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Foxgloves and a glimse of the yard !

17 years ago

Hope you all like the Pic. I have been doing alot of work in the yard. It used to be all grass and a big tree, nothing else. Now the tree is gone and we put up a PVC fence. So far I am pretty happy with the results. still lots of work and planting to be done !

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bigack
17 years ago
Wow, that's nice, you've done a lot of neat work!!
kentuck_8b
17 years ago
Yes, very nice!! I agree, you have done a lot of work. What kind of juniper/cedars are those?? Perhaps Italian Cypress??

Kt
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Thanks! I do have both larkspur and Delphiniums, and don't have any problem with them, so far anyway, they are both on thier second year. Will Monkshood grow in part shade? If the foxgloves I put in this year don't come back, that is an option for that spot. I will have to make sure to mulch the foxgloves this fall. I guess it is the tall colorful spikes I am looking for, I have a lot of blue in the garden already. I have a number of island gardens, I bet the foxgloves would grow great in what I call my front garden, everything does! But it is already soo full there is no room for more. And no space to expand it. This bed just happens to be in the one spot in the yard, where the oak leaves blow in and mulch it, with no help from me. And the largest snowbank in the yard is over it every year. Perfect! Jenny P
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Yes, if you got them, your foxgloves should be popping up some leaves by now. Probably not huge leaves, but definite leaves. Last year my flower spikes got a bit over 6 feet tall, in whites, purples, pinks, and yellow. Just cleaned up that bed yesterday and I have some large leaves and also a heck of a lot of little leaves popping up- I assume the little ones are from my shaking the dickens out of the seed heads in place last year, lol.
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boxwoodguy
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks for Checking out the pics. Im So Glad you Guys like them. The tall thin Guys are Arborvitae which is a member of the Cypress Family. The Shorter Pyramid shaped Bushes are Green Mountain Boxwoods.
kentuck_8b
17 years ago
I recognized the GM Boxwoods, they are beautiful, but the Arborvitaes that are grown around here are always wide, usually as wide as they are tall. I have never seen(or at least noticed) a narrow growing Arborvitae such as those. They are also very beautiful.

Daylilies should be blooming soon.

Keep those pics coming!

Kt
juanital
17 years ago
Beautiful!
eric_wa
17 years ago
Boxwoodguy,

Very nice yard. Sorry to see the power lines. Most of the power lines here on the Island, are going under ground. Whenever they up grade the roads the lines go under.
I don't see a water feature. Should I come out and install one for you too? I think I have three or four request so far.

Eric
Konrad___far_north
17 years ago
Beautiful yard!...all your work is paying off!
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clairdo2
17 years ago
That is a very nice yard. keep up the good work!
JoanMN
17 years ago
Very nice, I LOVE that fence!
gmom74
17 years ago
That is lovely!!

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