water gardens at perina farms

virginia creeper at perina farms

Canna 'Australia"

I moved the sum and substance hosta.  I also moved the purple leaf patio peach behind it Prunus persica "Bonfire".

Magnolia soulangiana 'Lennei'

Magnolia de Lennei.

hot poker

giant Solomon's seal it grows 3' tall.

the bamboo is starting to come out of the ground.

the chocolate mimosa tree is starting to get its burgundy color now.

the voodoo  lily is in full bloom and it does stink it is pollinated by  fly's thank goodness it only stinks for one day.

the voodoo lily has just started to bloom very unusual the flower only last a few days and that's a good thing cause for one day it stinks. I grow it more for the unusual leaf shape the flower will die down and then in a month the leaves will come up.

two of the largest hostas the lime green one is sum and substance and the blue is elantas.

hosta elantas it gets so big and I have already had to cut back the leaves once this year if I didn't trim them back they would cover the entrance.

hosta elantas and sedums growing in window box.

one of the shadiest parts of the garden.

knock out roses are getting full.

the hostas are so full this year.

Lobelia "queen Victoria" this plant is actually planted in the stream the humming birds just love it.

red Rhododendron this is the first year its bloomed been in the ground for two years.

the wisteria is blooming planted it last year cant wait till it covers this arbor which is 12 feet high.

red peony

one of my red peony

this stand of peony's are over 75 years old.

old peony

climbing rose "Blaze"

jjapanesse garden at the atlanta botanical gardens

the atlanta boanical gardens

 

a magnolia at the atlanta botanical gardens

the peony's have started to bloom.

The orchids are in bloom too this is Bletilla it is perfectly cold hardy it comes from japan.

this is the fringe tree in the fall it gets dark purple berrys.

the knock out roses are starting to bloom

this is a climbing rose known as Blaze.

This is a  Dawn Redwood I planted 5 years ago it was only 18" when I planted it, it is now over 6 feet tall.