Pretty Flowers

So, I finally remembered the name of the white flower I used in the front of the house - it is called "Profusion White Zinnia". Things are starting to fill in a bit, as you can see, and I am very happy with the results. I mentioned it on my other blog about trying a new type of flower, a Calla Lily, and it too is growing very well. I will put pictures up as soon as it blooms. The yellow flowers you see are Stella de Oro day lilies. Day lilies are very easy to grow and the varieties are amazing. I am looking to get more some time to add to the collection.

In the second picture you see my front yard. I mentioned putting in grass plugs of Amazoy Zoysia. I received the grass on Wednesday as I was walking out the door to work and put most of them in yesterday. You all, this is hard work. It comes with a little plugger to pull out the old grass, but with my yard it was so hard I had to wet it to be able to cut through the old sod. And I raked and pulled out tons of weeds. If you look close at the picture you can see the left overs of the old plugs I pulled out. It kind of looks like the yard has popped out little growths or something, like in Gremlins - HA! I will keep you posted on how it all comes out, I sure hope it was worth it.

This is one of my latest additions. I don't know the proper name for it but it sure is a pretty rose. The bud starts off sort of orange looking and once it opens it is yellow with a slight pink tinge around the tips of the petals. The longer it exists the paler it gets. It is a "grandiflora" which means it bushes and gives single and multiple flowers at the same time. I am pretty sure I have a hybrid tea and a florabunda too. I forgot and it really doesn't matter to me. These were added to the space out next to the road and I am very pleased that this one is blooming already.

Oh, I just discovered this little bit of information and wanted to share it with you all. Four O' Clock flowers, among others, are poisonous to Japanese Beatles. I hate when they eat up some of my favorite trees or roses and they need to go!!! Of course you can use Milky spore or Nematodes as an organic choice to rid yourself of these voracious little beasts!!