We are in peak wildfower season here now. There are flowers year-round, one of the benefits of living in the sub-tropics, but in April they take over the landscape. Blue, yellow and especially pink are dominant, but here at the house there's a lot of red. It's looking wild!! Click photos to enlarge.
Poppies in the backyard and alleyway, with and without bees:
Bulbine
The birds planted this rogue sunflower.
6 comments:
what a gorgeous backyard you have!
Arlene,
Lakewood florist
Thank you for the beautiful flowers. We, on the other hand, are having a little snow today. Just a little. But it will be in the 50's tomorrow!
Is that bird planter one of your garage sale/thrift store finds? Wherever it came from, it is very cute.
Thanks to you both for the compliments. It's all MrB's doing. He's the gardener. I usually just watch him work (what a great job to have!) ;-)
The bird planter is from one of those roadside garden art businesses. Lots of metal stuff and a little pottery. It's all outside so it gets rusted and weathered before you buy it.
I love poppies but we have never planted any in our yard. txrad like to keep it as native to Texas as possible. One of the houses in the neighborhood had a huge poppy patch our front for a few years and their yard sloped to the street which in turn sloped to a downhill vacant lot.
Yesterday I noticed poppies were blooming in the vacant lot!
Getting a yard full of tall flowers is a good way to scare the neighbors. Some love it, and the others, so far, have not said anything.
thank you for the lovely photos....I love poppies...and these are so amazing.....
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