Aster 'Elizabeth'

In bloom, Fall 2007

The flowers are a very vivid purple--more than this picture shows.

The crown (much bigger this year!), just starting to grow, March 2008.Planted 1 in Spring 2007. Location: Between Hawthorn and Maple.

Eschscholzia californica 'Mission Bells' (California Poppy)

May 2008May 2008

Summer 2007

Summer 2007

My California Poppies are mixed colors. I didn't actually know they came in colors other than orange, but that's what the seed packet said, and here they are! So far I've seen cream, several shades of orange, red-ish, and pink (which is also ruffley!).

Planted 1 seed packet in Spring 2007. Location: Next to the cherry tree. Began blooming May 17, 2008.

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold' (Juniper)

Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' (Dwarf English Boxwood)

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold' (Threadbranch)

Tropaeolum majus 'Jewel' (Nasturtium)

Helianthus annuus 'Mammoth' (Russian Mammoth Sunflower)

Here's some of our sunflowers from this season. After the flower petals fade, the face of the plant kind of starts to roll up. Maybe because of the weight of the seeds? We harvested about a half a dozen flower heads this weekend, and got about 1.5 lunch bags (the brown paper kind from school days) full of seeds. Yum!

Bacopa

Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

This tree has been moved to Chris's Bonsai garden.

Cornus florida (White Flowering Dogwood)

This tree has been moved to Chris's Bonsai Garden.