Oh my gosh, today has been THE BEST day!! The weather has finally turned here in New Mexico, and it is GORGEOUS! Sami and I hit Lowe's and Home Depot looking for a fountain and plants. We've been shopping around for a fountain and a bench and we scored BOTH today! Woot! We are totally getting rid of the front yard and are going to xeriscape and do a lot of rock, brick, and stone work - patio area, new sidewalks, steps on the side of the house where people often park - I can't WAIT to get going on it! We have 3 trees in the front yard. We are going to pull up all of them and plant two new ones. The front brick work will also have two or three large round built in stone planters. Don and Sami have done a lot of price comparing and drawing up of designs. Hope to get started on it as soon as soccer ends (which is this weekend!) :)
Anyway, Sami and I found lots of pretty plants, a concrete bench that I fell in love with, and a pretty new fountain.
A few pictures.....
The fountain....
We have a courtyard and i loooove sitting in my courtyard or eating dinner in it and listening to the sound of water. :)
A new plant (to us) that I planted by the front door. It's about two feet tall and can get up to six. Love the color! We have a new red umbrella for our outdoor dining table, and I think the two reds will look lovely in our New Mexican courtyard. :)
Spanish lavendar...LOOOOVE this stuff!! I always had "regular" lavendar until a few years ago when I saw this kind at a friend's party. I planted some on the side of the house and it has done beautifully. Have a new one now in one of the courtyard gardens. It gets big and fills in quickly. :) My froggie is there temporarily just watching me garden. heh heh
A calla lilly! I've never tried to grow one, but Sami LOOOOVES lillies, so we now have four different varieties in our gardens! lol Hope I don't kill it!
One of the garden areas out front....the bench on the left is the new concrete bench I got at Lowe's today. LOVE it! And it was a BEAR to get home! The store computer said they had 7 of them, but NO ONE could find them! lol I and several other peeps looked for at least 30 minutes. I finally spotted a pallet of them WAY up on a shelf. The only way I knew it was my bench was because of the item # on the outside of the plain cardboard box. The peeps working there were amazed at my determination to FIND THAT BENCH! lol I may go back and get a second one tomorrow! :) Oh - that yellow plant in the pinkish planter is an experiment as well. Never planted it before, but it likes full sun and this corner is the sunniest. Hope it's happy there! :)
My vinca in this garden is in full bloom....I just want to lay down in it! :) It always looks so cool and inviting to me.
And finally....my little fat bird that I got at Walmart this winter.... :D
We planted a lot more flowers than I've shown....dahlias, snapdragons, daisies. Still need to find some alyssum to edge all the gardens with. I planted some basil. Will try not to kill it this year! I have a very green thumb, but I have a heck of a time growing basil. Haruumph!
I'll post more pics as we make progress on the actual yard area!
