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Name: aka GardenQuilts Facebook, NGA and the beloved Winston the pug
Star, that is a beautiful butterfly bush. I hope you have seeds! I read about it here and the other site, I am sharing a quote ...
"There is a beautiful specimen growing at Plant Delights Nursery near Raleigh, NC. They have pruned it to a single trunk, making it more of a small tree with beautiful, weeping form. It is planted on a slight rise, with a path below, so when you walk under it the flowers are just above or at your height. The perfect use of this beautiful plant, in my opinion!"
That would be pretty. I have seen rose of sharon trained as standards as well.
My goal is no grass! I don't have much to start with and I am not encouraging it. I don't have a lawn mower and don't feel like buying one. I am saving my pennies for a rototiller. There is a narrow strip of grass in front of the flowerbed. Actually it is a strip of dandelions and grass...a ground cover would be much easier - until it started encroaching on the flower bed. Learned my lesson with pachysandra in the last garden.
I will be digging out lots of wild strawberries and I have some creeping Jenny in a couple of pots. maybe one of these will like the front strip.
Anyone have any suggestions for perennial z6a ground covers next to a road in a sunny location?
Name: aka GardenQuilts Facebook, NGA and the beloved Winston the pug
Thanks for the link! I have lots of work to do outside once this rainshower passes.
This is my "curb appeal. I want to put the groundcover in front to overtake the struggling grass. Winstons curly tail is the cutest thing in the picture.
This is the back yard. I'll be digging up suckers of the existing lilac (the shrub behind the two rocks) and containing it to one location. Misti wants some, if anyone else does, let me know.
Here is a charming vista of the newly dug and pumped septic and pot ghetto.
The images have not been retouched. This is the natural beauty as captured by my camera this morning.
Andi, you have a lovely new area to work with! I'm drawn to the woodsy perimeter in all those photos! You do have your work cut out for you, but I see some great potential there for a lovely garden! There is a buildilng along the left border of the middle photo - is that your house in all those trees? I just love wooded acreage.
Name: aka GardenQuilts Facebook, NGA and the beloved Winston the pug
I want to put some rugosa roses at the perimeter and shade plantings among the trees. The trees in the back are near the edge of the property line. There is a park bench which I am hoping to get help moving to the shade beneath the trees. I also want to make a hammock.
I plan to have raised flower and/or veggie beds surrounded by rocks or wood with stone walkways in between. I already have a collection of flat state stones. There are plenty more everywhere. This area is called "the slate belt". You can't plant anything without encountering at least one big rock. It is a challenge to find a place to put a hanging Shepard's hook. It is hard to sink the post deep enough without hitting a rock. I usually give up and wedge it between larger branches of a shrub.
I think the yard has potential. If the yard were perfectly groomed, the landlord wouldn't want me digging and planting. As it is, I am welcome to plant whatever I want!
Name: aka GardenQuilts Facebook, NGA and the beloved Winston the pug
It wasn't supposed to rain until tonight. Do the weather people ever look out the window? Maybe they are in an underground bunker filled with computers.
Anyway, now that I saved my photos, here are some pictures taken during our morning walk. The scenery is much more beautiful than my yard.
I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is behind on the garden cleanup. I'm learning to live with less perfection every year. I am getting some help cleaning up the insect population, though. Unfortunately, tender seedlings are pretty tasty, too.
Name: aka GardenQuilts Facebook, NGA and the beloved Winston the pug
LOL, my grandma let me stay up late and watch Merv Griffin and other talk shows. Phillis Diller and Flip Wilson were my favorite guests. She would also change the channel to I Love Lucy when we were supposed to be watching Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. I wasn't allowed to watch the little rascals. Ironically, many of the episodes were filmed in Ithaca, NY. When I went to college in Ithaca, everyone would recognize certain buildings, etc. from the little rascals. I caught a couple of episodes online, having a reverse childhood.
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I am getting some help cleaning up the insect population, though. Unfortunately, tender seedlings are pretty tasty, too.
