I've done these every long weekend now. The yard always looks its best when I start to worry about frost. And sorry Ginny but I will start with the brugs cause they are lovely right now.
labour day pics
The begonias i started so late are now just lovely (as the older ones fade with powdery mildew)
the border dahlias have been putting on a lovely show for over a month now
the passion flower that Anne gave me
i am very pleased with the grasses bed out front this year
the overalls are the best they have ever looked. this particular series of coleus has not tried to go to seed (stained glass i think)
whimsical petunia
my first waterlily bud which is taking its own sweet time to flower
another of the pond pics
Beautiful photos and you're right, those brugs are amazing. I'd never heard of brugs until I joined DG and it seems everyone has them. I love the height that they achieve. Definitely something I will add next year if I can find them.
Your grasses look great and I love how you arranged them; very full-looking. The more pics I see of other gardens, the more ideas I get.
Thanks for the show!!!
Erynne
Your flowers look beautiful Lynne. Great pictures....I especially love the last one with the lily pads and the fern with it's reflection.
Sandy
Lynne, will ignore your glorious brugs and comment on your grasses.
Had never really thought about a group of grasses before. Your bed looks really neat with the different heights, shapes and colours.Packed a great deal of interest into a tiny width. Did you grow your millet from your own seed? Do you have other annuals (grasses)in there? Have you repeated all the way along the lot? Am sure you receive many compliments about the bed.
10/10 in my opinion.
Inanda
echoes
Sep 07, 2005
Everything looks wonderful Lynn. Of course that's the way, just when we can start looking for frost and moving everything. Perfect container for those Coleus. The grass bed is very pretty. Isn't that where you had strawberries last year?
Lynn your gardens are so beautiful, such great colour and contrasts. Of course, those brugs are really somehting.
It's so nice to see all that hard work youdid to get your pond in, is look so very good and established. It's beatiful.
Linda
What a great garden, Lynne. Like a large extended family -- all characters! Is that geranium Rozannie you have with your grasses?
Marian
Lynn
As usual your garden looks fabulous! I still love the overall planter it is so cute. The grasses have come into their own too.
Are Larry Curley and Mo still with River and Stream? Will you need a bigger indoor pond for the winter for them?
The big ferns on Steroids are very showy I think they were the best bang for the bucks.
Talk to you soon.
Ann
ginny no repeat; that bed ends at the tree where i have a pot of cannas and a pot of tumbler tomatoes; then echoes the strawberries are west of the tree closest to the driveway. this has been their best year ever. picking as much now as i did in june july. august was a little scanty but that's ok we had raspberries and blueberries then. i would have an awesome supply until october (assuming no frost) based on the flowering right now.
didn't do the millet from seed this year because it was just so easy to buy them at the greenhouse with the staff discount
no other annuals now the bed is getting too full already. I am going to scatter poppy seeds around that bed this fall (given to be by anne) for early spring interest until the grasses get their growth.
can remember which geranium i ordered last year - will have to look it up. wouldn't it be nice if i was a disciplined journal keeper.