Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - July 2009
Or is it Garden Blogger Blooms Day? Today is the glorious day that Carol of May Dreams Gardens has set aside for everyone connected on this wonderful Intrawebs to show off their flowers. Summer's heat has dried up many of the blooms we enjoyed back in June, but we have some new entries for July:
Out by the street we have daylilies. Planted by the previous owners, I don't know what variety. Honestly, I didn't even know what a daylily was until recently, and now that I know their name, I refer to them as frequently as possible. I love these bright flowers for their stripes... and for their ease of care. I don't water them, I don't attend to them, nothing. Love it!
Also by the street are these yarrow flowers I planted from seed. Two years ago! Again, no watering, no care (that was the goal with this section of the property: to have a no-muss-no-fuss easement between sidewalk and street). These beauties start out purple and turn white with age.
Against the house, the hydrangeas are in bloom!
And the lacecaps also, which are a special joy to me.
Not to post about roses every month, but I thought this lone yellow deserved some attention
In the vegetable garden, we have cucumber, melon, pea and tomato blossoms, but this echinacea is my first. There are two varieties in this wine barrel, and I look forward to the double-decker that has started opening up!
What's a post without a vegetable flower? I'll post next month when these artichokes open up into their full glory, but for now, we're enjoying these tasty thistles!
Lastly, this horrible photo of the clematis is old, but I posted the first clematis flower last month, so I wanted to show what the whole plant looked like just two weeks later.
Out by the street we have daylilies. Planted by the previous owners, I don't know what variety. Honestly, I didn't even know what a daylily was until recently, and now that I know their name, I refer to them as frequently as possible. I love these bright flowers for their stripes... and for their ease of care. I don't water them, I don't attend to them, nothing. Love it!
Also by the street are these yarrow flowers I planted from seed. Two years ago! Again, no watering, no care (that was the goal with this section of the property: to have a no-muss-no-fuss easement between sidewalk and street). These beauties start out purple and turn white with age.
Against the house, the hydrangeas are in bloom!
And the lacecaps also, which are a special joy to me.
Not to post about roses every month, but I thought this lone yellow deserved some attention
In the vegetable garden, we have cucumber, melon, pea and tomato blossoms, but this echinacea is my first. There are two varieties in this wine barrel, and I look forward to the double-decker that has started opening up!
What's a post without a vegetable flower? I'll post next month when these artichokes open up into their full glory, but for now, we're enjoying these tasty thistles!
Lastly, this horrible photo of the clematis is old, but I posted the first clematis flower last month, so I wanted to show what the whole plant looked like just two weeks later.A happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day to all, and a special thank you to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for starting this lovely tradition!
posted by Liisa at
8:27 AM
6 Comments:
Beautiful blooms! Happy GBBD!
-Cathy
I really like the yarrow. I can't believe it's unirrigated and started from seed. What kind is it? I have paprika right now and might want to replace it with something purple. I like the idea of it fading to white.
I wish I knew what type it was. It's been so long -- I literally just opened up the packet and sprinkled the whole thing on the ground. I'm surprised anything grows there: no sunlight, hardpack clay topped with sand, no irrigation. But lavender, yarrow, daylilies and thyme are all growing there under the trees.
Yarrow from seed? Well, I'm impressed. Got to try that.
Great blooms. Thanks for visiting us!
I am leaning toward a don't need to water area too. Lovely blooms here. Great Clematis Vine!!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful blooms. And I love the brick walk, edged with stones. How pretty! ~~Rhonda
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