At one of my landscape sites, there are trees full of buds from this flower and i am drooling!! I've seen it after a gap of many many years and i can faintly remember that it was planted in one of our neighbours' homes and during the flowering season i used to stand...

There is a lot of activity to be reported from the garden but as of now i simply can't stop staring at this gorgeous rose which opened up this morning.. i have been waiting and it sure did not disappoint!! I'll be back with reports tonite or tom morning but as of now...

Guilty as charged  for neglecting my beloved blog.. but my phase of transition continues and i have to plan my time to tke care of my garden. And when i have to chose b/w gardening and blogging, it makes sense to chose the garden as i can always make time for blogging...

There's been a lot going on in the garden.. i've been cutting pruning feeding as well as sowing.. A few days ago i'd sown the colorado wildflower mix in a neglected patch which showed signs of germination yesterday(i'd sown on thursday).. here's how it looked today.....

SO THAT I NEVER FORGET THINGS-TO-DO

I'm back to my garden.. ahh.. what a feeling to be back among my blooming buddies:) most of them are doing very well specially the roses!! here's a look.. and the carnation from seed(stripes and picotees) lived up true to its name by flaunting this: isn't it an OMG...

Here are some better torenia pics i took this morning..

I've decided to begin sowing in the first week of oct as i hope the rains will subside by then.. but gardeners are impatient by  nature and can't wait to see a plant in bloom.. so i went plant shopping today(ironically, i can never window-shop for plants, like...