summer blooms

i am so glad summer is almost here! it is truly my favorite time of year. i love planting flowers in my big pots out front (and watching them stay alive! i have, not so much a green thumb, more like a black thumb that desperately wants to be green! but i think 2009 just might be my year!) my hibiscus are incredible right now. there are so many blooms on them. everyday i look out, and another one has bloomed!

as you can see, my sweet potato plant is going wild! i'm afraid it's going to take over my whole pot. i can't remember what the purply-blue flower is (maybe lobelia?) but in real life, it is so vibrant and pretty!

this is a day lily that i just got this past weekend. i really hope i can keep this alive because it is so beautiful! i love the orangy-yellow color.

here are some of my herbs. the big pot on the left is garlic chives, rosemary is in the middle and the pot on the right is filled with: variegated oregano, spicy globe basil, lavender, tansy and lemon thyme. (i still need to plant them.) the pot in the back is a banana plant and will be huge by the end of the summer!

lastly, here's my little pot of oregano that i can't wait to use!

when i plant all my different kinds of mint, i will post another picture. they smell so good!

maybe i should do a post at the end of the summer updating what i've been able to keep alive!