The purple Hardenbergia is blooming now. I love the trail of purple climbing up the wall!
This year is the first time the Hardenbergia vine has attracted bees. I had planned the courtyard garden so that minimal flowers would bloom in the spring and summer. I didn’t want the courtyard and front door to be swarming with bees. Usually, everything stops blooming before the buzzing bugs come along. Maybe it’s from all the rain we’re having in Roseville this winter.
Even though we have bees now, I like how the purple and pink flowers mix with the blue containers and Mexican beach pebbles–very pretty!
I love Mondo Grass. I like the constant green in the garden, and I like how it spreads by continuing to form distinct fountains of grass. This picture also shows the pink Azaleas, pink Cyclamen, and pink Camellia in bloom this winter. 
I especially like Black Mondo Grass. I’d like to have the Black Mondo Grass planted next to something blue. Although the contrast of the black against the pink Cyclamen is beautiful, it reminds me of all my pink and black outfits in the 80s.
My favorite Camellia bush is in bloom! The Azaleas and Cyclamen are also in bloom. This time of year, the courtyard garden is full of pink and purple.
