Time to start another project today. Bur first, let's see how everyone is doing.

So far, so good for the cactus-in-a-coffee-container. Even though it may be more broken than when I started this process, it's still alive.

No change with the Mood Ring Podocarpus. All is well here.

For the first time in a while, all of the crape myrtles are blooming.

I've got one flower on the Crimson Red crape myrtle.

This is one more than I've seen in a while. So that's good.

A few more blooms have appeared on the Plum Magic crape myrtle since the last update.

I started out with one Plum Magic flower a few weeks ago. A few more have appeared since then.

The Purple Magic crape myrtle still looks great.

And the giant crape myrtle beside the garage still looks great.

This crape myrtle was here long before me, and continues to do its thing each year.

Zooming in on the large crape myrtle beside the garage.

I headed out to the street to see if I could get a better shot.

Zooming in on the large crape myrtle beside the garage.

Purple Magic crape myrtle.

Purple Magic crape myrtle.

Plum Magic crape myrtle.

This is also the time of year for the Monkey grass to bloom, and I spotted a few here and there.

I appear to have two types of flowering grass in the yard - white and purple. What I know as "Monkey" grass is blooming in purple. I have no idea of what the difference is between the two colors, other than the obvious. Truth be told, I don't even know the correct names for either color.

It looks like all parties involved are happy with having more space at the camellia cluster.

Today, I decided to experiment with moving the Gladioli. Their current location next to the dogwood tree, while adequate in size, doesn't seem to be ideal. Each year, the gladioli develop a pronounced lean forward which makes me wonder if they are sitting too much in the shadow of the dogwood and are leaning toward the sunlight.

The area in between the Silver European Fan Palm tree and the Star Magnolia is currently occupied by a couple of mostly dead rose bushes, a broken dogwood tree that was transplanted from the backyard, and an even more broken red maple tree also from the backyard.

Since they are all on death's doorstep, I decided to remove everything and put some of the Gladioli in their place.

One rose bush was completely dead and came out easily. The other rose bush still had a few small green branches on it. I broke off all of the dead parts and left the green in place. Who knows, maybe something will happen.

I started moving the large Gladioli over to their new home.

I actually had quite a few large Gladioli, and was able to fill the space quite easily.

A layer of black mulch finished this part of the project. Next summer, I'll get to see if this was a good idea.

I still have a few Gladioli and a bunch of mystery bulbs left over in the original spot. Since there is room, I'll move these plants a few feet to the left later on. That may get them far enough away from the dogwood tree to be beneficial.