New Garden, New Possibilities

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Today Peggy Sheets is designate us around her garden .

My husband and I bought this menage in Bay St. Louis , Mississippi , about four years ago and are now living here full prison term . We ’re Zone 8b with modest winters and hot , humid summers .

For my 60th birthday on March 9 , my married man catch the side grounds prepare to my delight . I ’ve loved gardening my total liveliness . Over the more than 30 years of our marriage , we ’ve lived in Arizona , Florida , Virginia , Ohio , Alabama ( doubly ) , California , Louisiana , and now Mississippi , where we contrive to continue . It ’s been hard leaving gardens we create , especially in Birmingham , Alabama , and in Baton Rouge , Louisiana .

Along with horticulture , I get laid wildlife and am tickle a fairy bluebird pair is setting up housekeeping in the box we put up for them . The monarch butterflies have already been busy this year . Yesterday I counted over a dozen caterpillar on the milkweed that make it winter . We ’ll bask find the chrysalis on our front porch all summertime and sometimes vex to see steel - new butterfly stroke .

I ca n’t expect to plant my two new bed !

This salvia ( probablySalvia‘Wendy ’s Wish ’ , Zone 9–10 or as annual ) has not give up blooming all winter .

One of many monarch caterpillars on last year ’s milkweed .

The brand - new camellia garden , lately planted and ready to become a beautiful , fledged display .

Camellia japonica‘Pink Perfection ’ ( Zones 7–10 , also known as ‘ Otome ’ and ‘ Frau Minna Seidel ’ ) . look at that arrangement of petals , it ’s easy to see where the name “ Pink Perfection ” comes from .

Camellia japonica‘Gunsmoke ’ ( Zones 7–10 )

Camelliajaponica‘Delores Edwards ’ ( zone 7–10 )

A mislabeled camellia I call ‘ Miss Labeled ’ . She ’s quite beautiful , whatever her right name is !

newfangled layer quick for planting !

The fresh redone side yard , with bed ready for planting and chairs quick for lollygag and enjoying .

take over prospect of the neighbour ’s azalea in full bloom .

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