April Garden Bloggers' Bloomday, 2010

Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloomday.  Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Garden, this is the day that garden bloggers show what's blooming in their part of the world.

Here, at Patchwork Garden, the flower blooming the most, is wild Prairie Verbena.  It's all along the creek, and filling the meadow.

I never realized it had such a scent.  But, walk into the meadow, and you can't miss it.

Blackfoot Daisy

Since I've been remodeling the whole place,  most of the plants are newly planted.  A few made it through last summer, and the unusually cold winter.

Salvia greggii

And, I've moved things around that were here last year.  They must be happy...they're the first ones to bloom.

Jerusalem Sage,  Phlomis fruticosa

Dianthus

Calibrachoa..lived mostly outside on the porch all winter.

Bougainvillea....lived in the garage.

Cleome 'Senorita Rosalita'

I've been digging more and more new beds, now that we have a fence.  I've been trying to fill them up with new plants.

Cuphea llavea 'Vienco'

Gazania

Calibrachoa

Kalanchoe

Some were already blooming, when I got them.

Salvia coccinea 'coral'

Some have started blooming since they were planted.

Salvia leucanthus

Not much there, yet.

Spiderwort

This one, was left over from last year.  It's outside the fence in a pot, mixed with Dusty Miller.  Still, it got chomped over and over, last year.  And, it got chomped early this year.  But, I put a cage around it, and it got to show it's colors.  I don't have a sunny spot for it.  So, maybe it'll have to go live somewhere else.

Everything has been happy with the spring, so far.  Let's hope we have enough rain this year.

Crown of Thorns, Euphorbia milii and Optunia 'Bunny Ears'

We don't want the whole garden to be a desert, again.

If you want to see more Bloomday blooms, go visit Carol at the link above.

Hope your Bloomday is bloomin' lovely.