Mom's garden

Took some pictures one of these past weekends around my mom's house. I'm always pretty amazed at how good things look there even before she does anything approaching "work" on the garden. It just looks this good on its own... Well, she put a lot of work in during the past years, of course.

Some Russian sage here. This plant is old. Not sure how many seasons I've seen it grow. I like how the blue trails down the stems.

This plant looks suspicious, but it's actually a hibiscus. Hasn't flowered yet, but it DID survive the winter, which is cool.

I'm not sure what this flower is called, but it's packed with petals. Cool color against a background of hosta.

This is a flowering spearmint, practically a bush, with cannas in the background. I think I'd like to divide that spearmint and take some home for my beds. When it's not flowering, the mint is tasty.

I've said it before, my mom is the only person I know who can really grow some strawberries. She'll get several more harvests like this one before the season is over.

Xander digs the berries. They are pretty amazing... The smaller ones especially are a lot tastier than anything you can buy anywhere.

He's not much help with the weeding yet, but he's working on it.

I'll probably have some more pictures later in the year when things really start flowering.