Showing posts with label vinca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vinca. Show all posts

Summer annuals

Sunday, August 9, 2009

These heat loving annuals are pretty beat up from the Arizona sun.


Although the vinca don't seem to mind much.


This is the only lisianthus flower left. I think it is the best one I've seen all summer.

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Veggie Garden

Thursday, August 6, 2009

This pumkin should be ready around the middle of October.


I'm always amazed at the Vinca's ability to take the direct desert sun.

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Lily of The Nile

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I bought a Lily of the Nile at Home Depot.

Ever since I started gardening I've wanted one of these.

Now if I can just keep it alive.

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Give...me...shade...please...

Monday, July 13, 2009


These poor guys are stuck over against the house until August. It's just too darn hot.

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Soaker Hose

Saturday, July 11, 2009


Now you see it. Now you don't. I buried the soaker hose. After only a week in this desert sun, it was starting to spring leaks.

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The Vegetable Garden

Tuesday, July 7, 2009


Here is my vegetable garden. So far I've got corn, tomato and peppers growing.

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Full Sun

Sunday, July 5, 2009


I have just learned an important fact about July gardening in Phoenix, AZ. Full sun equals mostly shade. Ouch!

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