A Last Look in April, the Journal

April was a busy month. We had a few cool nights but most days were warm.

Rose de Rescht

Roses bloomed. My favorites are fragrant.

We saw snakes, from a Spreading adder to a Rattlesnake, the only one we dispatched and only because he was heading toward the house. Yesterday I saw a mockingbird scolding and chasing a big black Rat Snake. Seeing a non-poisonous snake is a good reminder to watch out for the bad kind.

 I'm planting out flowers from the greenhouse.

When I planted out the two pots  (top of pic) of

agapanthus from the greenhouse,

I realized that one in the ground has a bud.

Daylilies are blooming everywhere, every color.

Red, pink, yellow, orange, purple.

The eyed one above is Siloam Ury Winniford.

I gave it the garden name of 'Miss Winnie'

for my dear friend.

First blossom on a brugmansia

-- Angel's Trumpet.

Reminds me of a ballerina's dress.

We were discussing the area next the carport ledge.

He-who-mows said, "We can't cut these down.

Your Mama planted them." (She planted the original

petunias in 1978.) They return faithfully. She

called them 'Washpot petunias,' a true

passalong plant. 

I wonder if anybody will be as sentimental about anything I've planted here.

Will anybody treasure the seedling camellias, the rooted gardenias; the Pride of Barbados and Tecoma stans from seed from Texas; the daylilies from seed from another garden, the flowering Pomegranate and Lilacina crape myrtles I rescued from elsewhere on the property?  

Join the fun and Flaunt Your Flowers with Tootsie.