I spaded up a little more grass today to make room for sunflowers. By now, I have a mixture of orange tithonia torch Mexican sunflowers, lemon queen sunflowers, vanilla ice sunflowers, mammoth Russian sunflowers, moonshine branching sunflowers, and teddy bear sunflowers. What wonderful names! Who knew there were so many kinds of sunflowers? I sure didn’t, and I can’t wait to see them spring to life. As I sat on the patio for a rest, I noticed how bright the marigolds in pots looked. They really made the lime green and lapis blue patio colors pop. I decided to go get another flat of them to give the gardens some zing while the other flowers get up and get going. It will be good for my budget when the plant places close!
The wind came up in the afternoon, so I went inside to have a break. While putting my feet up, I paged through a garden book, and was inspired to see roses mixed with daylilies. So, back out I went and transplanted some old daylilies alongside the new rose bushes. Much better! Tonight I’ll soak some more heavenly blue morning glory and white moonflower seeds so I can plant them behind the roses and below the new blue trellises.