Sunday, July 10, 2011
'Double Delight' Rose
'Double Delight' Rose, the bloom lastest longer than a week and was so incredible. It absolutely glows in the garden compared to everything else.
Good Combinations
Yellow flowering sedums with Lavender. They like the same soil, water and sun conditions, and they come into bloom in the same week.
Rocks, wooly Thyme, Roses and a splash of ornamental Stipa 'Gigantea' grass.
Lavender and Nandina. I can't find anything I don't like with Lavender.
Lavender and Japanese Bloodgrass.
Rose Campion with Diablo Ninebark and Spirea. The hot magenta is surprisingly pleasing.
Lavender with chartreuse heathers, this is "Spring Torch" which is hot red in winter, then chartreuse in summer.
Creeping Thyme and Ajuga.
Puffy Pasque Flower seed heads and Spirea 'Goldmound'
Viola blossoms craddled in Mother of Thyme groundcover.
All some plants need is a good rock! Artemesia and bronze carex.
Blooming spider web chicks with Catmint 'Walkers Low'.
I really love ornamental grasses...they create an ethereal feel and a restful place. Mexican Hair grass with Diablo Ninbark in berry stage.
Showy Spirea 'Europa' with Achillea 'Moonshine'.
A pot of Lemon Balm and gnarled driftwood gives Silver Thyme something to nestle into.
Tawny Daylilies and Spirea Vanhouttei, it's a little shocked from transplant but this bronze corner is going to shine.
Ebb Tide Rose and Feverfew.
Classic Bellflowers, Double White 'Fleur de Neige' Campanula Persicifolia and Blue Campanula Rotundifolia bloom together.
A lime green White Hydrangea, Bellflowers and Blue Oat grass.
Coral Bells and Lavender.
Monarda Bee Balm with Daylies.
As the ragged daisies fade, the crisp yellow Sun Drops brighten the scene, smoothed over by silver blue Oat Grass.
Persicaria Amplexicaulis 'Fire Tails' aka Red Bistort with purple bronze Euphorbia. This pair will continue deepening through autumn.
Lavender and lime green thyme 'Doone Valley' Lemon Thyme.
Campanula Elizabeth with Lavender.
Lavender with just about any rose. I can't think of one that would clash. Even these fading roses are beautiful to me.
Wine colored 'Dominic' Daylily with bronze Carex.
Toad Flax 'Purpurea" against Emerald Green Arborvitae.
Another classic combo: spuds, grilled sausage and coffee.
Rocks, wooly Thyme, Roses and a splash of ornamental Stipa 'Gigantea' grass.
Lavender and Nandina. I can't find anything I don't like with Lavender.
Lavender and Japanese Bloodgrass.
Rose Campion with Diablo Ninebark and Spirea. The hot magenta is surprisingly pleasing.
Lavender with chartreuse heathers, this is "Spring Torch" which is hot red in winter, then chartreuse in summer.
Creeping Thyme and Ajuga.
Puffy Pasque Flower seed heads and Spirea 'Goldmound'
Viola blossoms craddled in Mother of Thyme groundcover.
All some plants need is a good rock! Artemesia and bronze carex.
Blooming spider web chicks with Catmint 'Walkers Low'.
I really love ornamental grasses...they create an ethereal feel and a restful place. Mexican Hair grass with Diablo Ninbark in berry stage.
Showy Spirea 'Europa' with Achillea 'Moonshine'.
A pot of Lemon Balm and gnarled driftwood gives Silver Thyme something to nestle into.
Tawny Daylilies and Spirea Vanhouttei, it's a little shocked from transplant but this bronze corner is going to shine.
Ebb Tide Rose and Feverfew.
Classic Bellflowers, Double White 'Fleur de Neige' Campanula Persicifolia and Blue Campanula Rotundifolia bloom together.
A lime green White Hydrangea, Bellflowers and Blue Oat grass.
Coral Bells and Lavender.
Monarda Bee Balm with Daylies.
As the ragged daisies fade, the crisp yellow Sun Drops brighten the scene, smoothed over by silver blue Oat Grass.
Persicaria Amplexicaulis 'Fire Tails' aka Red Bistort with purple bronze Euphorbia. This pair will continue deepening through autumn.
Lavender and lime green thyme 'Doone Valley' Lemon Thyme.
Campanula Elizabeth with Lavender.
Lavender with just about any rose. I can't think of one that would clash. Even these fading roses are beautiful to me.
Wine colored 'Dominic' Daylily with bronze Carex.
Toad Flax 'Purpurea" against Emerald Green Arborvitae.
Another classic combo: spuds, grilled sausage and coffee.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
A look around the garden in July
This garden bed has been confusing for me over the past three years, I just can't seem to pull it together. I've planted a Lavender hedge, ground covers beneath, 3 of my favorite roses and now with the rock border, it's finally feeling like it has a "look" about it that I like.
These daylilies were moved here last Fall to hover over the lavenders, unfortunately, the laveneders here are now quite shaded, and not doing too much...it's funny when my plan doesn't quite work the way I expected. I do love the lilies here. But alas, the Lavenders must go back to the other side of the yard!
In contrast, the lavenders in the sunny moon garden are quite happy.
The moon garden is mecca for birds now, with the bird bath and 2 feeders seemingly always occupied. Red wing black birds and Flickers are our favorites, especially their babies.
The birds run around the rock in the bird bath, flapping their wings and pushing all the water over the sides, it's astonishing to watch.
I'm creating a meadow under the hammock, mainly mexican hair grasses and lavenders.
The vegetable garden has been expanded, but our water doesn't reach the new spot!
The tomatoes are taking off.
This area has been taken over by Violet Lupine, and the Autumn Joy Sedums planted between may not be so happy about not having sun on them.
We're starting to see evidence of "crowding"...I'm taking notes of what will need dividing or transplanting this fall.
A flower garden is emerging down by the compost bin. We've increasingly seen hummingbirds chasing around in this area.
They really like to spend time with this tall toad flax.
The Pear tree plantings are beginning to take shape. Mostly Lavenders, Lilac and sedums, with a few glads and campanulas, blueberries and Spring bulbs.
A couple more areas that have been in transition are starting to take on personality.
These daylilies were moved here last Fall to hover over the lavenders, unfortunately, the laveneders here are now quite shaded, and not doing too much...it's funny when my plan doesn't quite work the way I expected. I do love the lilies here. But alas, the Lavenders must go back to the other side of the yard!
In contrast, the lavenders in the sunny moon garden are quite happy.
The moon garden is mecca for birds now, with the bird bath and 2 feeders seemingly always occupied. Red wing black birds and Flickers are our favorites, especially their babies.
The birds run around the rock in the bird bath, flapping their wings and pushing all the water over the sides, it's astonishing to watch.
I'm creating a meadow under the hammock, mainly mexican hair grasses and lavenders.
The vegetable garden has been expanded, but our water doesn't reach the new spot!
The tomatoes are taking off.
This area has been taken over by Violet Lupine, and the Autumn Joy Sedums planted between may not be so happy about not having sun on them.
We're starting to see evidence of "crowding"...I'm taking notes of what will need dividing or transplanting this fall.
A flower garden is emerging down by the compost bin. We've increasingly seen hummingbirds chasing around in this area.
They really like to spend time with this tall toad flax.
The Pear tree plantings are beginning to take shape. Mostly Lavenders, Lilac and sedums, with a few glads and campanulas, blueberries and Spring bulbs.
A couple more areas that have been in transition are starting to take on personality.
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