My front yard

is graced with a purplish pink lacecap hydrandea.

 As you can see it has grown out of control. But I cannot

bear to trim it back later on in the season.

 The lovely lacecaps are taking over my steps! There

is one large miss lilly plant that is peeking out from under

her skirt. This summer miss lilly will have to be

replanted next to her kin-folk on the other side of the porch.

 This is just 3 miss lilly plants. In my yard the lillys

grow out of control like everything else does. I used to have

planted here along the row of bricks 'little richards'.

The 'little richards'  grew so fast that in 2 years time

they had to be removed. All of the lilly plants that are

in this front yard 'seen or hidden' lined those 'little richard'

bushes in masses!  The lilly bushes got so huge! 

I got tired of the rows of bushes and decided

that it was time to do something different.  So last year I

decided to lay down this brick with the help of my daughter.

We are not finished. I want the brick to wind around the

side of my house towards the gate where my 'Rose of

Sharon' trees are.

 This is the 3 miss lilly bushes. My neighbor said that

she has never seen such big bushes of lillies.

 Hopefully we can finish the brick and fill it in with

the dirt. Then it will have to be weeded before I

put my little white table and chairs on it. If it doesnt

look good then I will change everything again this

summer.

 The name of this bush has escaped my tongue!

Oh I remember now - its a Jasmin. It

has my miss lilly plants planted all around her legs. The lillies

might not bloom because Jasmin is out of control.

Last year I wrestled with her because she kept trying

to hug my porch.

 My baywindow has seen so many changes that its

not funny. I used to have a large window box that

stretched the entire width of the 3 windows. Whenever

it rained the dirt would splash on my windows so

it is not there any longer. With the window box removed

I planted these 2 trees that are supposed to grow tall

and thin. I cannot remember their names. But one is

dead already and needs replacing this summer. Another

bush 'bit the dust' and it will get replaced also. But with

what I dont know yet. I see that my 'lacecap hydrandea'

is repopulating her species. I will leave it there and see

what happens. The ground of the flower bed is riddled

with pink, white and purple flox. It doesnt take long for

it to grow wild in my yard. Its already growing over

my bricks.

 This little flowerbed is at the end of my porch beside

Jasmin. The pink flowers are pretty.

I hope you like my gardens.

conny