A few blooms this year

21 Jun '07 6:08 pm

When we moved here in April, I quickly dug a couple of little beds by the front porch to temporarily place the plants I had dug from the old garden. Just a place to get them in the ground til I could decide where to put what. They have done pretty well in their temporary home I think. I really need to get them in a permanent place but will have to wait for fall on most of them.

21 Jun '07 6:28 pm

Just a couple more blooming in their temporary home. You can see where the grasshoppers have done major damage to one plant in the background of the balloon flower picture. For some reason they have pretty much concentrated on the nicotiana and this unknown plant ( could be a weed hubby brought along) I didn't know exactly so planted it with the rest he brought from the old garden.

22 Jun '07 1:20 am

Your happiness is justified by these beauties, dear friend! They are all plants supporting dry and wet weather, and so beautiful!! I like your blue balloon flower(Platycodon) and your red Galliardia, who can bloom during the whole season , offering permanent colour --and joy! All of these flowers are long bloonming actually, Daisies, Lilies, Pinks... You already have such beautiful colour in your garden!!

22 Jun '07 6:22 pm

Thanks Liza,
Not nearly as gorgeous as your garden but it is a start. I am truly amazed by your pictures. My daughter's friend was looking over my shoulder while I was looking at them and thought they were from a public garden. She said she didn't think people really had such beautiful big gardens. You have done an amazing job. I enjoy seeing your lovely pictures, they give inspiration to all us amateurs.

22 Jun '07 9:52 pm

No, no!! You are exaggerating , my gentle friend! I am an eternal gardening student in the garden! I have worked in each and every garden/border in there, just like you are doing it in your home right now : with Love, and discipline, and devotion ; and creativity and imagination. I have done and been doing, lots of errors!! I am learning, learning, learning!!

And , if you could see the borders closer right now, you would see, that most of the Roses finished their first blooming, others need dead- heading , looking like so sad with these constant showers we're having, weeds re-appeared.... Photos show the garden like a perfect model, not an actual living/moving entity, as it really is...

But, I am always touched by such a sweet enthusiasm like yours, because it means we are both/all so inspired by THIS sort of pure and innocent Natural beauty!! Meadows or private gardens of any sort, are all blessed, uplifting places for me...

23 Jun '07 1:52 pm

I love the yellow lily! It is my favourite...hehe, well today anyway Wink

It has photographed beautifully against the brickwork and flakey paint (which suits it perfectly) on the ledge. Gorgeous!

23 Jun '07 5:21 pm

Liza,

I do love the learning part of gardening, love to see plants start so small and mature, tho I do get a bit impatient at times. While sometimes I think I would love to just have a ready made garden, all the work done and ready for me just to enjoy, really I wouldn't. It would not be as satisfying as creating it myself, tho the work of it can be hard at times and time consuming, it brings much more joy in the end. When you view the result of your own efforts, it just means more to you, I think.

Pumpkin,

The yellow lily, yes I love that one too. The flakey paint, LOL, the house is in need of a paint job. The paint has been purchased and is sitting quite comfortably in the garage but I really hate it. Secretly I am glad it has been too wet and wild for the job to get done. I know that sounds horrible but I did not pick the color. It is awfully close to this background color of Moosey's Forum. Somewhere between peach and brown? For a forum page it is fine, I much prefer the cheery lemony yellow color the house currently is painted, even flakey, to this new color it will be. The trim will be a chocolate brown, and I prefer the white. Hoping I can convince hubby to change the color he has chosen and go with the original yellow with white trim, before it is too late. All the brown seems quite depressing to me.

28 Jun '07 8:33 pm

Hi Faerisweet! You have such beautiful flowers, each having their own loveliness! I thought just for once today I won't choose a favorite among them and delight in all, yet I'm still drawn to be partial and just can't help loving those brilliant purplish-blue balloon flowers a little more than the others! Rolling Eyes

Thanks for sharing! Very Happy

7 Jul '07 5:25 am

I was just checking for missed posts and noticed you have some new pics. Your balloon flower is much taller than the one I've grown and its color is so rich. I've had one plant of this for quite a few years, a hybrid called Komachi. What is special about it is that the flowers never open. Such a freak could never be pollinized and so could never survive on its own, but they look pretty interesting. When they start to fade you can pinch and pop them like bubble wrap.

I've never seen a purple Nicotiana, very cool. You seem to have started the garden with quite a bang in its first year.

8 Jul '07 4:27 am

Most were transplanted from my old garden. I have bought alot of shade plants and planted alot of annual seeds for the sunny areas, so far this year. Just bought a disco belle hibiscus and need to get it in the ground, as well as a wild rose from a local farmer. I don't know where I am going to put that as they spread so much, but I couldn't resist, will have to find a place. It has finally stopped raining and we have some sunshine, I will have to get out and get things done. It is only supposed to last for the weekend, then back to the stormy weather, again. The ground is soggy, we have had so much rain in the past few months. The neighbors tomatos are rotting before they ripen, mine haven't started that yet, I'm hoping the problem doesn't spread over here. I am going to wait til tomorrow to plant the bushes so maybe the ground can drain a bit, and then the rain will help settle them in come Monday.

A few blooms this year

A few blooms this year

a few more

Lovely!!

Thank You

I am an eternal student...

Hi Faerisweet

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