Some late summer garden views

leslie197

16 years ago

Here are some recent pictures of my garden

And here are a few closeups of daylilies that just started recently

Autumn Wood

Autumn Wood Closeup - same bloom as above

Anzac

Siloam James Kraft

This is supposed to be Wilson Spider, not so sure after the recent postings on this one's color

This is really only about a fourth of this huge clump

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okbt
16 years ago
Lovely,lush garden!Looks like a wonderful oasis.Thanks for sharing it.

Betsy
scoobagirl
16 years ago
OMG, it is gorgeous. I think you've put it together very well - love the evergreens amongst the flowers.

thank you SO MUCH for sharing these pictures!!

Jeri in Texas
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Thanks. I am really enjoying the daylily blooms now. I bet Maeve would love the garden. Well, maybe Maeve's mom would like it more LOL!
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Thanks for those kind words :-) The mums are just ones that are available as big pots ($6/pot) at local garden centers. I just pop them in the pots that had peas in them earlier in the summer. We do put the pots in the garage for the winter but the mums rarely survive that. The type sold as potted plants really aren't hardy here. I have a nice clump of some old-fashoned variety of mums that a neighbour gave me. They haven't started blooming yet. I also have some Clara Curtis ones that romp around the base of an old white cedar. They haven't started blooming yet either. No deer issues - very suburban here.... :-) The nearest deer are likely a few miles away at least! This was a great year for the hardy hibiscuses here, despite the heat and drought and not very much supplemental watering. I'm not sure if I posted this picture here earlier or not... this picture is from Aug. 2 and shows some Lord Baltimore hibiscuses (the first red one to bloom for me) with fading Veronicastrum and highbush cranberries. The hydrangeas in the picture at the begining of the thread are just past the viburnum and across a path from the veronicastrum and Lord Baltimore. (The picture compresses the view - there's actually 10-12' between the cranberries and the hibiscuses...) We do get a fair number of compliments on the garden :-) The neighbours to the south are elderly and greatly enjoy the garden so we make sure we have lots of colorful things facing their way. The 'hot' garden actually runs down our side of the strip between our driveway and theirs.
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Thanks again to all for the nice comments! I still find it hard to believe that I've worked so hard all my life to try to keep that original slope looking good......mowing lawn on a slope was not easy and I had finally done away with grass and had planted a variety of ground covers and bulbs, with cedar mulch. Still, it needed a lot of maintenance and weeding, which was not easy to do standing on the hill. And now.......I have a level front yard! After all these years I wonder why it wasn't done years ago! And leveling it created a new space that is really fairly large and usable. Cost a bit, but well worth it. Carol, Crocosmia is a bulb, or actually a corm very much like a gladiolus (to which I believe they are related). The foliage is very similar also. I bought these as a potted clump in late spring about 3 years ago, but I believe you can buy them as corms online and from catalogs. There are several kinds and most are hardy in either zone 5 or 6 depending on the variety. Ellen, Yes that Hesperaloe parvifolia (aka red yucca) is really nice. It should form a nice clump in time. There's also a yellow variety which I might add someday. Terrene, It may prove to be a sort of heat source and I'm eager to try some new things out front. The rest of the property is traditional...........lawn and flower beds, small shade garden and a soon-to-be patio behind the garage (now just wild grass that I keep mowed.) ego, I really want something more open and airy. Something as tall as 20' and dense will block the view of the house from the street and also my view out the front window.
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Anna, You can grow many plants in the fall garden, but some of them do better from transplants because of the issues involved in getting some seed varieties to sprout in hot soil. Also, hot soil tends to crust over and it can be hard for seeds to break through that crust. (You can get around that sometimes by covering the seeds with finished compost instead of soil.) I've linked the OSU Fall Garden Planting Guide for you. In the charts at the end of it, you'll find info on each vegetable that can be grown in the fall garden, and useful info for each including planting dates, spacing, etc. With the planting dates, the further north you are, the more the earlier dates apply and the further south you are, then the later planting dates are better. With fall gardening, precise attention to recommended planting dates is very important because just a couple of weeks deviation can mean certain crops won't produce before cold temperatures arrive. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Fall Gardening Guide
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jakejones
16 years ago
Great garden design! I like the decidous trees for height, the confiers for contrast of foliage and winter color. I like a bank of daylilies of the same variety for color impact. Vines too. A real balance.
tweetypye
16 years ago
Leslie, you have a gorgeous garden. I love those blue spruce and your other evergreens. Wish I could find something similar that would grow down here in the deep south for me. I have a beautiful crytomeria (?spelling) and a couple other small evergreens, but would so love something with that stunning blue color.
Your dl's are beautiful also. Love the way you've intergrated them into your garden.
Thanks for sharing your glorious garden photos. :)
Jan
luvtosharedivs
16 years ago
Leslie, you have a real gift for arranging, balancing, contrasting, all-in-all great landscaping! My gardens look more like cottage style.

Seeing your photos inspires me to add more shrubs to my yard. Thanks so much for sharing!

*A special note to the rest of you that read this post: Go see Leslie's member page where you'll see more of her landscaping talent!

Julie
jean_ar
16 years ago
wow, beautiful gardens,and gorgeous DL's too,

Jean
tjsangel
16 years ago
Love your blue shrub. It really stands out in your garden. I also really like the James Kraft daylily I'm looking for something that color. How does it do for you? Thanks for the beautiful garden pics!

Jen
leslie197
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks everyone for the compliments. It's nice to hear that all the hard work has paid off. I really appreciate the nice things everyone said.

tjsangel,

S. James Kraft has done well for me. Its a good grower & has lots of blooms with a nice size flower on a 20 inch plant. I love the soft yellow color and it blooms pretty late in the season as others are stopping (listed as a M, but more ML for me). To give you an idea, S. Double Classic opened early this year for me on June 19th & S. JK's first bloom was on July 24th. One thing the picture doesn't show is that this is a very heavy textured crepe daylily & it gets more yellow as the day progresses (picture was taken in early morning before it was quite open) & becomes more yellow when it stays hot for awhile. Available at Marietta's. Check out that picture.
Nancy Barginear
16 years ago
How beautiful! Where'd you learn to design such a lovely landscape?
katlynn719
16 years ago
What a pretty garden! I could sit there for hours.
Kathy

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