Yellow iris from weegy...

Salvia lanceolata..

Salvia apiana...

The first hollyhock to bloom! In a neglected spot over by one of the barns...lol..Yes, Sue...I saved lots of seed for you from the 3 hollyhock colors that I have and I've been looking for them for a month now...stashed them away somewhere really good...lol....May have to send seed from this year's crop...

You have a wonderful assortment. I wish I had more space.

Be careful what you wish for....

I love the 'durability' of roses. When we lived in Northern Ca, there were 50 roses that came with the house...and had become inundated with Bermuda grass...UGH! I dug and moved them all and they didn't blink an eye. On the West side of the house here I had two Souvenir de la Malmaisons, a Fair Bianca and a Climbing Sally Holmes. I'd planted them years ago in probably the worst soil on the property, just baking hot in the sun agains the house wall...so, we were supposed to be starting the roof overhang for the Westside of the house and I dug out the Bianca and one Malmaison...stuck them in clay pots and they're just thriving. I'd figured on losing the Sally Holmes, chopped her way back and fortunately hdan't dug her out yet when I realized that Jer was on to another long term project and the roof was on hold. This is Bianca-in-a-pot...

Goin to San Diego (nursery, heh heh he)...more later

First of the season's flowers on salvia curviflora....

Salvia univerticillata...I really like this guy...very vigorous, healthy, almost always in flower. His first flowers after being cut back....

First bloom in a cluster to open.....climbing Sally Holmes...

Salvia 'Wild Watermelon'....

I like opportunistic vines that self-sow...the surprises just waiting to be found. This is thunbergia 'Blushing Susie', found growing up a salvia Colima, which grows to about 10 or so feet tall..

She apparently also likes this scruffy hopseed bush....

Yes, I know this doesn't look very exciting, but you'd be excited if it's going to be the first flower of yucca parviflora / Red False Yucca...and you'd started them from seed.... like 3 years ago.

Various pelargoniums...

First calandrinia to flower...finally got to taking cuttings from the one that I had....now looking forward to many of them!..

First salvia darcyi to flower this year...

Mexican Hat / ratabida starting to flower now...

Salvia Indigo Spires and centranthus and Mexican Primrose...

Linaria purpurea and salvia Waverly and centranthus...

Yes, I know this doesn't look very exciting, but you'd be excited if it's going to be the first flower of yucca parviflora / Red False Yucca...and you'd started them from seed.... like 3 years ago.

I can totally understand that.

Looks like I'm way behind in my postings...

I go out first thing in the morning to see what's going on out there and then I have to run back and grab my camera 'cause something new is blooming...lol...

I've got a lot of pictures. I just haven't got to posting them. Maybe when I'm done with my article for DG -

O.K. Here we go.

Opuntia humifusa being overrun by rosemary


I call this the pond primrose.


epiphyllum "Wild Thing"


"Seven Sisters"


lobelia


I think someone told me that this is Siloam Tinker Toy


epiphyllum "Michelle Davis"


epiphyllum "Sunset Boulevard"


Opuntia ficus-indica

Variegated Lacecap Hydrangeas are just starting to flower....

Brilliant Kangaroo Paws.....

Hydrangea Shooting Stars..these guys are potted, 'cause if I move, they're definitely going with me..okay, I have bunch of hydrangeas that I have no more shady spots for, but had to have them anyway...sigh..

That first one is neat. It kind of reminds me of a poinsettia.

I thought that also...poinsettia.

Love both your hydrangeas!!
My brick planter out front is filling in, mostly annuals for some color. 'Multi-blue' clematis.

Beautiful stuff! I think I've noticed lately that I've never seen an ugly rose.....
Rose 'Belle Story'...