My Container Garden and My Quest To Attract As Many Birds As Possible.

Today is a gorgeous spring day so I took advantage of it by starting my 2014 container garden. Last night I ran to the garden center to pick some flowers for my container garden. 

I'm in a quest to  attract birds and butterflies this year therefore every color and plant has been select for that purpose. 

For a cohesive color scheme that is attractive to birds and butterflies I chose mostly purple and red with some tinge of yellow, pink and white.

I love the red and purple color combination. It comes off as rich yet playful. 

I found that birds, especially humming birds love red color as proven by the fact that I've already had two of them in my yard. Butterflies love yellows and purples as well. 

Bird bath

My shade garden is looking shabby right now, but a lot of new growth has sprouted. By the end of spring, I should a full garden area.

Major Wheeler Honey Suckle

Hummngbird nectar <<< it is already working!

I bought the following plants:  purple verbena, hibiscus (red and yellow), petunias, sage and red Hawaiian flower I cannot recall now! I will look it up. Additionally I have existing perennials that I bought in previous years. These new flowers, coupled with my existing butterfly and hummingbird flowers should make my garden very attractive; and as I write this, all I can hear are birds making music!

Another thing to look forward to this year!

Power Of The Sun

Today was a beautiful day and naturally I spent it outside in my garden. Hubby and I planted a lot of ground cover plants to finish the front yard. We planted some ice plant and purple verbena.

I also planted some of my bulbs that were moved from the front and left to die by Greenscape people. They include asiatic lilies and peonies.

 As I was planting the bulbs, I noticed how beautifully the sun was coming down in between the trees. I decided to take a few pictures. The streaks of rainbow colors you see in the picture are actual sun rays.

The red flower being washed by sun rays you see on the picture is a pineapple sage. I cook with it but this year because there was so much work in the backyard, I did not get to use it as much. So, seeing how beautifully it has flowered, I've decided to plant one or two in the front yard in spring next year! It flowers in the fall and I think it will go very well with my knockouts.