I planted wildflowers

The beginning of April I made a flower bed where 'grass' was. It took me all morning, but the soil was good, and the location - right near the door we always come in. I love flowers, but have never grown any, except bulbs.

Two and a half months later, we have a whole bunch of flowers. I used a package of mixed wildflowers that attract butterflies and bees. This children are at this moment trying to construct a butterfly catcher, despite my arguments that butterflies are best enjoyed when they are free. I don't really think they can catch one, so I'm not too upset.
They are a messy beautiful mass. I'm fully enjoying them and think I'll plant the flowers again next year, but probably a little more neatly. But for now they are showing off for us every day.

The jungle view. We have a little baby rabbit who likes to hang out a midst the flowers. He's pretty cute. Cuter than the chipmunks who make endless holes in the yard.
My favorites are the zinnias, but the spurred snapdragons are a close second. The Plains coreopsis is the yellow and rust flower. They just bloomed and are fun.

We keep getting new flowers blooming. It's like a surprise. We have little pink poppies

and white flowers I don't know the name of and cornflowers in blue purple and pink

tickseed

and lots of buds about to open. The kids watch them every day and we learn the names together. The flower we are on the edge of our seats about, is the sunflower. There are a few of them, but this one is as tall as me and every day gets a little close to blooming.

My chamomile has finally sprouted. I had given up on it. I planted the seeds a month ago. Hopefully they make it to flower and then into my tea!

In the front I planted gladiolus bulbs.

It took forever for the green to pop up. Then a friend told me that she planted gladiolus and she got the green, but the flowers never showed up all season. We've had the green for so long and no flowers I was starting to worry. The green leaves are about 4 feet tall, and we just got our first flowers. I called every one to the front yard to show them.

I am soooo excited to see the colorful mass when they all bloom.

Also, in the front, I planted knock-out roses. I ripped out a really incredibly dangerous everygreen shrub with pokers like sewing needles. Really, they were that long. I should've taken them out sooner. My landlord is so nice, he doesn't care what I do to the yard. The rose bush is still small, but has been blooming profusely. I love having roses around.

In the back at the edge of the property are beautiful Rose of Sharon trees. The problem is that the honeysuckle has grown so big that it blocks out the sun and makes it hard for the trees to put out new growth. So I got the pruner and a saw and the kids helped drag it down to to the street. Wow. That's a lot of honeysuckle.

The woman who originally owned the house, and from whose son we now rent, planted three different kinds of Rose of Sharons.

I'd like to think she's looking down from heaven, pleased that we are enjoying her trees. And all her yard. Hope she likes the roses more than the needles-in-your-eye-pokey bush.