Black-eyed Stella, Azure Allium & Hairy Allium

Last night we were rewarded for all of our outside work (DH had his own grass-planting project)with these tasty T-Bones.

We grilled extra so it could be sliced and used for a salad Tuesday night (nail day--I have to plan ahead because I can't do anything for two hours while the color cures--hey, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!)



The new daylily blooming is Black-eyed Stella.

I like this one, though the eye is far from black—more like light brown. It's all coming together in this area and I could not be more pleased...well, that's not true...I would be more pleased if crocosmia 'chopsticks' had not disappeared. I am very saddened that it seems to have died out despite the mild winter we had.

Here I am standing behind these daylilies, looking toward the rockwall.

This is looking toward the house. The black-eyed Stellas are at the beginning of the path.

This is Azure allium. I planted a few bulbs last fall. It's a nice true blue color, though quite tiny.


See how small it is?


Remember the Hairy Allium from last year?

I am happy to report that it came back again. It's a strange flower, isn't it?

It's also tiny, but I have them both right at the edge of the path so I can enjoy them as I walk along.

I had a very productive weekend despite the cold rainy weather. It was really perfect weather to do hard garden labor, though the deck took a beating with the muddy shoes.
I wish the weekend was just beginning!