Doesn't the curve of this path make you want to explore? Contrasting textures and colors are what make a garden interesting. And when you walk down this path, your eye is drawn down the path by the repetition of the chartreuse color.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Hostman's Silberlocke Pine Cones
Don't you love surprises? When you look closely, you can see the pine cones tucked in this beautiful pine. I love the way the needles curl and show off their white undersides.
Pond Plantings
To help shad the pond, this summer I added a sensitive plant. It is growing like crazy! The kids enjoy the way the leaves fold up if you move it around.
One of my water lilies is blooming.
Just added this planting near the stream. It includes some irises, ladies mantle and a tall and creeping sedum.
The view from the other side of the stream shows off a bloody dock plant (looks a bit like a beet leaf) and the purple cast of the irises.
This is a Slender Hinoki False Cypress tree. It is small, but will eventually grow to about 15 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It has a beautiful texture and an interesting growth habit.
Veggie Garden Border
The black fence surrounds the veggie garden and these borders are filled with yellows and oranges.
So excited to see butterfly weed blooming in this border!
And these orange daylilies are beautiful!
Lilies in bloom!
Hard to believe that all these pink lilies started from just a dozen bulbs.
Love the way the varigated japanese fleece flower mingles in the lilies. Look how the pink stems reflect the pink of the lilies.
Pink, pink, pink!
Hidden in the border....
There is a bit of a gap in the far edge of the border that surrounds the fairy circle and I decided to fill it this year with this little vignette. The black plastic piece is Deer Away to prevent the deer from eating the wax begonias.
Poppy!
OK, it's confession time. Last fall when I planted this bed near the pond, I added some poppy seeds. A few weeks ago when I was weeding, I pulled out a couple of the plants, not remembering that I had planted the poppies! Luckily, I didn't pull them all out - there were two remaining plants and hopefully, they will self-seed and I will have more poppies next summer. Just love the color of the leaves (a pretty blue-green) and the flowers!
Little Yellow Lilies
These lilies add a bright spot in the east garden.
And on the west side of the house, they mingle with Max Frei hardy geranium and coral bells.
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