Trop Jaloux!

Isn't she lovely?

I got up this morning and there were three open...

... and one wasn't even all the way! Isn't that cute?

I just love them.

And now, for some more comparison pictures...

Bordeaux yesterday, and...

... Bordeaux today. I didn't think it could get any crazier!

I think I snapped this picture on accident, but I actually really like it. That's the nemesia that's blurry in the foreground, and the exotic geranium in the background.

My Shastas are looking beautiful!

I might have to add some more creeping phlox next year, because this is unbelievable.

And you had to know there would be pictures of my bleeding hearts. :)

At the bottom left you can see some little white buds.

I don't think I've featured the hostas in a while, but they're filling out nicely.

Firebreather, False Bluebonnet, and Las Vegas!

I thought this picture was kind of cool. (And I can't get over the color of Firebreather...!)

My pink oriental lilies are still growing.

Las Vegas is really very pretty despite being brown. And look at all the buds in the background!

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I love it!

Only a little bit longer until it's completely blooming.

What a beauty! (You can see the hair clip very well in this one. hehe)

I can't believe that I didn't think I liked irises when we first moved in.

Lysimachia is going crazy! (And that little albino stalk is still at the bottom!)

Gaillardia and Russian sage from yesterday.

Look at all those little faces!

These are all the Las Vegas buds on the other side of the porch. Holy cow!

My little potted plants (and a nice view of the flag bracket.) Dahlia, tuberous begonia, and Bordeaux.

I thought this was really cool. Look at the light shining through the top left flower!

Looks like my exotic geranium is getting ready to bloom.

This is the little seed geranium that Dan bought me at Home Depot the other day as a surprise. :)

My windowbox petunias are flourishing.

Twist & Twirl is doing beautifully, but I don't think Merlin's Magic is very happy. :(

This one's for Anna!

It's yelling at me about having too many labels, so I'm going to have to continue on another post. haha

You know you're out of control when...

Trop continued

I'm really happy I got these Seaside Daisies! They're so precious!

Firebreather from today... another one opened. :)

Princesse Caroline de Monaco is sooo close to opening! (Before the Storm doesn't even have any buds yet! Wah!)

I was so happy to see the Sarah Bernhardt peony coming back up this year!

Three blooms on Tiny Hope!

My Wave Petunia isn't letting down the rest of them. They're all going crazy!

I like this view of Bordeaux, too. :)

And lastly, this picture actually shows how tall my nemesia is/are. :)

Lilies and irises and cats... oh my!

Say hello to Firebreather! Isn't he breathtaking? I was this close to renaming him Incorrigible Tease, and then yesterday morning when I left the house at six I saw he had opened. When I came home, there were two blooms!

Isn't it gorgeous?

And there are more buds! (He tried to lay down today, so I had to put a stick in the ground and use a hair clip to attach it, but he seems much better now.)

Look at all the buds on Trop Jaloux! And they're starting to look purple at the top, so it should be blooming in the next few days.

My first Las Vegas also opened today!

These are all the Las Vegas buds on the other side of the porch. Can you believe my camera focused correctly?

This picture is now the background on my computer. Isn't Bordeaux amazing? It was spilling over a few days ago, but it didn't have this many flowers.

My Ultra Rose petunias are adjusting happily to life in the porch box.

As are my Margarita Strawberry portulaca. I can't wait until they spread out and fill up the container!

The Wave Petunia is also flourishing.

Each of my Shasta Daisies has a flower now. :)

Yet more petunias... they made me so happy last year that I kind of went crazy this year. :)

Sarah is sending up another little shoot from the ground.

Everybody's blooming! There are even a few blossoms on the Seaside Daisy.

MY FIRST LILY OF THE SEASON!! Tiny Hope finally opened!

I really like the combination of the two nemesias.

The Raspberry Blast is also looking beautiful.

Dahlia, dahling!

I guess it just tired Ginger out too much to watch me out there in the garden. Poor thing.