Our Garden Perinnials

Sunshine and blue skies always makes me happy!

And, some of my favorite perennials in my garden.

This Privet has been blooming beautifully and so fragrantly for a couple of weeks.
I look forward to it’s white blooms every year, and it’s one of my favorite things in the Spring!
The sun was just popping up and casting a golden glow behind and to the left.

I’m happy to have this beautiful view to enjoy!

Liriope Big Blue, Liriope Variegated, and Hostas. These are easy low maintenance plants that keep on giving! And, they flower in the Summer, the Liriope blooms pretty purple-ish spikes and the Hostas tall white & lavender flowers.
In the Spring I trim the Liriope as the new foliage appears, the Hostas simply pop through the ground and look gorgeous.

My fun tip of the day!

May in Bloom

It's May already!  

Our beautiful Privet bushes are blooming their fragrant white flowers, it smells so wonderful!

The sweet fragrance fills the air!  This is a hardy perennial.  I love how it provides such beauty year after year.

[Some say “it’s an invasive plant and don’t like it” but, I love it for many reasons.  It’s evergreen, a privacy hedge, the birds love its berries, and I love the abundant pretty white flowers and sweet smell when it blooms!]

I look forward to these blooms every Spring!

Another thing I love about perennials is...I haven’t done a thing to this planting area yet this year, and Spring has it looking beautiful!  The Salvia, Hosta, and Liriope fill this area and are such easy plants!

This happy boy loves being outside, and chasing wildlife i.e. bunnies, birds, bugs, and lizards! Hence the big smile on his face ...and the decorative iron fence to keep him off my pretty plants!  Winning!*wink*

I usually tuck in some annuals in the currently empty pots, I like that I can change those plants with the seasons.

It's nice to enjoy beautiful mornings and afternoons out here!  And, it’s nice to slow down, unplug and just enjoy!

Wishing everyone a Happy May!...

  

Spring on the Back Porch and Patio

I hadn't shared any photos lately of our outdoor spaces.  We added on the covered porch and patio a few years ago, and they have become two of our favorite places to spend time.

We are fortunate to have good weather most of the year here in Georgia. We get some cold throughout the winter, but a fireplace and gas heater add warmth on those chilly evenings.

I added just a few Spring touches out here, a bit of greenery and lots of candles for night time ambiance.  In all honesty, I have a love/hate relationship with the TV out here.  I could have done without it, but the Hubby really wanted it and I do enjoy it part of the time.

I really enjoy being out here early mornings listening to the birds in the quiet.  It's especially nice on a bright and beautiful day!  I love a slow and easy morning out here on our back porch.

It's my "happy place" to begin and end each day!

This patio area next to our covered porch is a great spot for sunny mornings! It's also a great spot for planting pretty flowers, and attracting hummingbirds!

It's often a work in progress, because just like decorating inside, I like to make changes outside too!

My coffee mornings out here are a wonderful start to my day with the sights, scents, and sounds of nature.

This is just after I planted some new annuals. My clematis vine was just beginning to bloom its pretty purple flowers, and the grass greening up beautifully after dormancy.

I created the iron trellis wall as a blockage for our precious golden retriever who thinks he is suppose to cut through the planting area.(insert *eyeroll* here)  Well, not so fast boy, I've found a way to put a stop to that and make it pretty at the same time!  I like the way it turned out and it surely does the job!

It's a beautiful sunny day today so I feel the need to go enjoy it outdoors, I'll be out here doing just that!

Have a great day!

Hostas - A beautiful favorite

I love my Hostas!  These plants are an easy no-fuss type of plant and that works real well for me!  I definitely recommend them, especially if you are a no-fuss in the garden type, like I am.  I don't spend hours working the garden, I want instant gratification most of the time and little fuss, you know?  I like plants that almost take care of themselves.  And, this is one of them!  

There was a time I'd spend hours on end in my back yard gardening and such, but now I find I like to spend more time enjoying it, rather than working it!  I learned along the way to choose more plants and flowers that require less of me, but still give me something I can enjoy.

One of my favorite no-fuss plants are Hostas, because for one they are a perennial (comes back every year) and they really are an easy care plant.  And, I also think they are beautiful, plus they just get better and bigger every year!  They are ideal for the low maintenance gardener like myself!  

These plants are very easy to divide and replant around your garden.  They are a shade loving plant, but mine get ample sun and still do well.  Hostas can be planted in the ground or in pots.  They make a nice potted plant too, either big or small.  Whether planting in the Spring, Summer or Fall, these plants will be ones to enjoy, and to look forward to the next year and those to follow!  

Hostas flower late in the summer with tall shoots and trumpet-like flowers on the top, mine are white and purple.  The flowers change the look, they can be left alone or trimming them works well if you like, and you can use those cuttings as arrangements indoors, although trimming them is not necessary.    

My Hostas were looking like this a few days ago.

By winter they look like a dead plant, but not to worry, they will be back next year!  I get excited when I see them popping through the ground, because I know they are going to be beautiful in no time at all!
  

Early in the spring they start popping up through the ground.

Within just days they come in fast.  

This is a good time to divide them, but you can divide them almost anytime once they emerge.

In no time they fill out nicely.  I like that they get bigger every year.  I was given these three Hosta plants from a neighbor years ago who divided some of her Hosta plants.  I have divided these and used them on the other side of our deck, and in another planting bed.  And, I took some of the divides to Indiana years ago to share with my Mom, back when she still lived there.  These serve as a nice base plant and I can fill in around them with annuals, either in the ground or in pots.

These Hostas are on the other side of the deck which I mentioned, and were divides from the original three plants given to me by my neighbor.  I don't have to fuss with these at all and they look this beautiful!  I love that!   

And, I love my beautiful Hostas!...