I thought these chives flower heads were cool.



Makes me want a baked tater.

I've got a beautiful, large magnolia tree in the back of the yard in this house we purchased last fall. It's finally blooming and it's magnificent, but HOLEEE CRAP, this thing is going to be a lot of work between the 9 million sticks and twigs it's dropped and the 18 million metric tons of petals already on the ground.

We have a few chives too. We just need to remember to harvest some from time to time. I usually remember AFTER I've eaten a baked potato.

Don't know why but grape hyacinths are my favorite. Years ago we started out with a couple of freebies. Every spring I mow around them for the first few cuttings to give them a chance. We now have a patch that takes up about fifty square feet. I'll mow it as soon as they die back. A neighbor has a large field and every year there is a couple of acres of solid purple for a brief time.

No pic, sorry; I was cooking with fresh ginger and a small piece was leftover. I chucked it in the flower pot of a plumeria thinking the ginger would dehydrate. A few months later an unknown plant was growing. It took me a while to make the connection. Very pretty plant and I recommend growing a ginger bush if you are inclined to that.

Also no pics, but the Mayapples are coming in, as is the Bloodroot, and Jack in the Pulpits. Very soon, all of my transplanted Alternate Leaf Dogwood trees will be in bloom.

Fringe Daisies AKA: Fleabane

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Bermuda.

If you saw the crap that was on the lot when we bought this house you'd understand. Original owners had managed to take a sodded yard to complete weeds and crap in only 5 years of incredible, seemingly purposeful, neglect.

We knew when we made the offer our only reasonable avenue was going to be residing it, but damn!

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Bermuda.

If you saw the crap that was on the lot when we bought this house you'd understand. Original owners had managed to take a sodded yard to complete weeds and crap in only 5 years of incredible, seemingly purposeful, neglect.

We knew when we made the offer our only reasonable avenue was going to be residing it, but damn!

I'm in the same boat as you. Had another 12 cubic yards of topsoil spread and scratched in Bermuda grass from seed early April. Watered twice a day the last 3 weeks and the results are outstanding.

Bunch of weeds and some bare patches. Fucked up my ribs can't do anything about it this year, likely going to get crap results from the garden because I am weeks out from being able to turn it.

Nothing nice this year

Our banana is in bud, so I look forward to its first fruit!

harvested some Morels last week; the blueberries are flowering; we're weeks away from even turning the soil....

St Augustine Grass and two different species of oak trees. The oaks are kind of cool as even in the spring their leaves are different colors.

BTW, Shugart I hate to break it to you but that ain't growing in your yard. It's growing on your deck.

raise your hand if you want a picture of DRDans banana

Dan-De-Lions. Finally, Spring in the Yoop!

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raise your hand if you want a picture of DRDans banana

Ask, and ye shall receive.

I am impressed with sjtill's Century Plant. My parents had one sprout like that in their backyard, though a bit smaller. It is a small exaggeration to state that yku can watch it grow by the hour.

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I am impressed with sjtill's Century Plant. My parents had one sprout like that in their backyard, though a bit smaller. It is a small exaggeration to state that yku can watch it grow by the hour.

All of a sudden, it was just there! We just moved in to this house a month ago, the previous owners have the back yard planted with drought-resistant plants, especially agave of several varieties, of which this is one.

hawthorn was pretty for a couple of weeks but blooms are already dropping. of course, the azaleas are finished.


these lilies popped last week along the driveway. we have 5 or 6 of them... not sure of variety.


but the thing I'm most excited about is my peach tree is loaded with fruit this year. it is not a big tree, but has well over a hundred peaches going right now. It had less than 10 last year. I'll have my hands full keeping the squirrels off of it this year but hoping to make it to harvest probably in June.