It's a Flower's Life

I learned about flower gardening from my Mom. I still learn something all the time from her. She is the master gardener, the expert in flowers. She loves flower gardening.

She finds exotics sometimes. But she is happy with the regulars. Roses, pansies and violas, and a cactus basket with several different species of cactus in it. She has inside flowers and outside flower gardens. She has a few hostas here and there. She loves her rose bed.

We had a few flowers. We mostly have flowers that came on there own or were here when we moved. Every late winter, early spring since we moved here we have gotten the crocuses that grow up near the rose bush. We get the crocuses by the tree in our front lawn. It seems the crocuses have spread too. We have had to dig them out of our front garden beds the last two years.

It’s a Flower’s Life

Kids loves flowers too. My kids love sunflowers. My oldest loves just about any flower. She especially loves the deep purple tulips we have. These tulips are almost black and since her favorite color is black (she’s a teenage going through that stage) she absolutely is enthralled by the tulips. We had bachelor buttons, marigolds and zinnias last year. I planted them in tires up front. This coming season I think we might get more sunflowers. But we are putting them up front so the deer are less likely to ravage them like they did last year.