We’ve spent a lot of time in the yard and on the patio the last few days. Tracy’s done a lot of transplanting, and clearing out in our overgrown shade garden, and it’s looking really nice. I’m the mulcher, and I have about half of it done. Today is too hot and humid to be outside for long. We got a little (much needed) rain overnight, but it didn’t cool things down at all, and the humidity is worse than ever. When I saw Sandi’s post for 5 in 5 this morning, I knew that taking some photos in the yard would be a good solution to getting this meme done before the calendar turns to July this coming weekend. Where does the time go?
If you’re standing in the middle of our patio looking to the back property line, this is the right-hand side of our garden. You can see beyond it the lower yard, which Tracy has just started to clean out. Shade loving plants are the ones that do well here: Japanese ferns, ferns, hostas, astilbe, some hydrangeas, and some peonies to the right where there is more sun.
This is the left side, many of the same plants, and our fountain which I should have turned on before I started taking photos.
To the side of our house in the lower yard, I have a perennial/annual bed. Last year some animal ate every one of my lupines. I was so sad, but replaced them this year, and we are spraying our anti-deer spray regularly. This is the latest bloom, although we’ve had several of different colors already.
Next to the house along the patio we have a bed with five large geraniums. I love that they bloom all summer, so no matter how my potted flowers are doing at any moment, there is always some good color. This year we have three of these beauties, and two solid pink ones the same color as the darker pink in this flower.
Last, a Martha Washington geranium in a pot on the patio. I brought it back from a garden store in Evanston, IL when we were helping Sarah get plants for her patio. I loved the colors, and was afraid I wouldn’t find one locally. But, in fact, I saw one just the other day when I was buying some strawberries at the farm market.
I’m linking these up with Sandi’s 5 in 5 meme where you take as many photos as you’d like in 5 minutes, and choose 5 of them. I think I took 16 photos this morning. It was a snap, snap, snap event!
Your photos had me in the middle of this beautiful garden – ah all tension melts away. I really like the 3 leaves water feature … ah lupines, all mine have disappeared. Beautiful gardens.
What a gorgeous garden you have and it looks like you have had much humidity, it is so lush and green!
What beautiful pictures of your garden. I get very confused my the terms yard and garden in America. Is there any difference? When the term yard is used I have a picture of what we term a yard which is more like a concrete/ Tarmac/ dirt expanse. My mum has trouble with deer and is resigned to growing plants they hate.
It looks like you have a really beautiful spot there Karen. Lusciously green it is.
What an exuberant garden you have, it looks so green and full. I love geraniums too, ours don’t flower all year round though this winter was so mild that one plant did a fairly good job of achieving this. We cut it hard back and it had a rest but it is now looking healthy and ready to bloom again. It must be lovely to have deer and other animals visit the garden, but a nuisance when they eat the plants that you tender. Thank you for taking part this month Karen, I have copied your link and added it to the page.
I enjoyed seeing your garden and it is lovely to have so much space. Thank you again for taking part,
Sandie x
Can I hire you & Tracy to come do my garden? My shrub bed hasn’t had a decent planting in years and I just don’t have the time but yours looks so pretty!!!
Lovely photos of a lovely yard; it looks so cool and inviting. I love geraniums too and plan to get some tomorrow… fingers crossed I find some.
Cheers~
Beautiful! OUr yard is still rollicking with weeds, but we’re trying to make it more livable.
I’ve been putting a lot of effort into cleaning the garage and my art area. It’s been very satisfying.
Rinda
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