Just a perfect April. Full of April showers. Everything is thriving. One good thing about the crazy hot dry year we had last year is that it makes you really appreciate the mild wet springs when we have them. Happy sigh.

Belinda’s Dream and Blush rose bloom first, then the Anacacho orchid tree joins in.

Scarlet or cedar sage

Red poppy

Sage – Mealy blue. These are beautiful and will bloom in the spring and if you cut them back in June, they will bloom again in July

Mexican sage will bloom until frost. No need to cut back. Love this one.

Agarita is teeming with fruit. I’ve never seen it like this before. I was not able to catch them when they turned red b/c the wildlife devoured them. The fruit is edible, but I leave them for the wildlife.

Coral hummingbird vine. Like the name implies, it is a hummingbird magnet. Have this in several locations and it easy to propagate in the fall

Just so much going on in April: Jerusalem sage, Mutabulis rose, bluebonnets. My cup runneth over.

Isn’t this neat? I thought these were some sort of lollypop flower? Googled and used plant identifier apps and could not find what this was. For a brief time, I thought I might have some sort of newly discovered wild flower. Turns out, this is the blanket flower after it loses it’s leaves. So interesting and beautiful.