Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Sneak Peak!



Here is a sneak peak of the new block wall color. It's Sky Blue by Laura Ashley. One section sucked up a whole lot of paint! I need one more coat, but I am going to get a spray painter before I paint the other three panels. I have the three colors picked out--just waiting for the urge to paint. I'm refinishing the front door at the moment and I think painting the block wall would have been a whole lot easier! Good thing the weather is perfect--all I have for now is a security screen door. I just keep the lights off and the TV turned way down so as not to disturb the neighbors. If I had the air conditioner going, it would run up one heck of a bill! The door should be finished in a couple days.





The tomato plant that keeps on giving. I planted this Husky Cherry patio tomato last August and have enjoyed tomatoes almost every day since!





An Ice Plant in full bloom in my daughter's garden. I never had one that lived more than a few weeks.




Every Agave along the parkway has sent up flower stalks. It is quite a sight! Some are so heavy they are tipping over and lying on the sidewalks.




Need help identifying the vine from my daughter's garden. She bought this untagged, fast growing vine in a gallon container last fall from Lowe's, and it has bloomed almost every day. I love the bright orange flowers, and wouldn't it look great growing up on my Sky Blue wall? I can't find any like it, and Lowe's can't identify it to reorder! It probably won't grow for me anyway--I am very frugal with my watering. My Son-In-Law has a green thumb and a large water bill, but I would like to give it a try!

Still waiting for ANY cactus to bloom!!!! Maybe in May.





5 comments:

Claude said...

The vine with the yellow flowers is, if I'm not mistaken, Thumbergia, sometimes referred to as Black Eyed Susan vine, no relation to black eyed Susans at all... They're an annual vine, sometimes you can buy them in hanging baskets or in pots, but they're very quick and easy from seed. Here in TX, they don't hold up in the summer heat, I'm sure it would be a problem for your area too...

Those Agaves are fantastic! And I can't wait to see what other colors you're using on the wall... It's gonna look great!

Femin Susan said...

great shots. I love the 4 th with all those trees.
Cheers!

Julie said...

Your vine looks like it could be a Black Eyes Ssan Vine...it comes in three different colors of blooms! Here is a link I found...

http://msucares.com/news/print/sgnews/sg01/sg010702.html

What do you think???

Julie said...

P.S. Those agaves are amazing!!! What an a really cool thing to be able to see in real life!!!

Pudgeduck said...

Thanks Claude-Julie- Daughter informed me she planted it last of July. It did get through our hottest-but not in full sun. I will get another shot of the agaves- it is hard while driving though.They are amazing!