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| The Back Garden in May |
Time for a quick look at the back garden at the end of May.
We have some roses:
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| Roses |
A white iris:
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| White Iris |
California poppies and phacelia:
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| California Poppies and Phacelia |
And oleander:
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| Pink Oleander |
Wax beans and squash seedlings
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| Wax Beans and Squash Seedlings (at the back) |
I didn't realize that the wax beans have light purple flowers:
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| Wax Bean Flower |
Quite a few clumps of gazanias growing here and there:
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| Gazania |
The plums are just starting to form:
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| Baby Plums |
But the peaches are ripening and birds have already started pecking at them!:
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| The Peach Tree in May |
The curry leaf tree that was severely pruned is showing new growth:
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| New Growth on the Curry Leaf Tree |
The scaredy cat (coleus canina) is not scaring any cats, but, it is growing well and I love the purple flowers:
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| Coleus Canina (Scaredy Cat Plant) |
Nearby, the first of the Early Girl tomatoes are ripening:
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| Early Girl Tomatoes |
The Stonery is looking a bit bare in places, but, the cabbage plant, which is going to seed, provides a spot of interest, I think:
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| The Stonery |
A closer look at the Stonery reveals my first day lily flower:
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| Day Lily |
And guess what? We have another nasturtium plant growing in the stonery!
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| Nasturtium Plant |
It is not quite as vigorous as the previous nasturtium plant was, but, it is growing and flowering and I couldn't be more pleased!
Just behind the stonery, we have the blueberries that are ripening and showing every color they can turn while ripening:
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| Blueberries |
And this planter we put together with a lemon grass plant in the middle, asparagus sprengeri spilling out around it, a gazania and a purple Martha Washington geranium grown from a cutting (the only geranium cutting I've been able to grow so far)
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| Planter |
The original lemon grass plant has started to flower! I had no idea that they did that!
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| The Original Lemon Grass Plant |
But, the plant sent up these really tall stalks:
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| Lemon Grass Flower Stalks |
And they turned out to be flower stalks!
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Lemon Grass Flowers - Close Up
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As you can see, the back garden is doing well in May. Thank you for visiting my garden in May.
How is your garden growing in May?
Such a variety of plants in the back! I am jealous of your tomato. I don't even have blossoms yet. But they will come. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. I'm sure you will have plenty of tomatoes, soon. I only planted this one Early Girl tomato, this year, and there is the self grown Berkeley Tie Dye tomato plant that over wintered. It has two green tomatoes on it.
DeleteYour back garden is doing really well, with plenty of flower interest as well as "munchies', both current and in progress. I hope your nasturtium plant thrives, and the day lily is a lovely colour. I spotted some patches of ?colour from the side step while hanging out laundry, and fetched the binoculars. I found lots of "Fringed Polygala" or "Bird on the Wing", and I took a walk out to enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. The day lily bulb was a gift from M (someone had wanted their patch of day lilies thinned out). :)
DeleteThe Fringed Polygala do look like flying birds, don't they?
Your back garden is full of flowers! The rose is lovely. This past week I cleared the flower garden area of weeds, and yesterday I put down grass seed. It's gotten too shady there from the maple tree I planted many years ago. I will not start a new bed elsewhere. Too much effort! Thank you for showing your pretty garden.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie; there are a fair number of flowers in the back garden, still. You've been doing some gardening, too! I'm sure your grass seeds will grow nicely to cover that shady area. You could always plant a few pots with some flowering plants or vegetables if you wanted to grow something. I'm seriously considering raised beds for planting the vegetables to make it easier to weed them.
DeleteHai una infinita di piante nel tuo giardino.
ReplyDeleteCi passi sicuramente buona parte delle tue giornate a curarle
I do have a fair number of different plants in the garden. One of these days, I shall make a list of what I have! I have a wonderful gardener who does most of the work for me. I do a bit of watering and weeding and enjoy the garden produce. :)
DeleteThanks for the tour. The flowers are looking lovely. I really like your roses. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. I'm enjoying the roses and I picked a few to bring inside, today. :)
DeleteThat garden is so bountiful! I think that my favourite pic was the rose as it was so striking, but I have a soft spot for nasturtiums and I love the shades of colour in the blueberries and the plums look so promising...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lyssa. I am loving my back garden. I picked my first tomato, today. :)
DeleteWhat lovely colour! I especially like the bright gazania. It looks like you'll be enjoying a plentiful supply of blueberries and tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteMy nasturtiums are beginning to grow now. They make me think of you, and the nasturtiums in your garden. Xx
Thank you, Jules. The gazania flowers really brighten up the garden, don't they? I've picked some blueberries, already and picked the first tomato, yesterday. Yay! Your nasturtiums are starting to grow! How nice of you to think of me and my nasturtiums when you see your plants. :)
DeleteI do like a good look around so thank you for the glimpse into your back garden.
ReplyDeleteWhite Iris. I really like them. All of mine are blue or purple. Something to think about adding although I am eliminating things currently.
That curry leaf tree will be full before you know it as you've shown us in years past.
I don't recall you having that piece of lattice. It gives you a little privacy when you're sitting at T's old table. I like privacy :)
You are welcome, Debra; glad you enjoyed the look at the back garden.
DeleteM says he has planted a few different colored bearded irises in my garden, but, so far, only the white ones have flowered. I don't mind; I like the white flowers.
Yes, the curry leaf tree will fill out in no time at all. Already, some other sprigs are starting to grow, lower down on the old branches.
That piece of lattice has been there for about 3 years, now, as a support for the passionfruit vine to grow on. Some privacy would be nice, too. :)