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When I took GBBD photos this week, I didn’t even check the vines. Then I saw some wisteria in bloom while out driving and rushed home to check mine. Yeah! Wisteria in baby bloom. Very few blooms, but lots of soft, fuzzy caterpillar-like buds all over it.

And then, I turned around and realized I hadn’t seen the Coral Trumpetvine because it wasn’t blooming on the fence, it was blooming far up in the tree beyond the fence!
You can see the fence tips at the bottom of the foreground, and the Coral Trumpet vine is planted in front of it.

Plants in the mail! Whoo hoo. I have things lined up in the garage waiting for a good planting day.

Yesterday was NOT a good planting day. I was trying to capture a picture of the river of rain in our dry river bed pathway. You may not be able to see the rushing water, but you can sure see all those evil oak leaves!And here are our palm trees in the blustery breeze.

On Sunday a few little plants went into the vegetable garden – strawberries, peppers, collards and one tomato.

This bed is anxiously awaiting seeds!
This is the lone tomato – who was immediately whipped around into a limp mess by the gusty winds, so I propped him a little and didn’t plant the other two.  We are supposed to have storms today, so I thought I would wait just a few days more.  Then yesterday, lo and behold, my TomatoBob Heirloom seed order arrived!
In addition to my traditional celebrity plants, I am going to try Black Krim,Yellow Giant Belgium, Omar’s Lebanese and Eva’s Purple Ball.  I also got a free sample package of Hank tomato seeds.  I chose varieties that aren’t as likely to split – a problem here with occasional torrential rains, and those that are also pretty heat- tolerant.  

Boy, are we wusses down here. (At least I am – I’ll just speak for myself.) The temperature dropped all day today – it’s supposed to be 33 tonight. It’s been raining and up to 25 mph winds. Just plain miserable if you ask me, but we did get 3/10 of an inch of rain, so that’s good.

The only place I went today after taking my daughter to school was an underground parking garage so I wouldn’t have to brave the elements. Hard to believe that I survived 4 winters in Minnesota in the Twin Cities area!

So, since we are still not quite past the point of freeze danger, my garage is still full o’plants. I miss the greenhouse from our previous house enough this year that I think we’ll put one in here next Fall. But, for now, my greenhouse is the garage with space heaters and a nice window for light. Here’s the tour!

My Duranta pruned to be a tree is sprouting new leaves.
(This is the mystery plant that MSS @ Zanthan Gardens helped me identify.)

The new thornless Mexican lime tree that I bought on Tuesday!

A cluster of half-dead or dormant pots and the Boston Fern
that Mom and Dad gave me for my birthday for Artemis’ head!

A budding Plumeria stalk!

Hmmmmm…this is one of those unusual/exotic specimen plants that
I always buy at the Austin Zilker Garden Fest and can’t remember the name of!
Anyone wanna guess?

Little annuals for window boxes and a Red Maple waiting for permanent homes
…and my fabulous Little Red Wagon that I couldn’t live without!