Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day, May 2009 Part One
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Welcome to the May’s Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day, 2009. Hosted by May Dreams Garden, blogs from all over the world check in to share what’s blooming in their gardens. Head on over and take a virtual garden tour of the wonders of Spring.
A lemon yellow lantana is one of the newer GBBD introductions. I’ve got a few this month.
My Chenille plant is in bloom,
and the Butterfly Weed, caterpillar-less for now. I’m a bit glad, as this is a 4 year old plant, and for the last two, it’s been eaten down almost as fast as it can put on leaves. I need for it to go through and set some seeds so I can scatter them around the garden.
A shy flowering maple…
And now, for something completely different:
Nope, this isn’t a picture of flowers.. mostly. The big philodendron is blooming. This is a view of the “new” side yard, with the two trees taken down. I asked the man to leave the stumps, as I’m planning on hanging feeders or making a bird bath on top. I don’t know. It’s hard to think what to do, just yet.
The hibiscus is blooming in the new sunshine it’s being given.
The Confederate, or Star Jasmine is blooming well and smells heady and sweet. It likes the new sunshine too.
My Peacock ginger has done its resurrection trick. Two weeks ago, this looked like a pot of dirt. Alas, you can also see that it is a favorite snack of snails. Curse them!
Making its debut to Bloom day is some Jacobinia. I’ve had this plant for three years, but it’s never been in bloom for Bloom Day before. It looked better before Chuckles the Wonder Dog used it’s bed as a, well, bed. The bed was covered all winter, to protect the hyacinth bean and the Jacobinia. Chucky, being the opportunist, discovered that getting under the cover made for a soft, warm bed. There used to be two more of these plants, but their service as a dog bed was a final one. Sigh.
Maid d’Orleans Jasmine…it and the Angel Wing jasmine bloom for most of the year.
