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more garden picspam, July edition
I have almost thirty different kinds of flowers blooming in my confetti garden, so I must share the love.
Behind the cut for your FL sake.
The back garden, overview. Those who have been playing along will notice that the large, overgrown clematis that used to be immediately to the left of the pine bush on the right is no longer in evidence. In what will probably be a vain attempt to control its overgrownness in the future, I hired a friend's teenager to whack it back to about 18" tall for me (I can't do it myself, my vine phobia won't let me).
A closer view of the righthand end of the back garden, with what's left of the poppies (see,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
opakele, mine came up [g]), Shasta daisies, dianthus, lavender, linaria, snapdragons, alyssum, and hardy geranium. The blue bells in the middle are a variety of campanula, I don't know which one, but I bought it last fall, and it's doing very, very well -- well enough that I need to remember to stake it earlier on next year.
The left end of the back garden. That's the other clematis growing up the fence, with rudbeckias (black-eyed susans) to its right. The other tall flowers are snapdragons, and the big thing to their right is a 'David' phlox that doesn't bloom till August. In front there are Signet marigolds and more alyssum and hardy geranium (which has really taken off this year), and thyme and salpiglossis, which looks like the petunias it's related to, except that the flowers look like they're made of brocade.
The lefthand patio garden (the righthand one with the giant bleeding heart looks essentially the same as it did in June). Someone please remind me not to buy bedding annuals from That Other Nursery next spring? I am highly unsatisfied with the petunias in those planters -- the ones bought from My Usual Nursery would have those tubs overflowing by now. The lush green succulent-looking plant just to the right of the tub is bergenia, which has lovely pink blooms in early spring.
Oh, and the sign says, "This is not a garden, it is a botanical masterpiece." It was a birthday present from my friend L. this year [g].
The front garden, view from the driveway. That is indeed a tomato plant in the tub, with little green tomatoes on it. The plants around it are portulaca. The pink is the fairy rose, and the yellow is threadleaf coreopsis. The orangy yellow in front of the coreopsis is calendula. And there's dianthus in several places. The lavender towards the back is candytuft. The in-your-face lavender is petunias, of course. Bought from My Usual Nursery. See the difference? Oh, and there's a glimpse of my neighbor's Blue Clips campanula, too.
The front garden, view from the front door. The lavender down front and center is verbena. First time I've grown it, and I don't think it will be the last. Shasta daisies and snapdragons in the background. The spiky thing is a daylily, but you can't see the blooms for the shadows. They're peach-colored, and lovely. The tall stalk with the buds on it is a red Oriental lily, or will be in a couple of weeks [g].
Anyway, that's the garden picspam for this month...
Behind the cut for your FL sake.
The back garden, overview. Those who have been playing along will notice that the large, overgrown clematis that used to be immediately to the left of the pine bush on the right is no longer in evidence. In what will probably be a vain attempt to control its overgrownness in the future, I hired a friend's teenager to whack it back to about 18" tall for me (I can't do it myself, my vine phobia won't let me).
A closer view of the righthand end of the back garden, with what's left of the poppies (see,
opakele, mine came up [g]), Shasta daisies, dianthus, lavender, linaria, snapdragons, alyssum, and hardy geranium. The blue bells in the middle are a variety of campanula, I don't know which one, but I bought it last fall, and it's doing very, very well -- well enough that I need to remember to stake it earlier on next year.The left end of the back garden. That's the other clematis growing up the fence, with rudbeckias (black-eyed susans) to its right. The other tall flowers are snapdragons, and the big thing to their right is a 'David' phlox that doesn't bloom till August. In front there are Signet marigolds and more alyssum and hardy geranium (which has really taken off this year), and thyme and salpiglossis, which looks like the petunias it's related to, except that the flowers look like they're made of brocade.
The lefthand patio garden (the righthand one with the giant bleeding heart looks essentially the same as it did in June). Someone please remind me not to buy bedding annuals from That Other Nursery next spring? I am highly unsatisfied with the petunias in those planters -- the ones bought from My Usual Nursery would have those tubs overflowing by now. The lush green succulent-looking plant just to the right of the tub is bergenia, which has lovely pink blooms in early spring.
Oh, and the sign says, "This is not a garden, it is a botanical masterpiece." It was a birthday present from my friend L. this year [g].
The front garden, view from the driveway. That is indeed a tomato plant in the tub, with little green tomatoes on it. The plants around it are portulaca. The pink is the fairy rose, and the yellow is threadleaf coreopsis. The orangy yellow in front of the coreopsis is calendula. And there's dianthus in several places. The lavender towards the back is candytuft. The in-your-face lavender is petunias, of course. Bought from My Usual Nursery. See the difference? Oh, and there's a glimpse of my neighbor's Blue Clips campanula, too.
The front garden, view from the front door. The lavender down front and center is verbena. First time I've grown it, and I don't think it will be the last. Shasta daisies and snapdragons in the background. The spiky thing is a daylily, but you can't see the blooms for the shadows. They're peach-colored, and lovely. The tall stalk with the buds on it is a red Oriental lily, or will be in a couple of weeks [g].
Anyway, that's the garden picspam for this month...