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

 

Cholla Cactus

Moved my cholla cactus into my Texas pot. Mom got the original start of this from Jon who brought a piece back from his trip to Cibolo Creek Ranch years ago, and I got some pieces from her last year.

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.

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