Hello, friends!
I'm linking up to Helen's End of Month view meme, which can be found here:
Let's get started, shall we?
Back Flowerbed
Tulips are providing nearly all the color at this point with the mockorange giving some needed height.
Looking down toward the deck.
L-R: mockorange, 'Mariette' tulips, rose
Oh, and one random iris in front.
Geum is big and bushy.
More tulips surrounding mockorange bush.
Tulip distribution is a bit uneven, so that's something I would like to work on for next spring.
Vegetable Garden
overview
The bottom terrace is completely planted with spring veggies.
Obviously, nothing has come up yet.
The bright green on the bottom is oregano.
Greenery on top are strawberries.
Pea sticks!
I planted some "Pole Sugar Snap Peas" this year, so I thought I would give pea sticks a try.
Those are dead aspen branches stuck into the ground for a trellis.
If the aspens come alive again and start growing in my garden, I'm going to be mad!
(Knowing aspens like I do, I wouldn't put it past them!)
Shade Bed
It's all columbines and heucheras in the shade bed these days.
I haven't seen any sign of the hostas that used to be in here too.
Maybe they'll still come later...
Raspberries
Starting to fill out.
I need to get back over there to compost and weed.
Front Flowerbeds
Overview
Front: Middle Terrace (where most of the flowers are)
Tulips again giving most of the color.
If I can, I want to dig up the lighter-colored ones to put elsewhere, and get a few more of the vibrantly-colored ones.
The bright green on the left is a new delphinium I put in, to replace the phlox that was mostly dead.
I put in 3 and they're all in this middle terrace.
I'll try to point them out in the pictures.
They are all 'Blue Mirror' variety.
The tulips almost seem to glow in this picture, don't they?
On the right is one of my new 'William Shakespeare' English roses that I put in place of the daisies.
This photo should be named "Second Chances."
Those little spots of green in front are the hydrangea from the bottom front terrace, which I thought was completely dead until about 2 weeks ago. This spot gets more shade than the former, so maybe that will help it perk up.
The peony growing in back was transplanted from a friend's yard in the middle of last summer and pretty much looked dead the whole rest of the year. Surprise!
I will be really surprised if it blooms this year.
A few different varieties of muscari with phlox in the background.
Still on the middle terrace.
Sem False Spirea, with columbine, salvia, and of course tulips.
This lovely little shrub brightens up the shady corner here beautifully.
Front: Bottom Terrace
Grape holly (Mahonia aquifolium)
This is thriving in a tough spot, which I'm glad to see.
It has tripled in size since I planted it, and even had a few of its signature bright yellow flowers earlier this spring.
Boxwood, barberry in a pot, plus another barberry.
I need to decide where to plant this extra barberry.
It has not been doing so great down on the bottom terrace, so I replaced it with another one of my new roses.
Another 'William Shakespeare' rose, replacing the barberry, as mentioned above. I planted it good and deep, and I'm really hoping it takes off and adds a shower of deep crimson roses going up the wall.
Looking down the bottom terrace.
Tulips by the mailbox.
I'm actually thinking of taking these out.
It's hard to keep this area weeded, with no real flowerbed here.
Plus, all the real flowerbeds are just a few feet away.
They would transplant nicely, I think, to the back flowerbed.
If you made it all the way through that, way to go!
This is my favorite time of year, with things changing daily, it seems.
Thanks for leaving a message, I'm now going to enjoy wandering round your garden! You have got a serious slope haven't you, when all your plants are flowering your terraces are going to look really beautiful. Did you do the terracing yourselves, it looks good!
ReplyDeleteHi Pauline!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you came for a visit. Yes, where we live everything is on a hill. So we have the "back slope" and the front hill, and terraces everywhere you look. My husband did the terraces himself, with the help of a neighbor. We called it the Neverending Wall Project. After 3 summers, we have declared it to be done!
My goodness! I see what you mean about the slope. Terracing is a good solution, it's so much easier to garden on the flat. We have the same in some places and I've just about got that part of the garden under control now. It also makes for great design possibilities I think, a new dimension to play with which gardeners on level ground just don't have.
ReplyDeleteWelcome!
DeleteThe terraces have helped immensely. I'm still learning about garden design, but I agree that having multiple levels adds a whole new element to it all.
Thanks for the visit!