Oh, look......what's this ?

The Ghost of Seasons Past....and the first bloom of the New Year......!

Iris 'In the rough....'......the color !

that looks soooooo peaceful i would fall asleep in the chair

hahaha...No, Dick, you wouldn't....it's not a comfy chair.....now, the comfy ones came from Harbor Freight unassembled for $25...lol..left all of mine but one down South....

Libertia grandiflora.......

Cistus skanbergii.......normally a nice sturdy mound.....and I think that it is known as such.....


I'm happy to have found that it also likes to climb up through the branches of Ceanothus 'Dark Star' when planted close for support...it may also help that the Cistus side is a bit shaded making it want to climb for more sun...the Cistus has climbed to 6' with the support of the Ceanothus

Sorbus / Mountain Ash...........................

Yes, very happy with this Giant Red Salvia ( may have been labeled as Giant Red Mexican Salvia at the botanical garden....lol..) stolen seeds)........think it will spend its life here in a large tub

Me likey !

Cistus 'Sunset'.....









Peeking out my kitchen window, I can see my Dark Star and my Jasmine is starting to bloom, so between the two of them, it smells wonderful out there....

Good Morning, Blanche ! cistus 'Blanche'....and first bloom on Dendromorpha variegata.....

and the beautiful little thimbleberry...so clean....and it has no thorns, the leaves are pretty and soft...decided that I like it growing in there with everything else.....

Dunno what these are, but they're a beautiful magenta color...have to ask Bex if they came from her......they may have been in the pot with the Zebra Grass when I planted it some years ago.....I had some Lobelia that popped up in that same area and then disappeared.....

Yes....came from Bex...they're Ixia.....

Rosa rugosa......these will be kept potted since being warned they would become a rambunctious thicket.....

Cistus.....un-named.....this came from the property of Rebecca's somewhat recently deceased Uncle Ben's property in Pistol River, where it has naturalized through the years....think I will be calling it 'Uncle Ben's Cistus'....lol...the bloom is not really as large in proportion to the size of the plant as it appears to be....

This a.m.....glorious sunshine.....

and.....

First yellow Verbascum to open....



Cistus corbariensis reaching full bloom.....





Prostanthera cuneata....





First Linaria 'Canon Went'....

my yellow Clivia is opening also