Mom's Flowers

 
My Mom has a green thumb and has always had flowers and plants. She has such a pretty yard with all her flowers.


 


The front and side yards have lilac bushes, mums, pampas grass, roses , what she calls a cabbage plant and morning glories. Her neighbor has a rose bush that she would love to haul over the fence and take care of.  

 

 

The back yard has a variety of different flowers and containers from an old wringer washer to large cut tires. She has roses, hens and chicken plants, and many other varieties. The most impressive is the Century Plant that bloomed this year and has been in the back yard for years. It grew to about 18 feet high and a new one is now growing beside it. Once it starts growing, it grows very fast.

My sister June took the pictures of the Century Plant as it grew and bloomed.  Now that it has finished, they will probably need a chainsaw to take it down. It is starting to lean over but still very solid.

 Over the years Mom has given us plants and starts off hers. I tell everyone she sends a get well or sympathy card with them 'cause she knows I will kill them. It's not ALWAYS been my fault – some just won't grow here.