. Saturday, May 28, 2011 .
There are two types of blooming idiots that live at our house...the plant kind and of course the human kind....these are the pretty ones!

I love this sedum ground cover...it will grow anywhere and it even volunteers to come up in other unsuepectiong places.

We called this the wall garden by the bus stop but the new name is perfect...our Memorial Garden. It is in full bloom just around Memorial Day. Anyone want some daises? I think I will load all the kids on the bus up with a hand full for their teachers on Tuesday.
The daisies always shine.  This year they better up their game because the Knock-out Roses are beautiful.
The smaller beardless iris are blooming all over the yard in various colors of purple.  Never knew we had so many.

I thought for sure that this Knockout rose bush was a gonner after Mark whacked it almost to the ground in the beginning of spring.
Really don't know where these came from...must have been from Sweet Pap.
I'm not positively sure but I think there might be two for one here.  The roses on the bottom seem to be a brighter red and the rose that is blooming at the top of the trellis is a darker red.


We have decided that the deer must have plenty to eat because these rose actually got to bloom this year.

Roses are blooming all over the yard.  We have really never had much luck with them but this year they are blooming all over the place...places I forgot we had.  I love when that happens.
False indigo...we had the most beautiful plant right at the end of the fence on the driveway in WI...it was beautiful.  Finally we have some in Cincinnati!  I hope to harvest seeds and start some more inside this winter.  The leaves are such a pretty greet and then the blooms are beautiful...this shot does them no justice.

Blooming Idiots

. Tuesday, May 24, 2011 .
The foxgloves are blooming all around the yard, just in time for the wedding rehearsal dinner in a few weeks.  I hope they will last that long.  It has been raining so much that I think most of the flowers are starting to do the backstroke!

Foxglove

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I have to show off some of Papaw's blooms.





Papaw's Flowers

. Thursday, May 19, 2011 .

Our Knockout Roses are just starting to open up.

Drinking It Up

. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 .
I have patiently been waiting all spring for these two plants to shine.
I think this bloom is praying for no more rain. We planted this clematis the first summer we moved back to Cincinnati. Right on the corner of the front porch. I can hardly wait every spring to see how many blooms we get.
She never disappoints.  And as I was looking this morning I noticed there are two colors.  We only planted one color.  I am wondering if once the blooms open, do they change color?  Is this normal?  Could another plant have volunteered to come up?  I really am not interested in the answer...I just love the plant.
And finally after three years the clematis on the lamppost is starting to come alive. I want so much for it to go crazy like the one we had in WI did. If it does , she will be a traffic stopper for sure.

So Regal

. Saturday, May 14, 2011 .
Today between the raindrops we began flower shopping, starting at the Log Cabin Sale in Anderson and ending with Burger Farm. I'll show you the flowers that are on my wish list....





















Tomorrow I hope to plant the flowers we actually got...then I'll post.

Flower Shopping

. Thursday, May 12, 2011 .





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