Thought I’d share a few photos of some plants that tend to takeover in the summer months. It will be interesting to see how they look in April compared to June. One thing about being new to gardening is I’m still hesitant to pull up anything green even though I know it may be running rampant within weeks. Maybe that will come with time and more confidence.

Sunflowers takeover the garden in some sections. Apart from the plants that Mickey eats before they have a chance to bloom, they get a bit gangly in the summer and I probably have way too many, but they bring so many bursts of color it is hard to pluck them out at this point. The purple basil also goes barmy once June hits:

Come July and August I probably pull out 10-15 cosmos plants per weekend. Their orange blooms remind me of marigolds but I need to investigate what I can do to stop them growing to the size of sunflowers prior to blooming:

Although in March it never looks like they are going to make a comeback, by April it’s clear that the lantana, leopard plant, hostas, moon flowers and blue salvias are back in action:

And even though each year they come out at least three weeks later than my neighbor, Sandy’s, my daisies are about to pop:

Last year, I realized the red and white Texas Star Hibiscus plants were too close together but I don’t want to risk moving them as they look fantastic when fully grown:

And finally, the pomegranate trees are starting to bud albeit a little later than usual. Another tree that I think I butcher back each winter but when they start to bloom I realize I wasn’t really tough enough: