Sproing!

Spring has hit here at the Black Thumb in a big way. Kinda like a tidal wave, really...we have gotten a LOT of rain lately, and the plants are loving it. So without further ado, here are the Outsiders...

The Herb Bowl at my back steps:

Simon's Dill and Green Bell Pepper:

The Magical Mystical "Holy COW it really smells like" Curry Plant:

And more here. Click that link for a slideshow of all my garden pictures.

As for the Insiders...Draco and Umbrella are thriving when not being nibbled by the cat. There is one shoot of Jade left...he's been dying off bit by bit. Purple whatzit has gotten taller...we rescued a friend for him of the same species from Lowes for a quarter, but it was too far gone. Belle is trying her best to burrow into a picture frame but I keep thwarting her progress. The others not mentioned...are gone. Some plants I'm just not supposed to keep I suppose...but I do have Brummy, a collection of bromeliads that I need to photograph.

Will it ever be winter?

Wildflower boxes
Originally uploaded by Nancy Allen

No? I don't so much care when I can walk out in the back and see these gorgeous wildflowers blooming. I mean, who can help but smile when you see that? Gorgeous, just like Yorkshire Pancakes. Gorgeous.

The jury is split

Half of my new "garden" seems to be doing well, and half is worrying me...and that's just the "Outdoors."

I got home from the renn fest this weekend to find that the flower garden boxes have exploded with both green leaves and flowers!

There seem to be new growths in both the snapdragons and peonies, and the petunias are slowly crawling out of the box all together. I may need to look into re-potting them soon.

I'm really loving my little tiny Peonies. They almost look like tiny faces to me.


I am concerned about the other end of my garden, though. The orange gerbera daisy has lost its flowers now and the leaves look quite sickly. I've held off watering and they wilt, water and they look not so great.

The lavender seems unaffected, as does the red daisy, but the rosemary is doing this weird wilty thing on the tips.


I watered it this morning, then checked and the info concerning watering says "Arid." Whoops! I guess I will just let the Rosemary Twins have some time to dry out and see if that helps. I'm also going to move them into the sun today.

So the jury is split...too much water? Not enough? The flowers are thriving and my bushes and daisies are not. We'll see.

The Plants...living with Black Thumb

First, the "Indoors"...yeah, they all have names...so?

Jade One and Jade Two:





Draco, the Dragon Tree (after some nibbling from my cat, sadly...):



Banana, the Umbrella Plant:



Whatsit, the Purple Passion Plant/Vine:



Beelzebub, what we THINK is Devil's Ivy (Belle for short):



The "Outdoors"...no names, they don't live in the house with me and there are just too many!

The Rosemary Twins:



Window Box One and Two: Petunias, Snapdragons, Peonies and Dianthus (not sure the species)





Gerbera Daisies, Orange and Red:







The Lavender Garden: