Specialty Gardening: Cottage Garden in the making..., 1 by gemini_sage

gemini_sage wrote:
Turning to the left side of the house is where the path leads to what I'm calling my Sky Garden and Sunrise Garden. Again I went at it backwards, LOL. The area was not prepped for planting, but I "had" to get some bulbs in there to start the show first thing in spring. I decided to do a lot of bulbs right in the lawn, and gradually build the beds around them, with crocus naturalizing right in the paths. The effect has been very pretty through spring, but the weediness is getting on my nerves now; I knew it would, and that would push me into getting the beds in place.

The Sky Garden is all blue, white, and yellows, or at least will be. Still gotta beef up the blues with a bunch of small bulbs, but the yellow and white has been cheerful. The little teepee trellis is tobacco stakes and jute, and is there to support blue sweetpeas. To the right of that area is the Sunrise Garden, all in orange, yellow, and white, with some blue and purple touches.