Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Sunshine, finally……

 

After a couple weeks of rain, sunshine looks pretty good!   So, I thought I would take advantage of the moment and take a few photos of our backyard flower beds.  Our backyard isn’t very large, it is about 40 feet deep and 90 feet wide and borders a city park.

IMG_2453 This space is between our house and the neighbors.  The dark burgundy shrub/tree is an Elderberry, the bright green plant is oregano and the tall pink flowers are foxglove.  The tall grass on the left is a grass called Karl Forrester.

IMG_2455 This large, heritage rose is called Sally Holmes and is covered with huge clusters of single white blooms.

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My funky gate has been painted many time and many colors.  Now, it sits in a flower bed surrounded by Hostas, hardy geraniums, foxglove and ferns.

 

 

 

 

 

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This beautiful rose is called “Westerland”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The rose arbor is coved by the yellow Abraham Darby rose and the pink is Compassion….in the background is the orange rose, Westerland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a peony aptly named “Bowl of Beauty”!

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMG_2464More happiness…….the birdbath sits in the middle of blue Campanula, a mini-rose and dianthus, some more foxglove, ferns and geranium.  Yes, there is even room for a little patch of lawn, too!!!

I’m linking to A Southern Daydreamer's Outdoor Wednesday #179.

7 comments:

Carlene @ Organized Clutter said...

Your gardens are beautiful. I like the gate too! I have wanted one for a while now.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Now I know why you keep such an extensive journal of your garden and gardening. I would never even remember all the flowers, but I know you would, since you used to work with flowers. This is a one glorious post.

Julie said...

So much color going on in your backyard! It is so pretty...just what I would imagine a mixed media artists yard to look like!!! :)

Glenda/MidSouth said...

Thanks for the tour of your garden - I enjoyed seeing your beautiful flowers.

elle said...

Now I know I need to paint my garden gate!

Sharon said...

Beautiful pictures of your garden! Thank you for sharing!

Carolyn Dube said...

Floral happiness in your backyard!! Such magnificent colors and I love your painted gate!!