Front Door Garden

Flowers leading up to our front door.

Looking from the inside out!

Maggie The Rose in my Front Garden!

Isn't she Beautiful??   Maggie.

Did any of you pick up on the title "Maggie The Rose"?  I always think of the old move Cat on A Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor.  Elizabeth Taylor is Maggie The Cat. 

Most of you are just looking confused!

I put up a trellis so Maggie can be  a Pillar Rose. 

I have a Maggie Rose in the Back Garden and I loved her so much I wanted one in my Front Garden too.  She loves it out here in the sun.

Maggie Rose has a slight sweet  smell too, which I love.

Very Old Fashioned looking but so hardy.

She lives in the left corner behind the Lantana.

This is what my Front Garden looked like a little more than a month ago.

You have to be fast to not miss something in your garden!

Lantana in my Front Garden

I love the Lantana flower.

Here in Baton Rouge, it is more of a Shrub.  Some might call it a weed since it grows so well.

It lives on the very left side of my front Garden.  Right in front of the tall Rose against the brick wall.

Do you see it? 

Do you see the Butterfly?

They make sweet little Doll Posies.  And in fact are cute when cut and put in a little vase.  They don't last long though when cut!

The plants have cute names too...like "Bacon & Eggs" because of the different color combinations in one flower bunch.  Hmm, I don't remember what this one is called.

And Butterfly's love them.  

I need to put one in my back yard too.  The spring is getting away from me...!!

Have a happy day today in your Garden!

Lady Elsie May in My Front Garden

My Lady Elsie May Rose.

It is a shrub Rose and considered worry free.  My kind of a Rose.

It is a beautiful Coral Pink.  And is pretty even from a distance.

Last spring I decided to re do my front bed.  I had a couple of Knock Out roses that were ok but didn't show up from the street.  I moved the Knock Outs and put in the Lady Elsie May.

I love the color of the Rose.  And the deep green of the leaves.  

I want my front bed to look pretty from the street. With flowers I love. 

AND - They look pretty in a vase in my house too!

I am joining Tootsie with her Flaunt Your Flowers fun!!

My Front Garden

I know you usually see my back garden.

But I have a front garden too.

On the right is my potted Geraniums. 

 I love Geraniums but after a brief spot of glory,  they fade with the heat.  I had this pot off my porch to clean it out and it was so happy in the full sun that I left it there.  Soon I will need to move it back to my porch to find some relief from the sun.

I have Fairy Roses in the center front, with purple Petunias on either side.

Behind them are my Elsie May Roses.  I will post in more detail about my front garden in the coming days.

Enjoy the sweet smell from my flowers!

Oops!  Today is Thursday!!

Cottage Flora Thursday.

My Front Door

I love the flowers that bloom around my front door.

I love the wonderful smell from the flowers as I walk up to the door.

 On the right is my Crepe Myrtle Tree.  It will only get about 12' high.  On the left between the two windows you can see my Sweet Peas.  

My Front Garden

I pulled things up and moved them last spring and haven't gotten them right yet.  Too neat for me!

My Front Garden.  I don't seem to take many pictures here although I have some pretty plants.  I spend most of my outside time  sitting on my back porch with Strider.   

I thinned out my Fairy Roses and have them spaced along the front.  Always blooming!

A bit of bright color.

Maggie Rose loves being in the front.

She's a beauty!

This was last spring when I planted her!