The Following Photos May Contain Weeds.

Very nice. My maturing trees are making aerial shots tougher and tougher. I have a very long curving bed in my front that starts at the curb and winds, continuously down the driveway, in front of my house and to the side and around back to the porch. Total length of that one 'bed' is probably about 200 feet.

some of my containers on the front steps

Wow! That's what I want, Victor - I am having to branch out to the terrace to do that!

carnations - don't know why they are blooming this year - they haven't bloomed for two years.

pansies surrounded by ivy - hidden are the impatien plants I started late winter.

And here is one of the 160 impatiens that I grew by mysef

Not a very good picture of the shade garden - well, I tried . . .

Asiatic lilies - I really like lilies - there are about 20 oriental lilies planted in the back yard. The Asiatic lilies were planted in 2003 - before I knew that oriental lilies were scented.

Here is a better picture (this is just like vanity press, isn't it lol)

shot of astillbe - do you know, I only learned how to pronounce its name correctly last year!

poor attempt at artistic interpretation (lol)

I still be mispronouncing it.

stocking collecting (I hope) Bleeding Heart - Alba - seeds! Try explaining that to DH!

yeah - but at least you know what you are talking about! i am a newbie - so I can't pronounce it - and don't know what I am saying either!

Tell him the plant was getting leggy.

More pansies

Okay :-0

uh, how do you say it?

uh-still-bee (i hope)?

Another petunia I grew from seed - these ones are just starting to grow in the garden. This one is in a container on the front step. For some reason, the lemon colour ones, planted later, grew faster than the salmon coloured ones - go figure.

yes - a very gracious English lady heard me mispronounce the name and declared that SHE must have been mispronouncing it - then said the name correctly, of course. Well, as soon as she said it, I recognized that she was pronouncing it correctly . . . I thanked her for correcting me so kindly. :-)

more coleus for DH

Yes, summer. Now - how does everyone pronounce Clematis??

My Big Brug - this came from Kassia - I hope it will bloom, but I never had one before (so of course I ordered 3 more when Wayside had a 3 for the price of one sale!)

See Kassia? I have been taking good care of your baby . . . .

CLEM-uh-tiss.

um .... close?

Our Cool Neighbours bought flags and planted one in front of every home on our two blocks (66 homes). I swear, I live in one of the best neighbourhoods in America!

Alas . . . workbreak - I must go online and talk with students now. Just a few more pictures to post - just wanted you to know I do grow stuff :-0

Very good summer. Though both (clem-AH-tiss, being the much more common) are accepted, CLEM-a-tiss is the preferred, at least according to the Intl Society.

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Micheala, You've done a wonderful job with your plantings and your hardscape. That looks amazing for your having started so recently.

Dave

I say it like summer.

Thanks, Dave47. The semi-circle garden has existed for about 3 years - still trying to get that one right. And the front triangle garden has existed for about the same time - however, much of the front gardens have been completely replanted since last fall, and the fragrance garden didn't even exist until last Sept - when DH finally consented to tear up 1/3 of the back lawn (keep in mind that EVERY blade of grass on this property exists because DH put it there - there was NOTHING here in August 2002 - except a totally derelict yard - everything that you see, with the exceptions of the large fir trees and the sugar maple - everything is something we put into the landscape.

Of course, now that I know better, I probably would change a lot lol

Here is a picture of the clemantis growing over the arbour - have no idea what the name is - wish I knew.

another shot of the clemantis - it died back to the ground this spring, and I thought we had lost it - but it came back from the roots more lush and green than ever; however, while it has lots of blossoms, they are smaller than usual.

Seander--I guess I cut in too soon with my compliments above! You have had a bumper crop of seed sowing this year!

How will you stand to go camping in August when your garden will be so gorgeous and floriferous!

Beware! This is your mind on drugs . . . .

jackmanii?

Great job.

It is amazing how time perspective for gardening has changed for me. Three years is a young garden. If I knew that when I started, I might not have. Now I like the process.(And I keep making new gardens)

Well, we are not going too far - and we are bringing the car so we can drive back every 3 days. In between, I will rely on neighbours and good friends to take care of stuff.

If it were up to me, we would vacation in January, and stay home and garden during the summer, but we are in serious role reversal here. I have a work visa - but DH and DD are still waiting for the Dept. of Labour to give us a number (been waiting since 2004). Once we get that number, we can apply for permanent residency. Meanwhile, DH can't work - so getting away from the house is pretty important to him.

Whoah!

(this was in regard to last photo, not your vacation/work arrangements)

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Lucky me - I get to make new gardens on the terrace. People think I am strange when I talk about a 3-year plan - but after 16 years of university - 3 years is a blink of the eye!

Depends on what you've planted. A three year old Perennial garden will be quite mature and will probably look quite nice. Shrubs and (especially) trees however will be still immature at three.

True enough, Victor - but the "landscaping" in this neighbourhood is often 50 years old - or older. We don't need more trees! Rather, we need to remove trees and overgrown shrubs and start anew. Alas - all the trees in the terrace were planted by someone (usually not the city) and probably is connected to some memory, so I won't be able to remove/replace those. What ever gardens I make will have to have fairly quick results, or people will not allow me to continue - so perennials and annuals it is.