Map in Progress

It's a start!  I watched the sun in here today and it seems to be about 4 hours midday, plus dappled sun the rest of the time.

Spreading Seeds - The Henge

My urge to spread seeds overcame me yesterday evening.  I carefully opened the little seed packets that Danielle so carefully prepared for me and I spread half of each of these in the 'henge:
columbine - purple/yellow
delphinium - front light blue
delphinium - pale purple, pale blue, white centre

Also, moved pink and white physostegia from the woods garden into the henge, and a blue fescue.  Had also planted alpine columbine and blue lobelia.  Kelly has planted the sea lyme grass in a buried planter near the entrance.  I think it might be time to start a map.

Last of the Phlox

Becky Towe hasn't grown a whole lot in 2 years so she will move to a sunnier spot in the fall.  Her gold and green foliage is definitely her redeeming feature.  Flowers are similar to Orange Perfection.

More Space!

Kelly moved the oil tank so we have some more gardening space but I'm not sure what we'll do with it.

Planned Changes - Back Centre

David and Blue Boy phlox will move to the far end of the centre garden, closest to the woods.  The pale pink lilies and pink monkshood will move from there to replace the phlox.  Also in that space near the back deck will go sea holly, Amazing lily, Aubade lily, pale delphinium seed, pink poppy seed, Becky Towe phlox, and more things I can't think of right now.

Waiting and Waiting and Waiting...

This - Longwood Dainty - will be the first dahlia from Danielle to bloom.  Also in bud are Kasasagi, Glow, Alpen Cherub and Preference.

The first glad is also starting to open.

Construction Continues

Notice the border around the outside edges... all for planting.  The area that is behind the big centre rock from this angle is where delphinium will go.  The closest spot on the right will have tall blue lobelia very soon.

Sea Holly

I keep forgetting to move this till it's too late.  This fall I'll move it to the back where the big phloxes are moving out of, with the lilies.

Blooms

The pineapple lilies are in full bloom.  The gallardia recovered after its move and looks great with the calendula.  Phlox in the back garden blooming all over the place.

Lobelia plus Bee

I really love this lobelia and I have to wait till late summer every year to enjoy it.  It's tall - over my head - and bright, and a good compliment to the Opus One lilies.  If you look closely you can see a bee mooning me.  I watched him crawl right into all these blooms - he was quite loaded up with pollen.

I'm having to do some watering every evening and no rain in the forecast.  Kelly potted up Endless Summer and Danielle's orange daylilies so we can find them permanent spots in the garden in the fall.

More Plants from Danielle

Received Danielle's package today (yippee!) and planted:

• variegated sedum - front garden by red and orange lilies near steps
• yellow-blooming sedum - front garden in front of Annabelle hydrangea + woods garden
• green creeping Jenny - henge, crack in rock right side
• orange daylilies - in a pot temporarily
• Endless Summer hydrangea macrophylla - in a pot temporarily

Lots of seeds to plant as well!

Kermesina Blooming

Almost missed these few blooms way up by the garage.  My clematis in the pot finally bloomed and is definitely going to move before next year.  It certainly looks nothing like in the past.

Blue Boy Phlox

Looking quite pink in the bright sun.

Bench Beneath the Trees

Kelly painted the bench and assembled it on the lawn today.  It looks great there... so glad Danielle suggested white.

Dixie Chip Bugleweed

I finally planted this today in front of my Snowmound spirea.

ajuga x tenorii Dixie Chip
sun/part
zone 3

Back Centre Map

There are still a few plants missing, and it's far from perfect, but it feels good to have this done.  Next, the rock garden.

Back Centre Garden

It's all blooming wonderfully!  Tom Pouce holds centre stage and I really hope that I can get more papyrus next year.  The pale pink rose mallow and blue lobelia are filling in nicely.  Opus One lilies tower in the back.

Casablanca

My very first lily ever.  Bright white and tall - over my head.

And Tom Pouce is, in Kelly's words, like a big basketball on a stick!

Fall Plans - Hydrangea moves

1. Move the tall blue monkshood to the ring garden where the iris and Quickfire hydrangea are now.
2. Dig and divide the iris, move in to the edge of the circle, in front of the monkshood, where pink astilbe is now.
3. Move the astilbe to the back, TBD.
4. Move Quickfire to the front of the house, where Winky Pinky hydrangea is now.
5. Move Winky Pinky to the back beside the garage, where the monkshood is now.

Shaping Up!

Little Stonehenge had its floor installed today.  This is really going to be great for winter pictures.

Another shot

Aubade Lily Bloomed Today

My Garden Gift

A wonderful gift from Debi.  I'm trying it out in different places.  Next year I can picture it out front with nasturium climbing through it.

Garden Miracle

The agapanthus is going to bloom!

Stargazer Blooming

They are a bit more impressive this year than last.  I really do need to plant white phlox behind them.

West Side Plans

New hosta garden?

Plant Catalog

Last night I started to organize my pictures into categories on Flickr.  I quickly realized that there are LOTS of plants I don't have individual pictures of, or no pics at all.  I made a dash around the yard at dusk yesterday, snapping what I could.  I also went back through old pictures that I hadn't posted and found lots more.  This really will be at least a one year job, especially since I plan to replace a lot of the pictures with better ones at a different time of year.  Now you can find slug and caterpiller holes in just about everything.  Found a caterpiller having a feast on the petals of one of the Golden Stargazers yesterday.

Very Dizzy

This is what I found on my first morning walkabout.  Next year there should be 3 tall stalks blooming among Opus One and asiatic lily America.  Both were planted here early summer - too late to bloom this year.  (Although I suspect that they will all bloom at different times!)