Our Garden, May 2001

Here are some snaps of our garden, taken on a delightful, sunny day in May.  The garden was designed and planted in the summer and fall of 1999.  Now into it's second summer, everything is getting well established (and full! thanks to our mild winter this year). 

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Here's the house and front yard.  The house faces west, so the north side of the yard is on the left (the blue car) and the south to the right. The pictures start with the northwest corner.  You can see the Japanese Maple in the corner (inside the fence). 

 

 
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I took lots of pictures of the north beds.  These beds are full and the plants are already lush. They get a lot of sun; the sages, thymes, and rosemarys are abundantly happy there!  I love to sit on the edge of these beds and smell all the herbs.

 

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This bed is directly in front of the house -- the north east side of the yard.  It's a mostly shady spot.  The bright color of the cyclamens really sets off the chartreuse of the Creeping Jenny. (Which I like to call "Creepy Jenny.")

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This shot shows how shady it really is.

 
        
This is a sequence of the beds across the front porch.  I love the tiny Chaste Tree in the first (north) bed. It's soft but architectural -- the look is wonderful.  I'd like to replace the other plants in these beds, though. norhtFront-20.jpg (165154 bytes) front-21.jpg (131476 bytes) sFront-22.jpg (156491 bytes)
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This shot is from the northeast corner (in front of the cyclamen), to the southwest corner.  You can see the tall pear tree (to the left of the power pole), the Weeping Katsura tree, and the Golden Locust.
        
sBedSweetWilliam-18.jpg (188764 bytes) This is the south bed. You can just make out the trunk of the pear tree rising through the dogwood.

This bed is becoming really lovely.  The varigated dogwood adds a lot of light.  And I love the contrast of the blue Sweet William flowers against the hosta.
       
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Here's the southwest bed.  The Hebes are in bloom, looking like little frothy white mounds.

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Is the Locust tree in bloom?  No, it's two different clematis twining up through it.

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A close-up of the gorgeous blue-purple clematis blooms.

 

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