WHY did my job have to start carrying plants?!?!?! aghh! haha. i was wandering around our "garden center" today and decided to buy these two guys! i can't wait to see the butterfly bush grown! i planted them both along the fence in my back yard. hope the dogs don't mess with them

"Miss Ruby" butterfly bush. Its new from 2009 or 2010. its supposed to be more compact than a normal one only getting about 5x5 feet which is small for these guys i guess haha:


this is what the blooms look like: (not the plant i bought)



and a "Bloomerang" lilac. it reblooms in the fall:


what the blooms look like: (not the plant i bought)

curse you and your butterfly bush! JK

i LOVE BB but i have planted 3 in the last 2 years and they have not come back in the spring. i did go to HD yesterday and i think i saw this "new" BB it was being called a shrub and it had a center trunk and then bushed out where the 3 bushes i have tired were more like sticks coming out of the ground... I am toying with the idea of giving it one last try on this shrub.... where do you work and how much was your BB? HD had them for $20

i work at kroger. not sure if you have them there but they are an upscale grocery store. both bushes were $8.99 each and the company they came from is called "proven winners"

i believe our king soopers is part of kroger or is it safeway... i know its one of those. there is no way you would find a bush that size for jut $9 around here! good buy!

You lucky duck! I'm so jealous! I want to get a butterfly bush in the worst way but I think hubby would have a fit if I brought home another plant. Awesome price on that thing too...oh I'm just seething with jealousy over here.

i'm not trying to make anyone jealous, i promise!! he he..

Well you are!

That's okay, until the day I fulfill all my gardening dreams I will live them out vicariously through others.

well i figured its time for an update haha
here are just some things that have grown and begun flowering around the yard
i will take some more today as other things have begun flowering

Oh how pretty!

The bulbs I had hubby are coming up nicely....now, let's hope they ALL bloom!

wow its been a while! i will post some 2013 gardening pictures. just gonna start with this one and take some more later when more flowers bloom. i am SO happy with how my grass is coming along compared to the first pictures i posted in here!

Shannon, i took pics of my garden this weekend to to start updating for this summer! its a ton of fun to look back and see all the progress you have made! hope 2013 is a great garden season!

My grass has made the most progress. I think...now to get rid of the damn bent grass!!! I hate that crap..

okay here are some pics i took.

front from left


front from right


side yard....have a lot of trouble on this side due to neighbor's invading weeds


front left bed...azaleas, hellebore plant, lillies, patio bonfire peach, periwinkle, heather, and hens and chickens



front right bed, phlox, azaleas, cupflower, cherokee purple tomato plant, sweet cherry tomato plants, heather, volunteer dogwood tree



my herb garden


my weeping cherry...slowing growing...very slowly, haha..