It's so pretty to look at this corner and see the riot of color. I highly recommend these plants for ease of upkeep with big results!

As expected, the verbena started popping out yesterday. What's fun about this plant is that the flowers all explode out of little spiky buds (you can see them in the close-up). And, I'm holding my breath, but I do think I spy some spikes in the pink verbena as well.

So here you go, you photo hounds!

A few weeks ago, when the weather first started warming up, I uncovered my salvia and verbena from their blanket of winter leaves. The salvia looked pretty good (they don't call it "hardy" for nothin'!) but some of the verbena was a bit worse for wear, having missed the sunshine for a little too long.

Well, the salvia is happily thriving already, and the verbena has really greened up. I think by tomorrow I'll have my first set of purple blossoms (and you'll be the first to see them, of course).

I ended up transplanting the pink verbena last fall, because the plants were creeping so rapidly I needed to give it more space. I'll be so excited if that one throws out some blooms at me, but I'm content if it stays healthy and green.