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lschibley (
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Sat, May 30, 09 at 15:46
Abies Concolor with a big purple cone.
Columbine and Ajuga
This shot reminded me to fill my birdbath!
I still love my Cornus Controversa
I'm happy with this combo, Bearberry and Japanese Forest Grass.
I wish I knew which salvia this was. It is much darker than the others I have.
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Thanks for posting.
Last I saw your yard was at the fall plant swap. What a difference one season makes!
Lovely |
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| gorgeous!!! That salvia is breathtaking... and the cornus and the abies concolor... I am growing two young abies... I wonder how long it will take to see a cone. |
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| Beautiful!! I love the color. |
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| Lisa your garden is so beautiful. The weigela is gorgeous! What is the evergreen 2 photos below the weigela photo? I think your salvia may be May night. It looks a lot like mine. I have a few varieties of blue perennial salvia and May night is definitely the darkest. It also blooms earlier than the others. Are there flowers in the mid-section of your cornus? |
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Wow,
Your garden is beautiful! I love your Abies and Cornus. Is that a ground cover Juniper in front of the Weigela? Your Ajuga is wonderful, sadly it is a real pest in my yard it has traveled now into my lawn and woodland. Thanks for sharing. |
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| You guys are sweet. I always compare my garden to the amazing photos posted here and find it lacking, but it is comforting to get positive feedback. Wendy - I am not sure how old the Abies is. I bought it two years ago and it has put a foot of growth on in that time (it's about 6' now). This is the first year it has coned and I am thrilled with the color. The photo doesn't show the truly blazing purpleness of it. Susan - I was very happy with how the Weigela looks this year. The conifer is Tsuga canadensus 'Moon Frost'. It's a typical dwarf hemlock mostly, but the new growth positively glows. I think you might be right on the 'May Night' I do remember buying one now. It is just perfect with the daisys. And yes there are flowers on the dogwood, but they really aren't showy which is fine by me. KT - So far the Ajuga hasn't spread too rapidly and eventually when I get the walkway put in it will be completely isolated. The Juniper is blue pacific, and I will probably move it. It seems too prone to taking over too much real estate there. Thanks again for the kind words. I get almost no feedback from friends and neighbors, so it's good to hear I'm doing some things right! Lisa |
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| everything looks beautiful. I especially love the baptisia - gorgeous!! |
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| Really nice, Lisa! It looks great! I do love those conifers - something I'm just getting onto now, after all these years (I just need more land ...) |
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| Why do you think your friends and neighbors don't say much? ARe they not gardeners? I'll never forget when a new friend came over for lunch. She looked around the garden briefly, and it was clear she could not have been less interested. I wasn't really hurt, but I realized I have come to expect people to say something, because they nearly always do. It is just very very difficult for me to understand folks who have no interest in a garden. |
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| I think it's a few different reasons. For one, this is a new garden, most items are two years old or less, so I have no large drama plants, no show-stoppers. Plus I don't think I have a strong overall sense of design. I don't do rivers of color or drifts, i.e., nothing that is really attention getting. I think I have a ok sense of what works with plant combos, but to see it, you really have to be standing in the garden, which most visitors don't do. Also, I have tended to chose plants that most people aren't familiar with. It took me 5 years to decide I should have a rhododendron in my garden, just because there is one in every yard in the neighborhood, so I didn't think I wanted one. We have a very friendly neighborhood and people take walks by my house all the time when I am out weeding or planting, but no-one has ever stopped to ask what a plant is or to make a comment. I have two little kids and have moms over regularly for playdates, but we will almost never talk about the garden. My Mom and Dad are gardeners and I have one mom-friend who gardens, so it's always fun to visit with them, but other than that, I have to get my garden conversations here on the forum. Thank goodness for you guys! Lisa |
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I have always found it interesting when folks say nothing about my garden...heck they have to walk through it to get to my door, but then I thought about how totally disinterested I am in cars, I can rarely identify makes or models which is a big disappointment to my husband who has a mid-life vintage car. Frankly if I walked up to someone’s home with a *unique/special* car in the driveway I likely wouldn't say anything to the owner because;
a) I wouldn't recognize it as anything special.
b) I would be too busy looking at their landscaping.
Salavie |
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| Mainly people walking by my house say "wow, that looks like a lot of work!" which isn't especially rewarding as far as feedback goes. A close friend who's a gardener often visits, and her main comments tend to run towards the number of dandelions in my lawn. On the other hand, she often leaves with a trunk-load of plants, so I guess that's my reward. Katy's point is right on the mark. Most people think of gardening as a chore, too, so besides the lack of interest they're just focused on how much they think they'd dislike having to take care of a big garden. That's not to say they don't enjoy seeing it, maybe they just don't relate to our enjoyment of garden-building. |
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| Your yard is beautiful ! I dont see it lacking at all ! Can I ask what is the second to last picture with the taller blue flowers on it ? I love your bed inside the driveway, looks so pretty ! I was going to email you about the swap, but there is no email listed for ya :) |
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