May 12, 2009--My cactus blooms opened

Spring is almost here. I'm soooo ready for it. There are some of my perennial flowers blooming in my front flowerbed. The herb garden looks kinda brown and bear but that will change as it warms. The birds have been out in full force also. Raked the leaves out of the flowerbeds. The leaves insulate the plants over the winter months. Hopefully removing them didn't jinx things and cause more cold weather.

My Garlic is coming up in my herb garden. I'd actually forgotten that I'd planted it and then while I was pulling a few weeds from around the herbs I noticed that it was poking its head up.

He have started a cactus garden in the section of the flowerbed which is by the PTAC unit. I couldn't get anything to grow there because of the hot exhaust so I thought why not put plants that love that type of environment. So far we have about 5 different kinds. I'll try to get pics up ASAP.

The temps have been almost unbearable and with heat index of 110 not alot of gardening going on other than trying to make sure that my plants don't cook. The sunflowers did well. I worked in the front flowerbed trying to make it look less cluttered. I hope that is what I achieved. It does look better. The Fennel that I planted around the other plants is really doing well. Also the cuttings of varigated vine seem to have "taken".

Sunflowers planted in my herb garden just outside the back door.

I think this bloom is soo pretty.

Smaller Sunflower in the front flowerbed.








Our Fennel..it's doing so well.

I am trying to find a cactus or plants that do well in the area of my flowerbed which is near the air/heat unit. When the unit is running their is a constant flow of warm air so I'll need something that would do well in a very very dry area.