Travelin’ Show

Also known as a good luck plant probably because of it’s shamrock shaped leaves. It’s drought resistant and also weathers the cold pretty well. The fact that it has almost year round blooms doesn’t hurt either. It spreads easily, though so you want to keep it contained.

I’ve been playing around with my macro setting. This photo of the pinks in the garden came out nicely. The veining in the petals shows up really well and the stamen and pisils are clearly defined.

My Azaleas are patiently waiting for spring. I don’t know how these buds can survive the freezing temperatures, but they are doing fine. I’m expecting a real show come April!

Another plant that I have no idea what it’s name is. The leaves are shamrock-shaped and it grows from teeny tiny bulbs. That’s all I can tell you. The leaves will fold up in the heat of the day, so it’s very drought-resistant. It multiplies and spreads pretty easily, so makes a nice ground cover [...]

I have no idea what this bush is really called, we’ve always called it the burning bush because in the fall, the leaves all turn a bright red. It gets these little berries on it that the birds eat. I need to prune it back because it’s gotten rather large and there’s a honeysuckle vine [...]