I was poking around the garden for a few minutes when I got home – just as it was getting dark and I noticed a few things…

First – the roses from last year look awesome.  I even cut 2 new pink blooms to bring inside as they go die so quickly outside and need to be pruned anyway after they’re dead.

Second – the grape vines that I thought were dead (looked like dead twigs in the ground) have green leaves!  They’re not dead.. this is a horrible picture but as I said it was getting dark so I had to use the flash.

Grape vines!

And in my perennial garden that mom planted last year I have 2 plants that I can not yet identify – no flowers.  This area does not get as much sun as they need probably but based on the diagram here:

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They could be either daisies, black eyed susans or echinacea.  I took some pics in case Mom could identify them for me:

Questionable plant #1 - Becky Daisy!

Questionable plant #2

They are different than each other that’s all I know 🙂  Now i need to run outside quick to water the veggies while dinner cooks!