I saved this little waterlily flower the other day. I purchased two waterlilies at Wally World a few months ago. They were suppose to be orange and yellow. I put the yellow one in the in ground pond and the orange one in my above ground container. They come in a mesh bag with the peat moss packed inside. In the middle are the waterlilies. First the smallish leaves appeared and that was it until a few days ago. I noticed the little flower head was still entrapped in the mesh. I stuck my hand in and it was free. In one day it was touching the surface. Today it opened! It’s more of a peachy color, but so pretty. I am lucky to get one or two blooms and this is the third I’ve gotten. The first two were from it’s neighbor plant and they were white:

My two buck Peace rose is blooming. It looks like it belongs on a wedding cake!

Here’s a trio of more pale yellow sunflowers. The deer left them alone in my yard but nibbled all my brother’s flowers and he lives in a well populated neighborhood and his were planted on a steep hill!

I’m not showing you the weeds of course, but the first cooler day, I’m out there with the weed wacker going to town. More photos from today will be added to Flickr on the right.