Scabiosa or Pin cushion flower

Here's my newest addition to my *purple haze garden* (the left side of the deck). A perennial Scabiosa or pincushion flower because it's spiky petals resemble a pincushion. It's just adorable and has many buds that flower throughout the summer.



Here's a picture of the violet flowers from the Silver Dollar plant.



I enjoyed my little red strawberry the other day. I think I'm going to relocate these and mix them with my flower beds. They're better ground cover than fruit producers!



We went to the Christmas Tree Shoppe and they had bags of lawn repair for only $5. Since it's showering, Keith laid down this "green patchy stuff" to take advantage of the "free water" and cool weather. If you do it in the sun, there is a tendency that it doesn't work and possibly burn.



That's it for today. I'm going to work on making a record of where all my flowers are. I'm starting to forget and then dig where I planted something already.

Lunaria or Money Plant

Lunaria or Honesty. My mom calls them Silver Dollar plants as well.



Gardening can become an expensive habit, so I've been trying to move things around the yard that already exist and give them a place where they can really shine. On the left side of our deck is mostly shade and I've been lost as to what to plant there. I remembered that my mom pointed out how lucky it was that we had money plants growing in the house we moved into. They are low-maintenance biennials that also thrive in shade, so I went to the back of the yard and relocated them to the left side of our deck. They are perfect because they are tall and bushy and really "fills in the gaps" in the garden without having to wait years or spend loads of money. They are often mistaken for a weed and I was never quite fond of them before, but they remind me of my mom. They also produce purple flowers which is my mom's favorite color.