My Garden Party

Welcome to my garden tour! I'm joining The Preacher's Wife for a garden party today, so be sure and go by and check out more beautiful gardens from her links. Come along and see what's blooming in my yard or has been blooming recently. Wouldn't it be nice if these blooms stayed around for much longer? I wish!
Hibiscus is just peeking their heads out to the sun. These are such huge blooms.
The Endless Summer hydrangeas that you'll see below were so pretty, I had to bring some in to put in a vase to enjoy.
So pretty! Dayliles blooming in my garden...

The Endless Summer hydrangea that I planted 2 years ago is just huge now. This started as a little quart size plant and the blooms are just wonderful. It's supposed to bloom all summer like this. Mine started out pink, but with our soil has turned the most gorgeous shade of blue. We love blue so wouldn't think of trying to change it back. Such delicate color

Ahhh, beauty at its best!
Fills this whole corner bed going in the backyard gate, underplanted with hostas & pink impatience.
Wave petunias are growing like crazy in this basket.

Brilliant magenta clematis on the mailbox.

This is a Spirea (can't find my card with the actual name) and I just love the soft pink blooms and the lime green leaves. Spireas have done very well for me and I will be planting more of these.

The knockout roses were in fine form this year and have bloomed prolifically so far.
Little bunny tucked amoung the shrubs. This little green shrub is a Wheeler's Dwarf Japanese Mock Orange and they've done well for me too.
Blue Scabiosa pincushion perennials are busting out too.
A newly found rusty butterfly that came from a yardsale for $2 now flies in my backyard.

Planted these hollyhocks last year and this year they are rewarding me with some really amazing blooms. First time I've tried these. They were planted from seed.
Deep pink
Rosier pink
This is the spirea again. These are some new dianthus that I just planted this year and they are blooming like crazy now. Close-up of the blue pincushion Scabiosa. And that brings me back to the teak furniture I bought at the recent yardsale. Remember how it looked when I brought it home?
Spending some time with a pressure washer has really improved the looks a lot. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than it was. I'll be adding some teak oil or something like that to help preserve the color and keep it looking better. I really don't hate the gray color, that just looks beachy to me, but I'll try to keep it looking good. I think the blotchiness on the table top was from the previous owner adding poly that didn't all come off.
I'm still very happy with this yardsale find at $20, can't beat it! I've been a busy girl sewing (yes, me sewing!) some cushions for my chairs and swing and I'll be showing the whole patio next week in all its beautiful glory. We sure are loving it out here!
And, for those of you who were concerned about the drainspout under the deck....I found this concrete rain catcher for $2.50 at a home store that should keep it all under control. We've had a few rains since I put it in and no problem with the pea gravel at all. I also scrubbed down the brick & got most of the clay stains off using a bottle of bleach water and scrub-brush. I think those bricks at the bottom are actually red in color and not completely stained from clay.

Do you love to garden too? The thing I hate the most is weeding. If I had someone who would do that for me, I'd be a happy girl. How do you get rid of weeds in your flower beds? I have one perennial bed that I hoed up all the grass in to get started and now the grass is back with a vengeance. I'm hoping I can spray it down with some weed killer and try to get rid of some of it.

Happy Blooms to you!