Garden Growth On The Fourth of July

7/4/14

seashells cosmos

     In the back yard garden there is a pause between spring and fall blooms.  The seashells cosmos that reseeded are one of the few plants that are blooming.  The following photos show what else is blooming there.

The hostas are all blooming.

There are still some blooms on the hellebores.

The Asiatic lilies have still refused to show their blooms, although I have seen some blooming in the neighborhood.

I added solar lights all along the perimeter of the garden.

In the garden surrounding the electrical box, the milkweed  are blooming, and I hope for some monarch caterpillars this year.

The daisies in front of the electrical box are in full bloom.

In the full sun side yard garden the zinnias are producing a riot of colorful flowers.

Although the daisies by the electrical box are blooming, the ones in the side garden that the deer/rabbits ate, are finally recovering under my netting, but no blooms yet.

The under-the-netting balloon flowers that were also eaten are recovering nicely and are starting to bloom.

The oriental fountain grass "Karley Rose" is beautiful now.

     In our area it is a delightful day with plenty of sunshine, breezes, and low humidity.  Hope everyone has a joyful fourth, with good food and fireworks.

The Backyard Garden Evolves

6/23/13 

backyard garden November 2012

     




     This is a photo of the backyard garden taken when we bought the house at the end of November.  There was nothing in the garden but two rose bushes. 

April 2013

 
     I threw some daffodils into the garden in December so there would be some color in the spring.

June 2013

                                      This is a photo of the garden today.

hostas

               The first plants I bought in the spring for the garden were hostas.

hostas planted

                               Here are what the hostas look like now.

hardy begonias

                   The next plants to go in the garden were hardy begonias.

Japanese anemones

                                      I added some Japanese anemones.

annuals

                 For a quick splash of color, I put in some petunias, new guinea impatiens and alyssum.

boxwoods and nandinas

     Dividing the backyard garden are five boxwood and three nandina bushes which were here when we bought the house.  Some of the boxwoods will be transplanted to other areas of the yard eventually.  Among the bushes I planted a ghost fern, some sweet woodruff and primula.  These were given to me by a gardening friend.




ghost fern

 

sweet woodruff

primula

tulips

     On the other side of the bushes there is a pink dogwood tree under which I planted tulips in the spring.

begonias

      Now a mix of red, white and pink begonias occupies the space where the tulips were.  This garden is still a work in progress.  More plants will be added in the future.