Pacific Northwest Gardening: Sofer's garden tour, 0 by Soferdig

Soferdig wrote:
Red my lawn takes about 20 minutes to mow all on a rider mower. I have designed all of the turns to be made easily and without tearing up the lawn. I have one of those 360 degree turners.
melissa we do get long days of clear sun all summer and fall. Therefore the delphiniums, larkspur and roses thrive. I am fortunate to have all of the big Ponderosa to shade them from too much sun.
Sally with all the raised beds I did not want to have to weed wack 200 yards of rocks so I laid the sandstone so the mower easily could cut without wacking.
Lili the bush is a tiger sumac it is the most beautiful plant in my garden. In the spring it is orange chartruse, in the summer it turns more chartreuse, and in the fall it is a red tiped yellow leaf. The next picture is another view of it in the fall.
Jan, Kayte is right with the anagalis. I have used this annual surrounding 2 of my 3 water features to have them droop into the water and to make the pond larger. I used a lot of blue around the pond and waterfall to bring the eye to the expectation of water. It changes monthly with Iris, bulbs, anagalis, globe thistle, delphiniums etc with bright spots of red and orange between. All of the blues I have used here are true blue. Not purples.
Portland we do it all ourselves and most of our life is in our garden (when I am home). My DW has Reumatoid Arthritis and the garden is her salvation keeping her going. She has summers off and spends 8 to 12 hrs in 'her' garden each day. I cannot get her to travel when work is available for her hence I travel in my work.