My tire garden views on Fri., May 30

Lavender roses and periwinkles:

All leafed out Kalanchoes (see all the babies along leaf edges). I just snipped two of the large leaves off and scattered all the baby leaflettes around in a sandy area in the yard I hope to fill in with this!

A few close ups of the E. Lactea:

A tire full of Elephants Foot (miniature Jade, Portulacaria afra):

Some long lasting snapdragons, that seem to be on their last legs, but are hanging in there still producing flowers!

A coral rose (grocery store mini):

Red PENTAS:

The mandevilla is so beautiful as it unfurls:

Dianthus:

Sweet little mums! 

I realize as I look out the kitchen window that I only have minimal red color in this garden. I plan on replacing the snapdragons with red miniature roses, maybe 2 in a tire along with a pure white periwinkle for contrast to really show them off!!!!!

As luck would have it, I just finished watering, and now it has mysteriously begun to rain (heavily)! The sky has turned dark. Should make a quick trip to the Walmart garden center fun! Hey, I just found out they are selling BLUE VINCA (periwinkles, that are so water thrifty and abundant in blooms year round) in some of their stores! This will make for an easy red/white/and blue display for summer!!!! I plan on planting them around my blue plumbago out front. Yes!!!!!!!