Concrete, You Don't Free My Soul

I'll keep posting more pictures of the yard as long as the mild weather holds out. Still in the 70s, lows in the 40s, absolutely beautiful, but no rain for a month, and we probaly won't see any again until July. I may have to start resorting to drastic measures to conserve water for the yard come April when we start heading into the 90s.

In the meantime,

Our pomegranates are blooming nicely, although like every March/April in the past, it's gotten pretty windy, and some of the to-be fruit is blowing off them before they can mature. Hopefully this year we'll get a few that make it to maturation.

I've probably posted a dozen variations of this lantana in full bloom, but it's one of my favorites. This plant was given to us by a friend some years ago as a tiny little plant, and it's now at least four feet tall and about eight feet across.

I still don't get why this one is called a monkey face plant, I don't see it. The blooms are a beautiful color, however. Time will tell if this guy will survive outside come summertime.



Another springtime favorite, the evening primrose, which is spreading all over the south side of the house, where it's still partially shady. Once May arrives, this one will go back underground until next year.

Our fountain is filthy, but it looked nice with the sun setting against it tonight. Hard to bring myself to hose it out when the plants need the water worse.

Planted as bulbs back in February, two of our three dahlias are coming up under the shade of our mesquite tree. No telling how large these will get, or what color they'll bloom. Again, hopefully they'll survive the summer.