Bottlebrush

I thought I'd go ahead a get a short post in this evening because I discovered a new plant flowering in my back yard.  It's a red bottlebrush.  Isn't it pretty?  I didn't notice it before because it's almost the same color as the fence.


The people who owned this house before me spent a lot of time planting random plants, shrubs and flowers around the place, but so far I have no cause for complaint.  Everything that's coming up has been flowering.  It's an amazing thing.  And kind of fun because I never know what's going to flower next or what it may look like.  So far I'm proud to admit I've been able to figure out what the plants are from the flowers.   Of course there are lots of plants around the place that don't flower, and those I don't really know what they are.   

I did end up re-potting things yesterday.  I even made up my mind and re-potted the two little pine trees into a deeper pot.  We'll see if they grow taller now.  I just couldn't bring myself to purposely stunt them.  Guess I'll never make a bonsai gardener.  Anyway, they survived the re-potting and seem happy so far in their new pot.  I moved the moss with them - just essentially picked the whole thing up out of the shallow silver box and put it on top of soil in a deeper pot.  Hopefully it will all thrive there.

I also re-potted the Wandering Jew and the spider plant (airplane plant?).  All the re-potted things seem to have survived the process with no ill effects.  I also pulled my aloe vera out of the patio corner where I had them huddled against the winter freezes.  I pulled out the limbs that were dead and/or dying from freeze damage.  The plants are actually making a good comeback and look better now that they are cleaned out somewhat.


So I ended up pottering around the house yesterday as well as puttering.  It was a perfect day for it, and kind of a nice relaxing way to spend a Sunday.

That's it.  Just wanted to post my newest backyard flower.