Plant Pick of the Month-August

Well I have been slacking on my plant picks but I definately need to do one in August. Since August is the best month ever (being my birthday month) I wanted to do a one of my all time favorite plants - The Cala Lily. These beautiful lilies are native to South Africa, and happen to be poisonous. So don't eat them. I had cala lilies in my wedding bouquet. They can be cold hardy depending on the species.

Beautiful View

Here is some of the wonderful sunsets I get to enough out my back door.

More pictures of pretty flowers

Here are some of the pictures that the professional photographer took at my cousin's wedding, showing off the flowers I did a little more.

Family Heirloom

I finally have a spare bed where I can display some of my family heirlooms. This blue star quite was made by my great grandmother Eloise Butler. I will treasure it always.

Plant Pick of the Month - May

Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) are one of my all time favorites. I quess they are one of my favorites because of story my grandmother told me. When she was little her grandmother had a playhouse that her and her cousins would play in, surrounding this house was Hollyhocks. So they would call thier playhouse Hollywood. I always thought that was such a cute story. I think most of the time we tend to like plants because of memories associated with them. Hollyhocks come in a variety of colors. They can be short lived and sometimes considered a biennial. They can be 4 to 8' tall and 2' wide. Growing in zones 3-7 they like rich, well-drained soil and full sun. They are pretty easy to grow from seed, which I decided to try this year. The same grandmother I mentioned in the story knows how much I love hollyhocks and gave my a couple of plants for mothers day.

A few more pictures

Wedding Flowers

My little cousin got married this last weekend and I was lucky enough to do her flowers for her. Here are some pictures of them, I will have some more to post later.