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More Garden Delights: July
Our July garden has several plants that we inherited from Lois and Bob when we bought their house in 2001. A dominant feature in the back perennial border is the plant above. (The backdrop is our neighbor's new brick garage.) It grows taller than me, and has the lovely double dahlia type flowers. A summer thunderstorm will bend it over and then we have to tie the stalks to a support. The seeds attract birds in the winter. We don't know its name. If anyone does, please leave a comment!
Purple cone flowers are a prairie staple and there was a small stand of these in the border by the driveway when we moved in. They are multiplying rapidly, and we added some plants to the back border as well. Goldfinches love the seeds and they delay nesting until the seed heads start to form, despite the handiness of our thistle feeder.
What would summer be without black eyed Susans? These provide more seeds for our hungry bird population in fall and winter. All of these came from a single plant we put in about three years ago.
Over 75 percent of the back yard is shaded and we are always looking for ways to add color to the staple shade garden of vinca, hostas, etc. Some years the coleus just sits there, but this year the plants have exploded in size and color. Maybe they like being in a pot instead of competing with the maple tree roots for food and water.
Caladiums also provide some much needed color in the shade garden, but the plants are expensive. We bought these three last year at a garden center, and when the leaves died in the fall, I brought the pots in and set them in a basement window. When spring came, I watered them, set them outside and enjoyed a minor miracle--they sprouted!
We call this one the Gold Lily. It's a daylily type but it blooms later than all of the others. It was here when we arrived, and we have divided it and there are at least three specimens scattered in the borders now. It reminds me of the Mid Century lily that was introduced in the 1950s, but I'm not sure if that is what it is.
This tall charmer is another find, a resident of our "back of the garage" section and also in the yard next door. It's the tallest daylily I've ever seen--these blooms look me in the eye. We moved it to the side fence so we and our neighbors can enjoy it more. It blooms profusely over a long season from mid-July into August.
Our July garden has several plants that we inherited from Lois and Bob when we bought their house in 2001. A dominant feature in the back perennial border is the plant above. (The backdrop is our neighbor's new brick garage.) It grows taller than me, and has the lovely double dahlia type flowers. A summer thunderstorm will bend it over and then we have to tie the stalks to a support. The seeds attract birds in the winter. We don't know its name. If anyone does, please leave a comment!
Purple cone flowers are a prairie staple and there was a small stand of these in the border by the driveway when we moved in. They are multiplying rapidly, and we added some plants to the back border as well. Goldfinches love the seeds and they delay nesting until the seed heads start to form, despite the handiness of our thistle feeder.
What would summer be without black eyed Susans? These provide more seeds for our hungry bird population in fall and winter. All of these came from a single plant we put in about three years ago.
Over 75 percent of the back yard is shaded and we are always looking for ways to add color to the staple shade garden of vinca, hostas, etc. Some years the coleus just sits there, but this year the plants have exploded in size and color. Maybe they like being in a pot instead of competing with the maple tree roots for food and water.
Caladiums also provide some much needed color in the shade garden, but the plants are expensive. We bought these three last year at a garden center, and when the leaves died in the fall, I brought the pots in and set them in a basement window. When spring came, I watered them, set them outside and enjoyed a minor miracle--they sprouted!
We call this one the Gold Lily. It's a daylily type but it blooms later than all of the others. It was here when we arrived, and we have divided it and there are at least three specimens scattered in the borders now. It reminds me of the Mid Century lily that was introduced in the 1950s, but I'm not sure if that is what it is.
This tall charmer is another find, a resident of our "back of the garage" section and also in the yard next door. It's the tallest daylily I've ever seen--these blooms look me in the eye. We moved it to the side fence so we and our neighbors can enjoy it more. It blooms profusely over a long season from mid-July into August.
2 comments:
I do not know what the bright yellow flowers are, but how beautiful! The pictures of the garden are wonderful! I'm afraid that when we get back home, some of ours will have suffered in the heat. (We've had people watering the pots, but the yard has had to depend on rain. I'm ready to be back ... both to garden and church! And definitely to wonderful friends ... you and Norm have done so much while I've been away!
These are absolutely beautiful pictures. I love flowers and plants. I have decided that next spring I will pay for you and norm to come to Sperry and design my front yard. You and norm have done a wonderful job highlighting your neighborhood.
debi
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