My Yard in pictures

I was out in my flowerbed today trying to divise a plan to kill the fire ant infestation that has taken over my poor lamb's ear plant. lol

My short order solution was to blast them with a strong spray of water...but, to no avail.....they just picked up their babies and came right back.

RRRRRRRRRRRR

Anyway, I thought I'd add some pictures of some of the plants in my yard.

With the cooler weather, the flowers have really started to POP.

My plant swap 9/13/08

Here are some pictures from the plant swap Elaine and I had on the 13th.

Morrison Library plant swap in Charlotte, NC

I went to their first ever plant swap yesterday.

I had a lot of fun...and, met some really nice ladies. One of them was a cacti-lover like me...and another one was a master gardener for Mecklenburg county.

I want to be a master gardener! lol

I got some pretties there! I am perplexed about one of them....I got a Maltese Cross.

It's leaves look like the leaves of a Lamb's Ear......but, it has really pretty red flowers.

From what I have researched so far ... the plant gets leggy, but the flowers redeem it. lol

It's a tender perennial in my zone...but, what the heck does that mean? lol

My hoya pics.....I don't have enough! lol