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Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird'

  Ivy Geranium - Geranio hiedra peargonium x peltatum
Salvia Sclarea 'Piemont'
 Trachelium
 Purple Heart
 Black Mondo Grass
 Curry Plant
Monkey Flower
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Lemon Cucumber



Regular Cucumber - planted into a large pot

Strawberry


Blueberries - found this three pack of early-mid and late fruiting blueberries at Lowes

Peppers




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They seem to have stopped growing vertically, so they are probably starting to put energy into flowering.
New plants that I got from Orchard Nursery: Cosmos, Nicotiana (in lime and white), lantana, and Fern

I added the cosmos to the veggie bed to attract some pollinators to the veggie garden...

Fern, Nicotiana (in lime and white), and white and yellow lantana

Updates to plants I had:
This penstemon was one I planted by seed about four years ago, it bloomed for the first time last year, and this year the blooms were really gorgeous!

The Borage is happy blooming away

Potatoes are a growin' and I added some soil and built up around the plants

The Dahlias are still getting bigger, I'm worried that when they bloom the flowers will break the stalks!
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 Borage
 Black Mondo Grass
 Purple Heart
 Altromeria
 Strawberry

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last weekend 5/19/12 - looking for buds to form soon.
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week 3 is showing more progress...

I'm guessing they will bloom in about a month...
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these things have really shot up in a week! these were taken Saturday 4/28
these were taken Saturday 4/21

and I planted them the weekend of 4/8
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This plant appeared in my backyard one spring. When I was weeding, I noticed a leaf that had a clear center vein running through it and let it grow to see what it was. It was this Salsify. This year it's grown to a small patch of them. I've read that in the fall I can try digging up the root and cooking it, but it must be cleaned and peeled first.

These blooms only last a little while  a day or so, and close up at night.
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The property management company that manages the office building I work in, decorates the front lobby with plants, and refreshes these about every month or two. When they refresh, they give the old plants away to who ever comes through the lobby that day. A few months ago I got a couple of Kalanchoes, a succulent that typically blooms in the winter.


Since these plants were for short-term decoration, each pot actually had three plants in it. I separated those out into their own individual pots, and will find a great protected place to plant these if they survive the 9b cold this winter instead of the zone 10 -11 they are supposed to be in.



Kalanchoe blossfeldiana