The Season of Purple

My gardens tend to go through seasons of color.

Right now it is purple.

The purple flowers are called Obedient Plant.

It comes in purple and white.

They grow all summer long and flower in late summer to early fall.

They are beautiful.

BUT BEWARE!

IT IS INVASIVE!

Many years ago, I remember planting just a few of these plants in my driveway entrance flower bed.

A few turned into hundreds.

I gave so many away.

They are spreaders if you let them go to seed.

I did.

Now I have them in almost every garden in my yard.

So this year I went out and bought some more.

White ones.

I am hoping they will spread as well as the purple.

The Hydrangeas are starting to change colors.

Fall is on the way.

My Autumn Clematis is in bloom too.

Tiny white sweet smelling flowers.

It is one of my favorite climbing vines, I have four of them around the gardens and I added a new one to the back deck.

My daughter's new purple sneakers.

She loves the color purple and they are just her favorite she tells me.

What color season are your flowers in?

Ballet Slipper Pink

I started painting my daughter's desk chair.

Ballet Slipper Pink.

Such a delicate color.

I am not sure what fabric I am going to use.

I am going to go through my stash of vintage fabric in hopes of finding one that has the same color in it.

My daughter ok'd ruffles at the bottom edge.

I started painting my daughter's desk chair.

Ballet Slipper Pink.

Before the chair was painted.

Flowers from the grocery store.

Same kind of pink.

In the living room.

Peonies from the gardens.

Same.

In the dinning room.

Roses in my flower garden.

Same.

 

Peonies in the garden.

Same.

Flowers in the pots.

Same.

I think I have my theme color this summer. 

Pink.

With a side of blue.

Have you planted your pots?

What are your colors?

When I Grow Up

Do you remember when you were a kid and everyone asked

"what do you want to be when you grow up?"

I think I know.

I want to be a gardener.

A few pictures from Arbor House Lane Gardens.

I love flowers, planting, weeding, pruning.

I thought I was going to go simple this year due to a full schedule of BASEBALL.

Ah baseball.

If you are new to my blog then you might not know I have a hate love/hate hate relationship with the sport.

I do enjoy watching my children play, especially my daughter, she has an enthusiasm for the game that her brothers do not have.

I just am not enjoying being at the baseball fields 5 days a week.

I am a gardener.

I putter in my gardens.

I weed.

I plant.

I prune. 

I do not do BASEBALL!

Anyway, as I said I thought I was going to do easy this year due to lack of availability in my gardens.

NOPE!

I have already planted six pink fairy shrub rose bushes and I have about six more to plant.

I am also in the process of designing a new garden to work towards future pool privacy.

AND

I am hoping to talk Mr. M. into letting me turn our vegetable garden into a potager garden,
 otherwise known as a kitchen garden.

If you thought I have no time to garden, why on earth does Mr. M. think he has time to garden?

He is coach for one of my son's baseball teams and a coach helper for my other son's team.

So, my plan is to use this to my advantage and mix my flowers and his vegetables in one garden.

Picture found here.

Picture found here.

Both of these pictures are great gardens.

I love the second picture for all the different heights but I think there may be too formal and too much shade for a vegetable garden.  

The fun thing about gardening is that you can always be creative with colors and styles,
within your zone of course.

How about you?
Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?

Have a wonderful weekend.
It is going to be a beautiful day to garden and get our pool ready, summer is on it's way!

End of Summer Flowers

My gardens did not do as well this year.

Mostly my fault but I will blame it on Mother Nature.

Rain, rain where did you go?

I did manage to grow some beautiful flowers in spite of the lack of attention by me.

Beautiful pink roses about to drop their petals.

Gathered together in one bunch the colors are spectacular.

I have several of these beautiful climbing roses planted by my arbors.

I love the color of the hydrangeas.

Pinks, purples, whites and greens.

Such a wonderful combination.

I hope you are having a wonderful Labor Day weekend.