Kitty's Garden 2011

thai basil and bay laurel:
i got the basil as a start about half its size, it hasn't even made it into the ground yet and the damn thing's flowering.....



mystery sprout from a tray i'd given up on (i suspect/hope it might be an evening primrose):



anybody else notice that the coleus is growing a penis?



more mock orange (couldn't help myself):

***HOW DO THEY KNOW?!?!***

my kid is systematically targeting my favourites:
-snapped one after8 lily start when it was 2" tall
-would have taken the biggest calla blossom yesterday if i'd been a few more feet away
-keeps STEPPING ON the newly planted baby gardenia bush

and just now we got B.U.S.T.E.D. digging in mummy's prized jade plant (yes, ^that^ one; not to worry it's ok).

forget the bunnies, 2 yr olds are a *menace* to anything that can't run away.

i can't be the only one to whom this photo looks..... suggestive:



this is about the point where the lilies start teasing me (from what i can tell these are probably still a month or so away):



the after8 army:

this is going to be a long one:





holding water:













a tiny spot of sun:





i love this white stripe; it kills me:

nice garden plants are just great

Very nice garden I used to have a backyard that looks exactly like with a ginormouse oak tree and a hammock twas a small piece of paradise.
So like the bad boy I am all I did was scroll through and look at all the pics lol but Im subbed and will find some time to read through the posts Happy growing.

love the florabunda...and this is the first time i have EVER seen a double flowering mock orange. they're gorgeous.

thanks for stopping by, danny.... always good to have you for a visit.

*ssshh* it's a grandiflora.... correct me if i'm wrong, floribunda blooms in clusters? (i really want one. i know it's cliche, garden-wise, but i want a rose garden. i have a spot picked out for next year.)

that mock orange is called "virginal" .... i love it. i went to the nursery one day intending to buy nothing but herbs and veggie starts, and a bumblebee told me i HAD to bring it home with me.

mini update:

working on flower #5:



group shot:

i know you guys must be getting sick of the "love" rose but i am damn pleased with this picture:



..... ^^can you see her "bum"? (sooo cuuuuuute)^^

feeling a bit like "le petit prince".... tell me i'm being crazy if i start having conversations with it, please.

tragic news: one of the rosebuds has fallen prey to "he who systematically attacks mummy's favourites"..... *sigh*.... trying to revive her in a bowl of water.

really good light yesterday:

a bit of a different persective with some twilight and night shots:


twilight


twilight2

very nice looking at night. looks like a very relaxing place to be

mini update:

the other mock orange 'yellow cab' (she's not as pretty but smells much stronger) :






the big tease (aka asiatic lily 'mango'):

that was yesterday, and here it is today (it's still a bit assymetrical 'cuz she hasn't quite opened up yet):

wow those look great, i have never tried to grow flowers before so i don't even know what kinda lily that is haha

it's an asiatic lily (which is different from "oriental lily", which is bigger and more fragrant), the strain is "mango". kinda looks like a mango doesn't it, with the splotchiness? i was expecting the heart to have more of a red colour to it, but i'm kinda liking the 'black' heart too!

loving the lily pr0n!

lol yer when i first saw it i thought it was squash hehe , they got some real intense color, do they need to be moist all the time like the orchids ?

ok, so i was reviewing my list on the first page and other than complete non-germination of the
arnica,
milk thistle,
motherwort,
pumpkin,
stevia,
campanula,
winter white squash,
and white poppies
(see what i meant about my medicinal herbs not coming up? i'm MAD. got them all at the same seed place. this is not a coincidence.)

the rabbits having gotten my peas,

and the broccoli = west coast hybrid blend instead of raab
beans = long green, jade and burgundy bush instead of long zi, white runners and soy
lavendar = purple twickel instead of munstead

it's pretty much all there. plus everything you see on the deck which i totally forgot to mention.

BTW since you seem to have some experience >< (sorry for thread high jack) i have some squash seeds germinating and ive never grown the plant and ive been tring to read about it and i come across some people saying its better to have a small amount if its not commercial cuz of how fast they produce fruit and how fast it rots. how many fruits do you get from a single plant,, say in a week ?