The other one was getting too long.

Climbing Pink Cecile Brunner (sorry for the blur)


Golden bamboo


Last year's new raised lasagna beds are already full this year


Part of the driveway perennial garden


Mulberries on the big tree :)

Kindly ignore the watermark. I forgot to change it after posting photos to the database this morning.

The photos are all mine.

Those are beautiful Tee! Do birds eat the Mulberries?

Thanks. I forgot to change my setting so the photos are a bit fuzzy. I always do that. You'd think I would remember by now. Duh.

Yes, birds love Mulberries ... and so do we. It's whichever of us gets to them first.



The tree is big. You have to shake a lot of them down.

That is a fabulous tree! How big do they get?

30-50 feet and as wide although with the other trees and growth around this one will probably stay where it is at about 30 ft+.

WOW! Too big for my little space.

The fence in that photo is 4 ft. high so you can get an idea of the scale by that. Yes, that tree has been there for decades and it's tall. But they can be kept smaller with pruning.

Just lovely

Thanks, Jo Ann. Some people love the fruiting Mulberry trees and some people hate them. Nurseries were pushing fruitless Mulberry trees for a long time. But the fruited ones are coming back into favor. The fruit is messy if it falls onto patios or walkways, etc. Just like any fruit. But this fruit is dark purple and really can stain. Like blackberries. That tree is perfectly located and I'm happy about that because it's waaay to big to move now.

Oh Tee ,beautiful...Im here I`ve been really busy,Humane Society fund raiser..Yesterday... We raised over $2000... I dont where I lost my behind,its definitly bringingup the rear today..

i have NOID on those lavendar and white Iris,I should look it up..



I`ll take some photos today,Columbine blooming,more Iris also....And its the DH`s B-day today.67..

Tam, that's fabulous that you raised that much! Congrats!! That will help a lot of needy animals.

I wish my photography looked as good as some of the plants. It would help if I changed the settings on the camera when I go outside. It seems all of the plants and yard just exploded this year ... probably due to our very warm winter.

And, ka-ching, the Red Hot Pokers someone sent me in a swap are starting to bloom. Poor things are stuck in an area with mega tree roots. I'm hoping they will now row run. Even the ditch lilies there struggled (imagine that!) but they are about bloom as well.


Gotta celebrate the small victories. That's a tough, tough area for planting anything in the ground.

Great Irises Tam.

Tee, I have one outside I just got from Edelwiss Perennials. It is called 'Lola' and it gets 6 feet tall.

Please post a photo when it blooms. I love theose blooms, but so do our groundhogs ... so I had to move mine to an area in front of the fence. But it certainly doesn't have the best growing conditions.

Oh my! Groundhogs!! Hey Tee, there are two nursery sites promoting a tablet that will dissolve and be absorbed into the roots, it makes the plants taste like hot peppers and does repel most pest. I will find that information and post it when I do.

I use hot pepper. I love my groundhogs and they do little damage other than that or sunflowers. They love them as well. It's no big deal.

Oh, good.

I love this epimediumFrohenleiten.Its 3rd year and covering nicely.







I bought May Night 2 days ago thats why its blooming HD I couldnt believe how nice the plant was.
Its blooming with Allium Purple Sensation.

They are beautiful Jo Ann, I never heard of epimediumFrohenleiten, such nice color foliage.