This week's blooms, 2nd week of May

14 years ago

Welcome, and please excuse the lop sided gate. I don't know how to fix it!! {{gwi:624472}}

The crazy, barn eating rose came from a GW trader in Florida. It only blooms once a year.

This is the "main" cottage garden area. The first year in a long time it has been packed to the hilt, thanks to the rains we've been having. Please excuse the purple haze. It is from the cover of my camera - but appropriate don't you think!?!{{gwi:624475}}

More of the main garden {{gwi:624477}}

My camera does just not get all the colors, this is a riot of color right now, in the entire front garden. I look at this photo and see how many improvements need to be made. I need to dig out all the "crap" around the edges of the herb bed and continue that thyme. It's fantastic, and I don't know what kind it is!

Here is the side front bed. This is the first year it's looked decent, but those pink campanulas MUST GO this year. I want to add some shrubs including a daphne. The campanula, iris and a little Betsy Boo pink miniature iris, the daylilies in front and also a small shrub (that I keep removing but it resurrects itself) all came from GW traders!

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so, whatcha got blooming in your garden?

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Comments (4)

plantmaven
14 years ago
Were you lucky enough to find a lavender rain barrel, or did you paint it?
I keep trying to get my son to fix one for me, but he hasn't had time for one of his own.
I love your place. The HOA would poop little green BBs if I tried that.
We have hopes of rain today. It has been 90+ days without measurable rain. Hopefully things will look better in a few days.
schoolhouse_gw
14 years ago
Oh, garden gates do that. I've had mine for 25yrs. and every Spring (after the thaw) it leans and I have to push it upright again. Not until it gets real bad do I call in someone to reset the post - like maybe every three years. I usually turn my camera so the gate appears straight. ha.

You really do have a cottage garden.
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girlgroupgirl
Original Author
14 years ago
Plantmaven: a few hours and 2 cans of krylon and you can have a rainbarrel almost any color under the sun. I also use (for clients) a local company that paints their barrels slightly differently. They use a krylon primer but then paint the barrel - exactly matching the house and they make nifty custom risers for the barrels too. This works well for my clients in historic districts or those with HOA's.
I wish I could get a nicer riser for mine. Even just the right size cement without mish-mashing a bunch of odd pieces. If they all looked flat and plain I could simply paint them out purple to match!

Schoolhouse, there is some way you are supposed to crank (or whatever) the hinges on these gates to tighten them, however I have no tool or knowledge of how to do that (I guess I should google it!!!). The posts stayed up well, it's just the silly hardware.
natalie4b
14 years ago
GGG, your garden is gorgeous! Sorry we missed you on Spring Trade - hope to see you next time.