More Blooms

Here are some more pictures from around the yard.

For starters, a blooming cardinal vine that's out in the deck planter. I have three that have come up there, one along the house, and three more under a mesquite tree. If they can survive our June heat, they'll take off during the monsoon, running to about 15 feet.



One of my dahlias has finally bloomed. I have one other one that's struggling to survive, and one other unfortunate bastard that's decided now is a good time to finally sprout. Before I leave for South Carolina in early June, I'm seriously pondering cutting these back to the ground (assuming the leaves will be dead by then from the heat), and transplanting them into a pot that can be moved to the shade. These plants don't take to our afternoon sun that well, and the mequite they're planted under isn't offering much solace.

The creeping trumpet vine on the north side of the house is covered in blooms now, here is another sampling. The blooms that receive less light are more vivid/less faded.

Here is what's called a teddy bear sunflower, from a packet of Veggie Tale seeds that we bribed Brenna with to keep going through Home Depot a few months ago. Most of these that I planted have turned black in the heat before they were able to bloom, but this one made it. Not sure why they're called teddy bear sunflowers.

And finally, our nectarine tree, which refused to leaf out when it was in the ground and in the sun all day during our mild temps, has decided to leaf out like crazy, now that it's in a pot on the porch, where it's getting shade half the day. Not condusive to any blooming or fruiting, but I'll maybe try putting it back in the ground next year once it's formed some roots (it was planted as a bareroot). Our asian pear tree isn't faring so well, using this same practice of pot planting.