My Garden Keeps Growing. :)

Yesterday, after Kenny's T-ball game, I took Zach over to Armstrong Garden Center and bought $30 worth of flowers. They were having a big sale and I couldn't pass up the good deals. I bought 8 new flowers: Blue Felicia Pinwheel, Sassy Dark Red Geraniums, White Madeira Daisies, Mini Yellow Outback Daisies, Floral Lace Dianthus, White Snow Crystals and Brachyscome Purple/Verbena Pink (12 inch hanging plant).

I spent this afternoon planting most of my flowers. The only one I didn't get planted was the White Snow Crystals. I'll have to get them planted sometime this week. I also added vitamins to all of my plants, except for my fruits/veggies. I'll need to get special vitamins for those.

Here are some pictures of my newly planted flowers:


Floral Lace Dianthus, planted 4/18/10. I thought these were pretty and they attract butterflies and hummingbirds, which is a big bonus for me.


Pink Jasmine, planted 4/18/10. Smells SO good!!


Mini Yellow Outback Daisies, planted 4/18/10. These are native to Australia. I can't get over how cute they are, little mini daisies.


White Madeira Daisies, planted 4/18/10. I thought these were SO pretty when I saw them yesterday. I just had to get them.


Blue Felicia Pinwheel, planted 4/18/10. These Daisy-like flowers bloom beautifully to invite butterflies into the garden. They aren't blooming yet, but they are really pretty and delicate.


Sassy Dark Red Geraniums, planted 4/18/10. These were just too pretty to pass up.


My hanging plant: Brachyscome Purple/Verbena Pink. Hung up 4/17/10.


White Snow Crystals. Not planted yet.

On Thursday, 4/8/10, I spent 3 hours in my garden. I planted all the flowers, fruits and veggies that I brought back from my parent's house (we visited them from 4/3/10-4/7/10. Spent Easter up there). I bought a bunch of plants up there and my mom gave me some plants from her garden. So, without further ado, here are the pics from Thursday:


Me, wearing my new gardening hat.


Getting ready to plant the strawberries.




strawberries


mint


jalapenos


CA poppies, not yet blooming


rosemary


red verbena


white African daisies


garden statue my mom gave me on 4/7/10


pink jasmine, still in its pot. Smells incredible!!


another picture of the pink jasmine


wider view of my garden






my tomato plant. It now has two flowers on it! :D


another view of the tomato plant


finch sock filled with nyger seed. Still waiting for the birds to notice it, but it's only been three days.

There's a HUGE sale at the Armstrong Garden Center. Everything is 70% off, so I'm gonna head on over there in the next few days to see what I can find. :) I still have some space to fill up in my garden.

Big gardening day!! :D

I had a fun gardening day today!! :D The weather was perfect for it too, sunny and gorgeous!! I started out with the English lavender and then the African daisies. Then, I went to the store and bought some merigolds, pansies and a tomato plant. I thought it would be fun to have my hubby take some action shots of me starting the garden. So, here they are, along with pics of my flowers:


English lavender before it was planted


African daisies before they were planted

Me in action...

































The planted flowers...



English lavender



African daisies



English lavender and African daisies



marigolds



pansies



tomato plant

Zach playing in the dirt with his new gardening tools...