Is It November Yet?

A few more pictures for you, the first three are of two love lies bleeding, the second one is much taller, has a different leaf structure, and odd blooms.

Here is the one I'm used to seeing:

And here is the odd one growing on the opposite side of the yard in our tangerine tree well.

The moss roses are blooming, thanks to Brenna's great watering.

The chaste tree is starting to bloom again.

And here's a picture of yet another monsoon that went around our house.

Quick Yard Update

We're in survival-mode out in the yard. It's been a very dry monsoon, and hot, so I've been focusing on keeping things alive rather than taking a lot of pictures. Not much of anything blooms when it's this hot, except for the yellow bells, orange jubilee, and bird of paradise, and I've posted pictures of those a million times already.

Here are a few things of interest.

Some vincas I planted as seeds back in February have decided to come up and they're blooming. The bush river willow tree is in the background.



My five dollar rose that I got on clearance at Lowe's a few weeks ago has started putting out lots of new growth. Planting it between the house and the eucalyptus has probably helps. It's a climber, and hopefully since it was a 5-gallon plant, the root system will help it through until it cools off in November.



The apple tree has dropped all of it's dying leaves from June/July, and has started pushing out a new flush of growth. Either I've finally figured out how to water it, or it's enjoying the increased humidity, different angle of the sun, something. Who knows, I'm just happy I haven't killed it yet.