My Daisy Gardenias

I stopped by a favorite nursery on Saturday and found two 

Daisy Gardenia bushes.  I have placed them in the large planter

boxes on either side of the garden steps leading up to the French

doors of the guest bedroom.  This area is just off the patio and is

reached by a flagstone path.  

The blossoms are a bit smaller than on a standard Gardenia bush,

 and they turn to a pale yellow as they start to fade.  My are they

fragrant!  The entire patio is blessed by their perfume.

Look at their sweet faces.  They tolerate partial shade which is just perfect

for this area.  They bloom from mid May through July.  

My Impatiens are doing well so far.  I have to watch them carefully

because the snails love them.  A woman at the nursery told me to 

sprinkle salt around the plants and the snails will not bother them.  I 

hope this technique works.  I don't like to use snail bait because it

is deadly for the birds.

Speaking of birds, I am trying to attract more hummingbirds to the

garden, so I planted this trailing Vinca.

The weather here is crazy today.  Lots of wind blowing moisture up

from the Gulf of Mexico which is predicted to create havoc when it

meets with the cold front that is working its way down to west Texas

from Colorado and New Mexico.  Hope we can avoid it!

Wow Us Wednesday

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley