More spring beauty from Lucinda’s garden

April 14, 2011


For those of you who loved the images of Lucinda Hutson’s garden (and who doesn’t?), here are a few more luscious spring pics, including this bee burrowing into a Jerusalem sage blossom.


A long shot of the Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fruticosa) in Lucinda’s front garden. Its tiered, butter-yellow flowers are a gorgeous accompaniment to the corduroy-textured, evergreen leaves edged with white.


Sweet violas


And another look at Lucinda’s stunning groundcover of ajuga and creeping Jenny. This is not likely to be a drought-tolerant combo for Austin, but in a shady, moist spot it’s simply lovely.

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Bees, Groundcovers, Spring color

6 responses to “More spring beauty from Lucinda’s garden”

  1. Sheila says:
    April 14, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Gorgeous!

  2. Darla says:
    April 14, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Beautiful still! Creeping Jenny takes abuse here…lol

  3. David C. says:
    April 14, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    That is amazing with your sometimes early-summer temps that violas and the like are so flowery and lush, but shade helps, I reckon’!

  4. Lisa at Greenbow says:
    April 15, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    Aaaahhh the colors of spring. Wonderful.

  5. LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD says:
    April 15, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    I have ajuga and creeping jenny; why haven’t I thought about using them together!

  6. Donna says:
    April 15, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Gorgeous Spring colors all around. I like the little burros too.