More plantings

Lots of sprouts have come up: portulaca, poppy, cherry tomatoes, snapdragon, nicotiana, coreopsis, aster hulk, pretty much everything i planted recently. The only exceptions are the Astilbe and the larger seeds that were planted in the egg container: torch ginger, datura vine, gardenia. They came from a tropical supplier so they may not be in the best condition. we'll see.

dug out another large section to put in the rest of the hollyhock i had left and the few columbine, larkspur and delphinium i had left that survived multiple floodings. There were about 18 in all. decided i'll put the portulaca, snapdragon and nicotiana in three sections in front of them when they get large enough. what i'm gonna do with the coreopsis and the poppy i haven't quite figured out yet...

one of the ranunculus i planted has already flowered and it looks very cute. i'm glad i planted them. the first was pink. there are about  7 more on the way though. i didn't expect to see the eye in them, that was a surprise. all the pictures i've seen of them do not have the eye part visible. still cute tho. i wonder how long the blooms will last. wow, what see-jane-run  sentences... i promise i'm not a kinder-gardener. : )

I've been seeing many little flower buds on my rose bushes but saw my first actual bloom today. I'm not completely in love with the flowers it produces, they are a bit small and frail. they were bushes rescued from a friend's house and were beloved by his mother who passed away, so i'm sure she's very happy that someone is taking care of them now. So i'm a foster parent for the rose bush b/c i plan on giving them back to him so he can have that memory of his mother as soon as he gets a nice place to put them down at. As soon as i get one in full bloom i'll snap a nice picture of it.