First GardeniaFirst Gardenia
Date: 04/15/2007
First Gardenia
Daydream tulipsSnow on tulips.
Date: 04/08/2007
Snow on tulips.
Daydream tulipsYet more snow on tulips.
Date: 04/08/2007
Yet more snow on tulips.
Daydream tulipsMore snow on tulips.
Date: 04/08/2007
More snow on tulips.
Front Garden
Date: 04/01/2007
Our weeping cherry
Date: 04/01/2007
El Nino tulips
Date: 03/22/2007
Daffodils
Date: 03/22/2007
Daffodils
Date: 03/22/2007
Grape Hyacinths
Date: 03/22/2007
First Plant of 2007
Date: 02/28/2007
Seeds
Date: 02/24/2007
My seed-starting rack
Date: 02/24/2007
The FrontLilies are in bloom.
Date: 07/22/2006
You can't see it well, but the rosebushes by the lampost are going nuts with their second wave of blooms. Though the lilies are almost halfway finished, you can still smell them from the parking lot. The black-eyed susans have kicked in too.
The Back
Date: 07/22/2006
Both far beds of the back garden. You can see the spikes of the delphinium (drat! it was supposed to be a royal blue!), the black-eyed susans, and the white David phlox by the fence.
Gloire de DijonClimbing rose, finally blooming
Date: 07/22/2006
The Gloire de Dijon climbing rose (behind a pile of nasturtiums) is finally getting into the swing of things, pumping out blossoms and growing about a half inch a day, it seems. Wicked thorns, but oh, what a scent! I can't wait to see how it grows next year... and the year after that... and the year after that.... :)
Dogwood Bed
Date: 07/22/2006
Lilies are in bloom out back, too, plus white and purple phlox. Those bushy, old-fashioned marigolds are great. Josh has a red-and-yellow lantana on the right, behind the nasturtiums.
Skippy!The newest addition to our family.
Date: 07/22/2006
I found Skippy on the fourth of July. He's a Painted Turtle and will eat out of my hand.
Skippy Belly.The reason he's called a Painted Turtle...
Date: 07/22/2006
Small Skippy.He's getting bigger - he was even smaller when I found him!
Date: 07/22/2006
Lilies
Date: 07/17/2006
The plant can't even support itself, loaded with flowers as big as my face... and imagine the fragrance!
Another visitor.
Date: 07/17/2006
DinnerA grasshopper on the lilies.
Date: 07/16/2006
He held still for about half an hour as we took pictures of him, splayed in space like a ballerina.
Crocosmia
Date: 06/30/2006
I think the crocosmia might be my favorite flower in the garden, even more than the roses. A close runner-up, at least, to the lilies. I love their crayon color.
Echinacea
Date: 06/25/2006
Josh took this one. It'd make a good desktop image.
Asian LilyA yellow Asian lily behind purple salvia.
Date: 06/25/2006
Everything in the garden looks so much more purposeful when you take little closeups - maybe because you can't see how jumble-tumble the rest of it is! :)
NasturtiumAfter a rainstorm.
Date: 06/25/2006
NasturtiumAfter a rainstorm.
Date: 06/25/2006
Sweet 100It keeps on growing...
Date: 06/24/2006
I think my Sweet 100 tomato is trying to best Audrey 2. It keeps on growing and growing: it's already 5 feet tall in June!
New hammock
Date: 06/24/2006
At last, I can nap in the shade of my garden, listening to the fountain flowing behind me!
VisitorSwallowtail Butterfly
Date: 06/24/2006
Crocosmia
Date: 06/24/2006
One of my favorite flowers in the garden.
June Front FlowersLavender, crocosmia, coreopsis.
Date: 06/24/2006
The front garden in bloom. Lavender, coreopsis, crocosmia, all in bloom at once.
Bronze FennelAfter a storm
Date: 06/19/2006
Raindrops all over my lacy Bronze Fennel after a thunderstorm. It looks almost like an intricate, rain-covered spiderweb.
Bronze FennelAfter a storm
Date: 06/19/2006
Front entranceThe daylilies are in bloom in front!
Date: 06/06/2006
Stella d'oro daylilies: they'll keep blooming throughout the summer. Asian lilies tower behind them on the right; on the left is a "Sky Pencil" holly. I've dug a little rose bed up by the lamp-post, with a "Felicia" rose, a "Glamis Castle" rose, two "May Night" Salvia. The pale chartreuse blooms of the euphorbia look great against the dark purple salvia. (Did you know that Euphorbia's common name is "Spurge"? I dare you to try and come up with an uglier name!)
Back in bloomThe back garden, starting to bloom and fill out.
Date: 06/06/2006
Everything's starting to fill out a bit more, though there's still empty-ish patches here and there. The daylilies are in bloom. I love the way the variegated iris (lower right corner) stands out against the rest of the green.
I made every single pot in my garden. :)
Dogwood Bed. Taken from inside the veggie patch.
Date: 06/06/2006
I love the cottage-y look of this photo; it shows the careful juxtaposition of contrasting textures and forms. In the background you can see the trunk of one birch, and to the left is the lilac bed.
Daniel DerondaThe Daniel Deronda clematis, climbing its trellis.
Date: 06/06/2006
Dogwood Bed, take 2Taken from the grass path.
Date: 06/06/2006
Another picture of the daylilies in the dogwood bed, taken this time from the grass path.
Herb PotBronze Fennel, Creeping Thyme, Oregano, and Sage.
Date: 06/06/2006
Keeping an eye outButter and Kitty love to watch me garden.
Date: 06/06/2006
They love to look out the screen door; we call it "Cat TV". We've thought about taking them out on the patio on leashes or something, but we don't want them to get fleas.... or get used to going outside (right now they're scared of it and won't approach the door).
You can see the planter full of lobelia next to them. I hope it will grow up and spill all over the place. :)
Black Knight Caladium
Date: 06/06/2006
The "Black Knight" caladium in our fountain sends up leaves that open dark red and become matte purple-black with age. I caught the afternoon sunlight shining through the leaves, tinting them with copper and garnet.
FoliageJuxtaposing textures.
Date: 06/06/2006
I love the way plant textures can compliment each other as they contrast; the broad saucers of the nasturtiums, the strong lines of the "Brilliant" fern, and the feathery leaves of the "Moonlight" coreopsis.
Abraham DarbyAbraham Darby
Date: 05/27/2006
The first blossoms on my climbing Abraham Darby rose.
Dogwood Bed
Date: 05/27/2006
It's starting to look more like a cottage garden: colors and textures jostled and jumbled together. It's harder than you'd think to achieve that artful untidiness.
Dogwood Bed
Date: 05/27/2006
May 2006, and everything is taking off. Roses, pink dianthus, strawberries...
Shade Bed
Date: 05/27/2006
Ginger SyllabubThe newly planted Ginger Syllabub.
Date: 05/27/2006
You can barely see the Ginger Syllabub plant behind the heuchera and companion plants.
Easy Going bouquetFresh-cut flowers for the house.
Date: 05/21/2006
ArborSitting under the new arbor.
Date: 05/07/2006
WeedingCheckin' out weed levels.
Date: 05/07/2006
Finished!
Date: 03/19/2006
EntranceA nice garden to come home to.
Date: 08/31/2005
YumSquashes and tomatoes going wild.
Date: 08/28/2005
Patio trim
Date: 08/28/2005
Just planted!The dogwood bed, just planted.
Date: 05/20/2005
Planted lilacs
Date: 05/20/2005
Finished!The patio, just finished!
Date: 05/20/2005
Whew!
AzaleasAzaleas in bloom in front.
Date: 05/20/2005
2007 El Nino tulip
Date: 04/20/2005
Just plantedShade Bed
Date: 04/18/2005
Before the patio
Date: 04/18/2005
Just plantedNewly installed lilac before
Date: 04/18/2005
Frontal beginningsHalf the front torn out....
Date: 07/26/2004
I'd torn out the 6-foot-tall euonymus, but not the junipers or azaleas. Those I'd leave till the following year. I'd tilled up the bed, but still had to put in the edging, not to metion the plants...
Working awayPutting in the edging for the front garden.
Date: 07/25/2004
RedbudPlanting the redbud
Date: 07/23/2004
Later we'd move the little redbud to the back (where it's flourishing) to make way for a fully grown weeping cherry.
Josh!Digging the redbud hole.
Date: 07/23/2004
Before.
Date: 07/23/2004
Before most of the work got done. I'd already ripped out the euonymus.
