I thought I’d give you an overall of my backyard. This is a view from my deck. I’m one of a few houses on our street where we all have deep front yards and deep back yards. Because it is a neighborhood built during World War II, the trees are very established and stately. I put in these picket fences…
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This week’s bouquet was very quick and simple. I had some verbena bonariensis that had fallen over and were laying in the pathway of the garden. In order to not trample them, I decided to cut and make a bouquet from them. On the way into the house, I decided to add some of my ‘Royal Standard’ hosta flowers since…
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Hosta ‘Royal Standard’ is truly the king of my hosta collection. There is nothing too special about its plain green leaves, but “wow”, does it put on a show in August, when not much else is blooming in the shade garden. I probably have at least ten different varieties of hostas, if not more, but this one is my favorite. …
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While deleting photos, I came across these pics of what I call “Lilac Row”. It’s a small sliver of garden between the raised vegetable beds and the row of lilac bushes I planted three summers ago along the fence line to create a privacy barrier. These pics are from when the garden was at its peak back in early July. …
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Finally . . . I have some roses. The first flush was very pitiful, but the second bloom, although still minimal, is at least more promising. These are pink ‘Knock Out’ roses, supposedly very hardy, and will grow anywhere. I was first impressed with these roses when I saw them planted in front of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant on…
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