LOL, I can't grow rhubarb here but I love it. My grandmother made rhubarb pie - or a strawberry/rhubarb compote or pie filling.
Things are starting to heat up in SoCal (95 today!!) so I am entering the maintenance phase of gardening, no more planting. Too bad for the early heat, I know I'll lose my winter plantings early (usually last until July 1st).
Meanwhile:
One of the plants that can tolerate our high heat and hot winds in the bougainvillea.
This is "orange king."
And "royal purple" (that flops over my back fence)
Cactus can also take the heat, but their blooms are short-lived:
These are very very old - and bloomed for the first time after I repotted them in designated cactus soil:
I had never seen this one bloom before - after 25 years:
First plumeria of the season:
And, of course, my favorite hollyhocks:
And my helpers!
Relaxing in the California poppies while mom waters:
She is often hard to spot, but loves to hang out in the garden:
And, lastly, in honor of my late husband, my new weathervane:
Your BEST Photos, yet! Loved them all. :) I always think of Hollyhocks as being a ‘Midwest Thang’ but I’m glad you love them, too.
I am working on Beau to get the side of the barn that faces the house ‘de-junked’ so I can grow Hollyhocks along there and see them whenever I look out the kitchen window. So classic, aren’t they?
Just love the pictures. Especially the weathervane and the orange bouganvilla. I have never seen that color before. It's almost 11am and done for the morning. Only 81 today so better than the last few days. I've been getting tomato plants in during the evening. So about a week ago I saw a hole in the asparagus bed, big enough for a small groundhog to use as an exit hole. The only thing I could do about it was to put a rock over it, the one in the picture is about 8" long and about 5" wide. Weighs about 5 pounds. Nothing else happened for a few days. I hoped there was no asparagus under the rock. This morning as I got to the bed I saw that the rock had been upended. Before I could start cussing out varmints I saw that a fat asparagus had upended the rock. It was pretty impressive and picture worthy and sharing worthy I think. I took the rock off right away and added some dirt in the hole. Our asparagus is just starting this week, have picked 5 so far. I was down there last night so this growth happened overnight.
I love bougainvillea and have 2 small plants that I hope to one day have them grow into a small shrub in a container. Only 2 of the 4 starters I planted made it through the indoor wintering, but I’m not giving up! Will repot to give them extra room this year. Maybe they will decide to like me as much as I like them. Fingers crossed.