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This is the southside of the house, irises, rosebush sundrops, mums, bee balm, blackeyed susans, purple coneflower, gladiolas, and some annual seedlings - marigolds, zinnias , sunflowers and dahlias
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The berm out front - south east corner of the lot, purple cone flowers, peonies, butterfly bush, stella d'oro day lilies, russian sage, mums, irises, and I always add the annual lantana - I just love them
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South west corner of the house, climbing rose bush, lilies, creeping phlox, miniature fox glove and a bit of yarrow, all around a forsythia bush and if you look close you'll see some self-planted hollyhocks against the house
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south east corner of the house, a beautiful light pink clematis, phlox, mum, monkshood, blackeyed susan, purple coneflower, pastel yarrow, hydrangea and some annual marigold and dahlia
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oops added this twice
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north west corner of the house, creeping phlox, azalea shrub, viburnum shrub, hostas, daylilies and annual impatiens
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northside, several different hosta, astilbe, fern, variegated solomons seal a forsythia shrub and annual impatiens
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East fence bed, asters, phlox, clematis, russian sage, lilacs, lavendar, daisies, irises, spirea, a white flowering dogwood tree and some hollyhocks
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Our poor tree, this bed used to be a shade bed, that is why I put this picture in, this is the result of the icestorm last December, hopefully the tree will survive and I hope the plants will too!
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Poppies, lungwort, columbine, rhododendrum, astilbe, hosta, monkshood, variegated solomons seal
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I added this bench to this bed with a lake superior stone path, ladies mantle, hydrangea, hosta, sundrops, blackeyed susans, purple cone flower, obedience plant and a giant 6 ft tall, yellow flowered plant that looks like a chrysanthemum and I don't know the name. I showed you the bed on the east side of the house and the fish fountain bed also on the east side, that's what I have been doing !
1 comment:
Nan,
Your gardens look Great! Your ready to enjoy the summer.
Hope all is well...Love Toni
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