6/12/13
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| side yard garden |
The side garden is starting to fill in as I have added more plants over the last two weeks. I'll be adding a few more annuals and perennials over the next few months as I watch the plants grow and see how much room is still available. Here are photos of what I've recently added.
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| glossy abelia |
Glossy abelia is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub that has rounded, gracefully arched branches. It can grow six feet tall or more, has glossy green leaves, and blooms from mid-summer to autumn with fragrant, funnel-shaped, white flowers tinged with pink. I have never had an abelia in any of my yards.
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| oriental fountain grass Karley Rose |
On each side of the garden I have planted the oriental fountain grass Karley Rose. It has graceful, fluffy flower spikes. It can grow two to three feet and blooms from June to September. This is a new grass for me.
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| gallardia Arizona Sun |
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| yellow foxglove |
A gardening friend gave me some yellow foxglove.
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| goldenrod |
The same friend also gave me some goldenrod. I don't know the species as there are over 50 species. It has bright yellow flowers that bloom late summer into fall. It is sometimes considered a weed, but many insects interact with goldenrod, uncluding bees, butterflies, and moths.
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| salvia |
I filled in some space with annuals like red salvia.
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| marigolds |
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| zinnias |
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| coreopsis grandiflora |
Although supposedly deer-resistant, like everything I have planted in this garden, I presume the deer sampled the flowers which are missing off the top of this coreopsis and the zinnias.
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| roses |
For the past two weeks, roses have been blooming all over the neighborhood. The rose bushes in my back garden have bloomed also. I have no idea what kind they are. The rose bushes were here when we moved in in February.
