Mums

One of the prettiest things about fall are the mums and these are right behind the house next to the walkway that leads to the deck. I originally planted about 4 of these white mums in a row, but this is the only plant that survived. It seems that Maggie likes to walk through there and she steps on them and breaks them off. I'm thinking I should get some more this year and try again! I love the reddish brown colored ones. I have purple, burgundy and yellow at other places in the flower beds. This plant is the prettiest one of them all this year!

Cleome

This is one of my many cleome flowers in front of the house. It rained a lot last night and the sun was shining just right on it and I thought it looked like a good picture. If you grow these babies and you don't deadhead them you will have millions of babies in the early summer! I know, I didn't do anything with them last year and not they are everywhere! They get at least 4 feet tall and then they flop over. This just happens to be one that is still standing upright. They are neat looking, but they are kind of a pain. :o)

First Hibiscus flowers

These are my perennial Hibiscus. They just started to bloom today. I have two red bushes and one white one. I took a picture with my hand so that you can see just how big these babies are! They are beautiful. Notice the water... it's been raining here off and on all day. Sadly, the flowers only last a day and they will close up and fall off of the plant. Soon there will be tons of blooms all over the plant. Right now just one or two. I'll post another picture when they are in full bloom.

More roses

These are actually pink roses, but since I took the picture in the late afternoon, the sun setting makes them look kind of coral. They are really pretty in person. Sometimes the camera just doesn't make things the right color.

Roses

This is my "Angel Face" rose bush blooming. The flowers are so pretty and they smell wonderful! I have two other bushes blooming, but it's dark and rainy today, so I won't be getting good pictures of them right now. This picture was taken on Friday after work. Not much going on at our house. Kayleigh is getting ready to leave for Washington D.C. She leaves Wednesday afternoon. She'll be gone until next Tuesday. She's pretty excited. I hope the trip is nice and it doesn't rain every day. Of course they are having a heat wave on the east coast. She'll be miserable. :o)

I hope you all have a good week. I know I am not looking forward to going to work this morning!

Clematis

This is just a small area of my beautiful "The President" clematis climbing the trellis on the side of the house. It's amazing! There are hundreds of flowers on it. It will bloom from now until August. There is also a "Niobe" (dark red) climbing next to it. The flowers are even bigger on that one and they are just as pretty. I want to put a white one on the end of the trellis this year so that I will have red, white and purple.. I have to find one I like first, though. As soon as I have roses, I will have to post some pictures of them too. It won't be too much longer. We have had tons of rain this weekend, and I was planning on working outside. Didn't get anything done out there. I will have to try to finish planting the annuals in the front of the house next weekend! Happy Memorial day!