Garden in Bloom...

When we moved into our new house, there were only a few Indian Hawthorne bushes still living in our front flower beds. So my brother helped me create a cottage style landscape design and my grandmother and I went to work! To say that completely landscaping a new yard on a year where it fails to rain...EVER, would be a major understatement. It has been really challenging, but Travis and I are so pleased with the results. Granted all the plants are new and pretty small, but we can envision what the fruits of our labor will look like next Spring. :)

Here are the before pictures. Like I said, we pulled up all but 3 Indian Hawthorne's from the original beds.


















...and after.
















A few of my garden favorites...
"Dallas Red" Crape Myrtle...I LOVE this tree!

















"Homestead Purple" Verbena













"May Night" Salvia
















"Rosy Glow" Barberry













Hollyhocks

















Maiden Grass














"Valentine" & "Marie Pavie" Antique Roses