your site.
Giner that is so sweet of you to check on the plants :). The plant with the purple berries is a mahonia of some sort. There are tons of it out at Garden Lake. I am sure your friend appreciates your thoughtfulness
Gardeness, Ryan and Dirt Princess,
thanks for identifying the mahonia! It's a cool-looking plant and can obviously take the deep south heat and humidity. Now to figure out how to propogate it!
Susie - Katherine and I bought our houses in the winter, and both are in old parts of town. Come that first spring, her yard came to life! Mine - not a single bulb or perennial! I was so jealous!! Now I'm trying to see it in a positive light as a "blank slate" - LOL.
Thistledew Farm - Thanks for visiting! I hope you'll be back!
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