| THE FOLLOWING PICTURES TAKEN DURING THE 2016 GARDENING SEASON | |||||
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| During the 'bleak, cold winter' one wonders if a) spring will come and b) how much of the garden has survived. But, miraculously it does and much survives! First the lawns turn from brown to green, then the perennial shoots appear. These views start with a picture of the winter garden. Then, at the north west corner of the property, the Pontentilla was replaced with a Spirea for more colour. | |||||
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| The last and the next pictures several show our attempts to add some colour to the front border that extends east down the side of the property. Generally we manage to generate | |||||
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| colour from early spring to [late] fall. The lilies shown are either to the front of the border or struggling to survive under the birch tree.. |
We are pleased with our hostas that fill the border
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| There are probably seven or eight different varieties. Here they share the border with a Panicle Hydrangea, Quick Fire. . | Spirea front left has been moved to the south border, the Hostas remain. | The clematis puts on a fairly good display. | This border is a bit of a challenge but it is | ||
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| beginning to be filled with different plants. | The blue ones shown are almost weed like | as are the shasta daisies... | The potentilla was rescued from a less favourable spot and is doing well | ||
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| This aster blooms in the fall and is a good variety for the border. | Clematis, here | and in full bloom..the white variety has disappeared | Hen and chicks | ||
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| and in flower | Potted petunias...good for the summer | A well filled border | and again showng some blooms | ||
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| The reliable lily | Three different | hydrangeas | all in bloom | ||
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| More from the same border | and here.... | These pictures put together | are the south border | ||
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| they are not in correct order | but what the hey.... | They show the border with lots of flowers | healthy growth | ||
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| shrubs | and hostas | our artic willow | shorn... | ||
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| A tin tulip and escort | a dahlia and a forgotten plant | a dahlia and | of course, a rose | ||
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| or two | A view of the east end of the garden... | Seems to me these are in the wrong order | but you get the picture... | ||
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| More roses | under attack | and defeated... | buried? | ||
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| a perennial sunflower | framed!! | Roses | same again... | ||
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| view of the garden with roses.... |
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More roses... | The bower... | ||
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| open to attack | replaced...an improvment we hope! | The fountain, even headless, attracts many flowers | at different times.. | ||
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| Dahlias | and again.... | a new perennial | an old 'weeping' garagana | ||
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| Delphiniums.... | not your average day lily | Views of the borders | lot of varieties | ||
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| and still more | and more | there's the day lily again | and you can't beat this white phlox | ||
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| Yarrow, grows like a weed but puts on a good show... | Eliza's garden | Potted plants, | give lots of colour, quickly | ||
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| difficult to keep in top shape | but worth the effort.... | will try again | and agaln.... | ||
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| It's hard to beat a lily... | Trying to get poppies to take over...limited success.. | And here.... same border different poppies. | More phlox and behind it an unknown plant.. | ||
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| Shall find the names | of these plants, they | always survive the witner..a little invasive... | Absolutely delighted to see this plant survive | ||
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| the winter and flower... | The Campion was one plant of several purchased in 2015, it survived the winter |
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The word was that Cosmos would self seed in great numbers...we waited and waited... then one plant | ||
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