Before buying my first house 12 years ago and having a yard and flower beds of my own, I didn’t really pay much attention to flowers, plants, grasses. I didn’t know their names, and didn’t take the time to appreciate a really pretty and well tended garden.
Since then, I’ve really come to enjoy gardening, over the years planting many beds of my own, trying different plantings. I’ve tried my hand at vegetable gardens as well, but they always seem to fall victim to the unbearable heat of our summers. Native flowers and plants are much more fun to grow — they seem to thrive in this crazy weather.
A few years ago I discovered that geraniums do really well outside here and have planted several. Unless there’s a really hard freeze, they make it through the winter just fine.
This is a shot of a geranium I planted in the bed this year — a pretty deep red.
Sheila365 