Rock Garden Evening

At 6:01 p.m., shadows just creeping up to the edge of the rock garden.

Rock Garden in Late April

April 14, 2024

Red Yucca

Katie Ruellia (Mexican Petunia)

Ice Plant Ocean Sunset 'Orange Glow'

 

 

Ice Plant Ocean Sunset 'Violet'

April 24, 2024 - 'Moonshine' yarrow (right) and Spiny Goldenweed (left) starting to bloom.

Tahoka Daisy

April 27, 2024

 

Autumn Sage 'Lipstick'

Autumn sage by the front door is blooming up a storm!

Walking Iris (Trimezia steyermarkii)

Mom gave this to me last year, and it just started blooming! She couldn't remember what color it was, so it was a surprise, lol. The blooms aren't overly showy, but I do think they're kind of exotic looking.

A tropical species native to Southern and Central America, it is not cold hardy and needs to be brought indoors in the wintertime in areas that freeze.

Zinnias

Debbi's sister Donna gave me these zinnia seeds, and they have been beautiful!

Rock Garden in 2023

We've had a boatload of rain this year, and the rock garden is loving it! This is year 3 for the rock garden (est. spring 2021).

Mainly 'Moonshine' yarrow and Mexican feather grass with a bit of Spiny Goldenweed and Threadleaf Groundsel mixed in.

Jillie gnawed off several of my Red Yucca spikes, so now they're "weeping," lol.

Grandmother's purple Larkspur in the background.

The lawn gets some evening shade, but the rock garden is full sun all day, every day. Lawn was installed from seed ('Highlander' bermuda) in 2021.

Cody in the Larkspur

 

 

Roses

Planted these bare-root roses of 4/1/2023

Left to right: Oklahoma, Angel Face (center), Tiffany. I barricaded them with some temporary fencing to keep the dogs from digging them up until they are established!

'Oklahoma' Rose

'Angel Face' Rose

'Tiffany' Rose

5/15/2023: Oklahoma rose (my only bloom so far!)

Moths on Pink Yarrow

I don't know what type of moths these are, but they're teeny-tiny (the size of my fingernail), and they LOVE my pink yarrow!

Yarrow and Larkspur

These pictures are from the front flowerbed where I installed a flower bed last year.

The wild yarrow I dug up at the farm last year when I was home mowing. It appeared to have a very slightly pink blush at the time but this year is fully white. 

The larkspur is from the hummingbird seed mix given to me by a neighbor, and that was REALLY beautiful! The larkspur blooming now sprouted last fall, and there are also some Four O'Clocks just starting to pop up.

We got 1" of rain a couple of days ago so I'm hoping more seeds are about to sprout because I know there are a LOT out there!

Mini Orchid

I picked up this mini orchid on clearance at Walmart for $4 back in mid-April. It was out in full sun and was very dry so the leaves are a bit funky, but it's held onto all of its blooms since I brought it home.

Tonight I put it in a cloche since regulating moisture can be more challenging on mini's. I'm planning to get a pretty plate for it to sit on instead of this plastic drip pan.

Rock Garden Progression

UPDATE: 5/12/2022, Got 1" of rain two days ago.

UPDATE: 4/29/2022

Threadleaf Groundsel is blooming up a storm!

 

ORIGINAL: 4/23/2022

The rock garden was SO PRETTY last year that I'm going to do progression pictures this year so I can see how and when it changes over the season.

This year has been extremely dry and windy so far with no measureable rainfall since August and a dust storm yesterday with gusts over 70 mph. But still... the Threadleaf Groundsel is doing it's thing! Yarrow had some windburn, plus there are two that I recently dug up to share with mom, and they're still in recovery mode.

Threadleaf Groundsel