I put the clematis and aster my bosses gave me in here, but these pictures don't show them. But the pink rose (which looks white here) is blooming like mad, and you can just see the David Austin rose "Othello" there on the left.
Interestingly enough, I think this rose--and I can't remember which it is--has sported--see the darker colored ones? There's a whole branch blooming this darker pink. If I knew more about propagation, I might be able to take a cutting and see if I could get a separate bush. But it's kind of fun having a two-tone rose bush.
This grows down the little slope off to the west of the roses. It's clematis durandii, just starting to bloom. One of these days I'm going to get another one to finish covering the slope.
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This grows down the little slope off to the west of the roses. It's clematis durandii, just starting to bloom. One of these days I'm going to get another one to finish covering the slope.
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It looks a bit scruffy here, but this is the asiatic lily bed, and there in front are 2 of the plants I got at the nursery. The green-leaved hosta with gold trim was one plant that I divided in half, with hakone grass between them. I'm appalled at the condition of the soil, and I've no doubt that so will they be. In the first place it's full of maple tree roots, in the 2nd place there aren't any earthworms in it, and in the third place it's hard as concrete. I've got to work some compost into it. I'd get some earthworm eggs, but I suspect they'd all die. I hope these new plants will manage to hang on until I can fix things up a bit.
That's Heuchera "Caramel" on the right and my new heuchera, "Peach Flambe," on the left. I think they're going to make a terrific pair. In the background, behind the box bush, you can glimpse Heuchera "Plum Pudding." That's alchemilla, or lady's mantle, at the far left.
A look at the hakone grass and new hostas from the back.
In front of the sweetpeas, strobilanthes or Persian Shield (one of my very favorite plants), white angelonia, and a silver-plum petunia, between columbine and dusty miller. The idea is for the petunias to tumble over the edge of the bed and the Persian Shield to be glamorous behind it. I suspect it won't look very good if the sweetpeas bloom, but I'm not altogether sure the sweetpeas are going to bloom (she said grumpily).
That's Heuchera "Caramel" on the right and my new heuchera, "Peach Flambe," on the left. I think they're going to make a terrific pair. In the background, behind the box bush, you can glimpse Heuchera "Plum Pudding." That's alchemilla, or lady's mantle, at the far left.
A look at the hakone grass and new hostas from the back.
In front of the sweetpeas, strobilanthes or Persian Shield (one of my very favorite plants), white angelonia, and a silver-plum petunia, between columbine and dusty miller. The idea is for the petunias to tumble over the edge of the bed and the Persian Shield to be glamorous behind it. I suspect it won't look very good if the sweetpeas bloom, but I'm not altogether sure the sweetpeas are going to bloom (she said grumpily).
A very pretty pink petunia--darker at the center than at the edges--in front of another stand of sweetpeas, and a pale yellow snapdragon.
I have a few other things I haven't planted yet--a burgundy petunia and a purple one, a couple of heliotropes, and a couple of pink and purple fuschia. I'm thinking of putting the two petunias out front of the roses, to cover the blank space once the tulip foliage dies back. Not very imaginative, but it'll be pretty.
The end of the raised bed, with iris in back, and helichrysum and blue nemesia, also intended to tumble over the edge.
I have a few other things I haven't planted yet--a burgundy petunia and a purple one, a couple of heliotropes, and a couple of pink and purple fuschia. I'm thinking of putting the two petunias out front of the roses, to cover the blank space once the tulip foliage dies back. Not very imaginative, but it'll be pretty.
I do like planting things!
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