Couple of shots from this a.m....

Beautiful! I love that wild look...like a mountain meadow.

lol...everything here is 'wild'...synonym for 'unkempt'.....

Love that meadow look too

Noid den orchid in full bloom after a 2-year rest:


Ornithogalum dubium continues on with its blooms:


More gaillardias coming about:


Echeveria succulents joining in too:
Ramilette


Rundelli

A blooming carnivore..Pinguicula

That's a carnivore? Hmm, doesn't look like what I associate the carnivores to 'normally' look like...I'll have to look up info on how many carnivores there are, what types and all.

My Matilijas are blooming now, but not looking their best as they've had no supplemental water at all and the winter was so dry...


Cleveland Sage, a bit beaten down by the rain....oh, the scent!

Yup, it is a carnivore..here is a photo when it is 'feeding'

I love Pings! I used to grow them close to my indoor plants and they took care of all the usual houseplant pests. I think they're much prettier than the other carnivorous plants.

Oakleaf hydrangea...soon...


I never get tired of the coloring of Sally Holmes....



Gaura...one tough plant...growing well despite extremely little water...



Linaria purpurea...



Love this verbascum...





Salvia muelleri...



Yucca parviflora....



Salvia Costa Rica Blue....



Pels.....

Zygopetalum blooming for this year! Buds opening up with good timing during Mother's Day weekend

Oooh...that's an interesting one. Pretty colors.

The 4:00's are starting....


Mexican hat....



Agastache (possibly 'Ava'?)...this one grows to about 4'...

I like the Mexican hat..bonito sumbrero

Our Gymnocalycium monvillei doing its close-open daily bloom show:


I got these plants over the weekend, already in bloom, and are acclimating nicely
Lotus 'Gold Flash'


Pelargonium sidoides

Oh, Ilke the 'Gold Flash' a lot...the colors!

I have the geranium sidoides and seeing yours gives me the incentive to go out and cut mine back, they're leggy and neglected.

Isn't it so cute? We got hooked by the colors of Lotus 'Gold Flash'..hoping it will thrive here!

Sherry, how do you prune geraniums? I also have to prune some, Tri-Color and Prince Rupert..getting too lanky too. Do you re-root the cuttings?

I really should be tip pinching them as they grow...sigh...but I let it go too long. With the sidoides I'll need to take it off gradually, some from the tip and then keep cutting back gradually, I think, since it's only the one stem and I've let it go too long, rather than lopping it off down to lowest growth. With my large geraniums, when they're more shrub-like and multi-stemmed, I'll cut back one stem at a time down to the base to renew. Oh yeah, always have to root those cuttings. lol...

Ah okay..thanks! Maybe I will just wait it out a bit, both Tri-color and Prince Rupert are busy making blooms.

A first time bloom in our garden after waiting for 3 years..Epiphyllum 'Newport'


Closer look of the center: