Garden views

newyorkrita

16 years ago

A view of my rose and lily bed alongside the south side of the house looking forward towards the front yard.

Showing more of the shrub border also which completely hides my neighbors driveway.

Moving forward towards the front.

Lilies and Knockout Roses near the front porch as you walk forward.

I planted these little orange violas at each corner under knockout roses to give more color.

And I did a pot planter with blue Salvia in the middle and then planted the pink blush Verbena around it. I loved the way it turned out.

My summer clematis I planted this spring to grow into the mulberry tree is blooming there. Hard to get a good picture as much of it is blooming up towards the top of the tree. I can see it fine but can't get up there for pictures.

The Catbirds and myself have both been snacking on the yummy ripe blueberries in the backyard.

Some Striped roses blooming away.

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Comments (9)

tammyinwv
16 years ago
My favorite is those beautiful Orange Violas. I dont know why, cause I never cared for orange before. but I think it and blue has become my new favorite garden color.But all of them are beautiful.
Tammy
christinmk z5b eastern WA
16 years ago
My favorite is that one of your whole garden, with the lovely lilies, roses, coneflowers and that neat pillar/obelisk. Love that you have so much bright color too!
Look at your Blueberries!! You got me smacking my lips thinking of them...my favorite! Any special care involved with growing them?
Thanks for the tour of your garden Rita!
CMK
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newyorkrita
Original Author
16 years ago
I have so many things in along the border. There are coneflowers, my new yarrow and daiseys. Also a small trumpet vine and two vitecella clematis on the green pillar newly planted. There are thornless erect backberry shrubs in back of it all, you can just make some out in the picture. I have more coneflowers, blackeyed susans, lots of Siberian Iris, lilies, and more in there that are just not seen in the picture.

I have at least 30 blueberry shrubs, probabably more. I love blueberries. When planting you have to amment the planting hole with lots of peat moss. Then I use Holly Tone fertilizer and compost on them each fall. They must like it as they are doing really well with lots of berries. For years I kept adding them until I filled up that area with blueberry shrubs. Some have been there quite a long time.
alisande
16 years ago
How lush and beautiful!! I love the orange violas, too. Have you ever grown Wallflowers? Another orange beauty.

I never heard of thornless blackberries. What an improvement! Do you have to protect blueberries from deer, etc.?

Everything looks gorgeous!
BecR
16 years ago
Beautiful! I especially like your violet clematis!! Do you know the cl. variety? Plz do tell.
newyorkrita
Original Author
16 years ago
The Clem is MRS CHOLMONDELEY. No deer here, thankfully. The thornless blackberries are truely a joy. If you have ever seen the wicked thorns on regular blackberries you'd all know what I mean. They don't need a trellis either. They do need prunning like most blackberries need. But its easy as you don't get stuck. The berries are quite large and yummy.
woodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada
16 years ago
You have ripe blueberries already?! And the soil pH to grow them in the ground too? I envy you...!
kathi_mdgd
16 years ago
I have one blueberry bush dh put in at the end of last year or brginning of this yard.Hope it eventually looks like yours.I have had a few berries from it so far.I hear you on the blackberries,dh planted the ones with thorns,OUCH~~~~~~and they also run a lot.I keep digging them out as they are more trouble than i want to deal with.
TFS your gardens,i love everything in it!!
Kathi
newyorkrita
Original Author
16 years ago
I don't know what ph my soil is. I just plant my blueberries in lots of peat moss. Soak the peat before you plant and use it wet. Then I add lots of compost in the entire Blueberry bed. I fertilize with Holly Tone each fall and in early spring if I remember.

They started about a week ago. As I have early, mid and late ripening ones and they don't all ripen at the same time, even on the same bush, so they keep coming for a long time.