Thing are going well on the balcony. A few of the plants aren't growing well, but I still have a lot of plants that are, so no worries there. The Bluehead gilia has started to bloom and I'm going to take close-ups on them as soon as the light conditions are right.

Things have been going well so far. All flowers are in their final locations now. Out of the eight sunflowers I cultivated I have given away five. So only three are left on my balcony.

The two boxes on the floor contains Chrysanthemum greens and Bluehead gilia mixed together. The tree pots up against the wall contains the three sunflowers. The hanging box to the right contains the Buck Bay vygie. The big pot contains the Clematis I received for my birthday last year. I'm happy it survived the winter.

We choose to "plant" some fake grass in the balcony box this year. Our dog Simpson likes to stand there and watch, so we didn't want to place anything there that would block his view.

The Rhubarb has survived yet another winter. This winter I for the first time let it stand out on the balcony. Looks like I made a good decision. It looks better than ever.

The Clematis was a birthday gift I received this year. I was glad when I received it and I'm even more happy over it now. It has really added much color to my balcony and as a bonus it added it on a height that none of my other flowers could reach.

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As usual I had my birthday in April and this year I received several new plants. With this post I will quickly introduce them all.

A Calamondin (Citrus Microcarpa). I'm excited to see if I can manage to keep this one alive.

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