Minding My Garden

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Side shade garden: 1 year update

New glass art

Now that summer is officially over, it's time to catch up on a few areas around the yard. Just over a year ago, this border on the north side of our house was grass and weeds when I decided it was the perfect place to put a few shade plants.

View from the bottom:

September 1, 2016

Late September, 2016

October 10, 2017

View from the top - the large rose got chopped all the way back too:

September 1, 2016

Late September, 2016

October 10, 2017

I planted bushes last September and have been adding more plants through the year. It adds up to a lot more plants than I thought!

1 Anemone 'Fantasy Red Riding Hood'
2 Anemone x hybrida 'Lucky Charm'
1 Fuchsia 'Logan Gardens'
1 Fuchsia 'Exmoore Woods'
3 Aster novi-belgii 'New York'
1 Satureja douglasii 'Yerba Buena'
1 Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'
1 Helleborus x ballardiae Gold Collection 'Maestro'
3 polystichum munitum - more sword ferns
3 myosotis sylvatica 'Bluesylva' - forget-me-nots

Anemone 'Lucky Charm'

Plus, grown from seed:

Forget-me-not, Victoria indigo blue
Hollyhocks, single and double mix

Hollyhocks, first year blooms

I think that's it for new plants for now, until I can see how they will all grow in. But, there is always temptation....

Sword fern growing nicely

Fuchsia 'Genii'

Wintergreen

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

In bloom this week: September 6, 2017

This is the story of the last month: hot, hot, hot, smokey, a tiny drizzle of rain, warm, warm, hot, hot, smokey. Those may be slightly out of order but that's the basic pieces. All I want for September is a good soaking rain! In the meantime, I've been watering a lot - so many new plants in the yard! - and enjoying the flowers.

New glass art and asters

Patio flower garden and last year's glass art piece

Mums

Dahlias

Cosmos

Fuschsia basket

Hollyhocks, first year

Hollyhocks

My favorite color of rose

Zinnas and pot marigolds

In the native meadow - although I don't think echinacea are quite native here

Goldenrod

Sunflowers had to be propped up, they're over 15 feet tall

Saturday, August 12, 2017

In bloom this week: August 12, 2017

Roses

If I've counted right, we're at 55 days with no measurable rain, but showers are expected by morning. I've spent way too much time watering in the last month, and realistically expect to be watering well into September. Hopefully a lot of my plants won't need much water next summer, I just have so many new plants now.

The roses are very nice right now, in their second, third, maybe even fourth bloom, depending on the plant. I need more late summer blooming plants, a lot of what I have blooming now are annuals.