July Deck 2019

Containers Beginning to Bloom

I am really loving this Celosia 'Intenz'. Eagerly waiting for the canna lilies and yellow calla lilies that are also in the 1/2 whiskey barrel to bloom.

This year I combined yellow calla lilies with marigolds and I am enjoying that combo as well.

The container next to the steps has orange Butterfly Weed. It's a perennial that I've had in that same pot for the past 4 years. Each fall I just cut it down and store the pot in my unheated garage. It should be blooming soon.

A Few Garden Pics on a Hot, Muggy Morning

Lamb's Ear

Arbor path garden

From back side of arbor path toward front yard

It's Been Nearly Four Years...

Where does the time go??? I can't tell you how many times I have returned to this old blog to help me figure out something I wanted to know but could not remember. I decided to make a few posts of my garden this year just so I have them for my own benefit. I am really enjoying this combination of Ninebark and Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus). Goatsbeard is the one with the feathery plumes of creamy ivory. I planted three of them in 2014. The blooms are not what I expected, but I have grown to really love them in front of the Ninebark. They come back larger every year and require almost no maintenance.

My Ninebark planted by the road has gotten so large that I had to remove all the other shrubs and allow it to take the stage:

Spring in the garden was spectacular this year with a gazillion purple, pink and yellow iris. Unfortunately I only took this one picture.

My Royal Purple smoketree is over a decade old and finally supplying gorgeous reddish-purple height.

This year I planted something new to me - this Celosia Dragon's Breath - in a container planting. I love the bright red color and am waiting for the Tropicanna leaves to do their job to fill out the planting so it doesn't look so lopsided.