Bed and Bed Segment Shots

organic_kitten

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

I always like to see bed shots, so I am sharing some for others who like them.

Man of Sorrows with yarrow...that is mini goldenrod on back left:

My Heart Belongs to Daddy with Hotlips Salvia in background:

Segment of Back Bed (Japanese Maple area):

Munson Bed (totally untended still)

Left area of back segment with Till the End of Time in left foreground, then Sabine Bauer, Mabou, Barney, Yo Big Mouth, and Shake the Mountain

Coco Roco and Mint Octopus with blueberries behind them: R front bed:

Front Left Bed:

And that's enough.

kay

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organic_kitten
Original Author

11 years ago

Thanks you all. Ruth, My Heart Belongs to Daddy has a gorgeous clump like that every morning. It picks up when Fernstone slows down with its' big clumps and they are close, a happy accident.

Nancy, believe me, I know weeds, but that shot was carefully chosen, and is in the area when we cut down the Bradford Pear tree which had shaded them...it did leave sme wonderful loam and it had slowed them down, but the stinking violets, one two tiny Mimosa trees and many Privet hedge seedlings were all interspersed around and under the daylily foliage. Remember, I whined constantly about all the awful weeding. Some wonderful person on this forum told me what would kill Texas Evening Primrose and it works...It hurts the violets badly, but would kill anything else. I haven't touched the iris yet.

Thanks Sherry, I always love everyone's clump and garden shots...more fun to me than single blooms, but I love them too.

Thanks, Debra. That salvia bed is 4'X8' and it is a hummingbird draw. They like all of the salvias, but the tall black and blue is the top draw. All of them are perennial here. Til the end of time has been happy in that spot. It is another copious bloomer which we all love. And you are very observant. I originally planted the daylilies too close together. Last fall I moved a lot out and moved others due to encroaching shade, and tried to leave more space. I have already picked a couple more to move out this year. Of course, I have discarded Helix twic and it is blooming away again in its original spot. It refuses to go!

kay

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ruthz
11 years ago
Wow to all of them. But Big Wow to My Heart Belongs to Daddy.
Nancy
11 years ago
Your garden looks beautiful! What do you mean by "totally untended still"? If that means unweeded, you don't know weeds like I know weeds! I've barely been in the garden for 3 weeks. My son bought a new house & been busy helping him out, & the brief time I am in the garden I have been digging out iris. Got to get to work out there, I'm surprised it doesn't look worse though. Had plans to be in the garden today, but it rained & is really cool out there. Your daylilies are really under way, & they all look wonderful. I'm jealous right now, although I try to remind myself I'll have blooms a bit longer than you will. Although you probably have very late bloomers, & I don't :)
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
11 years ago
Thanks for the garden shots Kay! I do love them, like clump shots too.

Sherry
shive
11 years ago
My favorite photo was My Heart Belongs to Daddy with the Hot Lips Salvia. I love that combo! My second favorite is the back segment with that gorgeous clump of Till the End of Time in the foreground. You seem to have thinned out your daylilies and given more room around each clump. Looking grand!
Julia WV (7a)
11 years ago
Wow, all that hard work is really paying off. Your garden looks great. The shot of Coco Roco and Mint Octopus is very well placed.
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
Just remember, Julia...I am choosing what to photograph. Admittedly the garden is 90% in order at the moment, but plenty of work still to do..and another load of compost to get and to spread...that may be the last one, depends on whether it is enough to finish the other walks as well as the bed portions that still need it.
shive
11 years ago
How interesting that Helix just insists on staying. That's good to know. Until all this rain hit I was planning to move mine. I'll need to make sure I get all of it.
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
Absolutely right, Debra. I was sure I had every smidgin, TWICE. But no...a fine healthy, constantly blooming Helix is in the same place in the bed as before.

kay
shive
11 years ago
Well Helix is looking pretty good, despite your efforts to eradicate it. That's a pretty big clump for one you tried to remove TWICE. The thrips do love it, and I always put a systemic on it before bloom starts.
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
I am still attemtping to downsize, so I may try yet again. I have selected four so far that will be exiting. Most simple because I do not love them, or because I have some that are too similar.