More Backyard Garden Pics

I wanted to show more pics of my backyard now that everything is greening up and blooming. This is mostly so I can keep track of when things start blooming. :)

Edited to add: You can click HERE to see our patio makeover.

The knock out roses are doing really well, but the crepe myrtles haven't started blooming yet. It won't be long though.

We bought that pergola at Target. It's part of the Smith and Hawkins line.The cover is retractable.

That's a dwarf crepe myrtle on the left. It's ahead of the others with all its leaves.

We recently bought this patio set at Walmart. It came with the striped pillows on the love seat and we bought the black and white ones at Garden Ridge for $5 each.

You can see the orange esperanza blooming here on the right. I have three yellow ones and two orange. They bloom all summer long. 

I really wanted a bridge in the backyard, so my hubby built one for me! 

We have a couple of fountains back here too. It's very relaxing to listen to the water.

We used to have a wooden playset for the kids right here. When they got too old for it, we tore it down and my hubby used the wood to build these adirondack chairs and the bench. :) It's nice to still have a little bit of the playset back here.

We're definitely back to mowing once a week now. After living here for about a year, we finally broke down and bought a riding lawn mower because there's so much grass. Now the kids don't mind mowing. :)

That's a blue plumbago to the right of the pink rose. It should be blooming soon. 

This is "Baldie" our bald cypress tree. It's the fastest growing tree I've ever had. It provides some much needed shade in the summer too.

Here's a close up of the bottle brush tree. Love these blooms. The bees love them too. :)

Here's a better pic of the chairs and bench my hubby built with the wood from the playset. I love to sit under that tree and read a book with a big glass of sweet tea . Very relaxing. :) Those pillows came from Garden Ridge too. They were all $5.

My mom gave me these St. Joseph's amaryllis bulbs last fall. This is the first time I've seen them bloom. I think they're so pretty.

You can see the little fairy door on the tree to the right. 

Well, that's all for now. I'll update again when the plumbago and vitex tree are blooming. Thanks for visiting!

~Lisa

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