Today's wildflowers at Walnut Creek

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: April 2011

Happy GBBD! Here are some things blooming around my yard. For more garden photos around the world, visit May Dreams Gardens.



In pots: geraniums, bougainvillea, and dianthus with coleus.




The showy primroses are still putting on quite a...show, with larkspur joining in for contrast.


Cut leaf chaste tree is just starting to put out new buds.




Autumn sage, coreopsis, and indigo spires salvia are ever-dependable.


I've only got the one California poppy blooming, but it makes me happy to see every day.




Last of the freesia, butterfly weed, and coral nymph salvia.


This shrub volunteered in front of my rain barrel, conveniently screening it, so I never got around to pulling it out. No blooms but this year it's produced berries of some sort.

Flower power

Lena, the garden warrior, all painted up in pollen

On the morning hike at Walnut Creek, the honeysuckle was taking over the landscape, and I found a variation with rosy color on the outside of the flowers.


Lloyd enjoying some not-so-fresh creek water, and more wildflowers in bloom.

From the weekend

Above: I'm not very good at potted arrangements, but I like the way the burgundy flecks in the dianthus bloom ended up matching the coleus foliage. Got lucky there. Below: Lots of cedar sage at Turkey Creek this weekend, mixed in with the poison ivy and spiderwort (for a patriotic color combo)

Today's blooms around the yard

California poppy in the granite mulch near the curb; first of the larkspur to bloom; honeysuckle taking over back gate.

White blooms at Walnut Creek

More spring garden blooms

Coreopsis

First bud on the Indigo spires

The front bed is filling in thickly

Two shades of red autumn sage are happily blooming

I took a pitchfork to the roots of this self-planted flame acanthus last fall trying to remove it (bad location), but this plant is a tough survivor. At least the butterflies will be happy.

Chinaberry tree blossoms on my walk this morning