Not Much Happening on the Deck Yet

The deck is not photo worthy yet. Since I did not plant any annuals, there is nothing even remotely ready to bloom. That's the negative side of using tropical plants - it takes at least six weeks before they get moving.

I did move the aqua bird house up here because it kept falling over in the garden. I probably won't leave it here for long.

The Veronica in this whiskey barrel is turning its brilliant blue color.


I hope it continues until these little cannas catch up. I was envisioning huge striped leaves shooting over top the blue spikes.

The pineapple lilies that I planted over two months ago, are just beginning to come up (at least one of them). I am not expecting much from these this year.
Here are the Rembrandt dahlias. As you can see there are two pots with nothing. I am not at all happy with Breck's this year! They sent me a bunch of duds!

Their only chance of redemption is if these dahlias have the most spectacular splotches of color that I have ever seen. They better not be those drab purple white ones I already have.

We have been getting a lot of rain the past week. I like that. The grass was beginning to brown the first week of June, but now it's nice and green again. Thank you Mother Nature.