What is not to love about the petunia. They are hardy, come in a variety of colors, and sizes. Some are compact and some are vining. I enjoy their scent, on a warm evening, sitting on our deck or down on the driveway. They just have a wonderful scent. I enjoy star gazing and smelling those petunias. And of course my color of preference is purple, light-medium-dark, single or double. The one photo is of a new one I found last year. Green and a dark pink, I loved it too.

As long as it is purple, I will try and grow it. Dummy me though can not remember the name of this flower. I do know it was na annual, so I will need to look for it again this year. Judy with your vast knowledge of anything plant-flower, let me know if you recognize it. I know my kittie Gizzie loved it. lol

My first post I tried to load a picture of a geranium, but it didn't work. Well I have figured it out so I am posting it now. One of my favorite colors.

What can be said about the dead of Winter? Nothing is growing let alone blooming outside. Houseplants are looking punky, losings their leaves. But if you look for it you can still find beauty. I took this picture on a cold, crips morning, looking at the shadow of one of our large maples. It's shadow along with the sparkling snow was quite the sight in an otherwise drab landscape.

This is one that the butterflies and hummingbirds really enjoy. The trumpet vine, I have it growing on the dog pen fence. I have it in yellow and redish orange. It grows quickly, and spreads and climbs where ever it can get a foothold. So yearly I cut back all the dead wood, and train the new vines in and out of the fence. I have managed to grow a nice, thick main vine with new ones coming off of it. I have found new shouts coming up all over that garden, and they are tough to get rid off. Unless you totally dig them out they will continue to grow, just cuttingor pulling them out won't work. But once you have them the way you want them they will not fall in blooming profusely. They will make seed pods in the fall, so once dried just open, remove seeds and save them for the following year. The hummers will love you for them.

Just so you know I will not be fancy and go all latin names on you. That would require me to look-up said plant or flower. I know them by their simple names, and that is all I ned to know. SMILE

I am going to attempt another blog. This one will be about one of my passions - gardening and flowers. I will showcase the flowers and plants, inside and outside. The ones I love and even hate that I grow here in BeaverCenter, PA. Also ones that I would love to grow but have yet to acquire. I hope you will enjoy. The first plant is the geranium, which I have grown all my life, learned to love them from my Dad who grow them. He grew the bright red ones, even made one into a geranium tree. Myself I prefer the orange and salmon ones. But I do have a Martha Washington that is a deep burgandy and white. Always one the look out for a new interesting one. Well am not starting off too good, the photo of my geranium would not load, so you will have to settle on a sweet pea. LOL Wouldn't load either so here is one of my plants with a geranium, smile. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come.