Random Garden Pictures with Added Beagles

Ten Best Tuesday: The Best Annuals In My Garden This Year

These are the top ten annuals from my garden this year.  Low maintenance (no deadheading required for continuous bloom, many were new to me and pleasant surprises.  

Ageratum Cloud Nine Pink

I always have Blue Ageratums, but Pink! always appeals.  Pink Cloud went well with every plant I paired it with, and it was in several containers.

 

Begonia Beauvilia Lemon

I've never seen a sweet soft yellow begonia like this before.  It just bloomed and bloomed.


Caladium

I love caladiums.  Though they're a natural for shade, this and a white variety really did nicely in southern pots.



Castor Bean

I've read about these and grabbed it when I saw it this spring.  It took most of the season to gain its full height, but those big spectacular leaves even stood up to a couple of frosts before toppling.

Celosia Kimono Mix

I've always loved Celosias, even the ones that look to me like "brains".  This color combination is such a pretty, happy little mix.

Cosmos Sea Shells Mix

I've never grown the seashells mix before, it is so pretty.  They get very tall and the bees loved them.

Lantana Lavender

I love lantanas and pick some out each year.  I've been unsuccessful in overwintering them.  I wish they'd cooperate.  I hadn't seen such a nice pink shade before, and hope I can find it again in spring.

Rex Begonia Red Splash

This was beautiful all season and stayed alive and lush as the last potted plant standing while we were on vacation.  It is happily in my dining room for the winter.

Tuberous Begonia Non Stop White

I think next spring I'll try to get one of each color of tuberous begonias I see offered.  They're just lush.


Verbena Tuscany Peach

The first peach colored verbena I've ever seen, it was perfect in a terra cotta pot.

DOA In the Garden With The Plants and Rabbits

Rabbits love peppers, even jalapenos.  And Jacob's Ladder, and lots of stuff.  They're babies though, just babies.  I continue my efforts to block them from the vegetable garden.  Lots in bloom despite them.

Daylily Barbara Mitchell

A Peony I gave to my sister lives on somehow and will need rescuing.

My beautiful smoke bush. My son hates it because it pokes him while he mows. 

California Wonder Peppers before rabbit attack.  3 left.

My watermelon wishes it were consistently warmer, but otherwise it is happy enough.  Probably busy sending down those deep roots.

Cosmos

Cosmos in bloom

Beagle beagle beagle.

Spiderwort and heuchera

Apple Zestar, the first apples that have grown since planting

Astilbe

Baptista

Daylily Lullaby Baby

Finally the vegetable garden is looking good, though under attack.

Coleus and gomphrena

Persian Shield

Gomphrena

Garden Miscellany

Dicentra Alba

Duranta Gold Edge

Lamb's Ears

Jacob's Ladder Stairway to Heaven

Hardy Geranium

Allium Purple Sensation

Hosta Sum and Substance

Variegated Solomon's Seal

Hosta H. Fluctuans "Variegated" (now known as "Sagae")

Maidenhair Fern

Bloodroot

Epimedium Rubrum, Japanese Painted Fern

Begonia Doublet Pink