Sunday - July 3, 2011 Gaudi's Garden

The above plants are called "4:00 o'clock." They open in the afternoon and close at night and during most of the day. Little black seeds form at the base of the flowers and they are spreading to other parts of my garden. I'm not sure if the birds scatter them of is they just self-seed.

These are Asian Lilies. I have various colors and they make good cut flowers. They come back every year and are multiplying.

I only have 2 tomato plants but you can see that they have really spread out. I think the variety is "Big Boy" but I'm not sure. We have been eating our tomatoes for a few weeks and there are a lot more on the plants. The trick is to pick them when they are ripe and before the birds get to them. So far, the tomatoes have been on the small size but they are very tasty.

This is mostly "catnip" and some flat leaf parsley. I bring a bunch of the catnip in the house and the cats get stoned on it. I plan to dry some when I get around to it.

I have 3 pepper plants, red, yellow and green. I have been picking peppers for a while now and the plants are still loaded. It takes a while before they change from green to red/yellow.

This picture shows a variety of flowers including Canna, Asian Lily's, Gladiolas, Papyrus, etc.

The bush in back of the fountain is a false Indigo plant. You can also see a few pots full of elephant ears plus various herbs along the wall including basil, sage, lavender and mint.

A close-up of the above with a small fig tree and peonies on the other side of the wall.

Annual hibiscus in the front (friends from Staunton, Il sent me this plant about 18 months ago and I have since divided it into 3 different pots. I bring them inside when it gets cold.) The two black pots to the left contain squash. The yellow flowers are day Lilies and the plants with the long thin leaves are Crinum lilies.

Close up of a Crinum lily bloom. I have several different kinds of Crinums in my garden and the flower stalk can get to 6 feet tall. The vine on the brick wall is Jasmine. It was covered with small white flowers this spring. The white flowers below are perennial hibiscus and to the right of this plant is a rose bush with a single red bloom.

It looks like I can't add any more pictures so I better wrap this up and try to send it. It has been very hot here during the entire month of June with 90 degree temperatures every day. I have to water the containers at least once a day and the other stuff gets watered at least every other day. The July forecast is for more of the same but there is some chance of rain next week.