Garden: My Favorite Place In The WorldI have no grass on my front lawn, just a mixture of all kinds of flowers from lupins, shasta daisy, monarda, day lillies, all in a rainbow of colors. My back garden is tamer with raised beds, roses, holy hocks against the house, clematis, and morning glories climbing the fences
Garden: Blue Flag FarmBlue Flag Farm, named for the masses of Iris versicolor in the pastures, is an old New England farm. An eighteenth-century Cape Cod-style house next to the Pendleton Hill Brook overlooks stone walls, sheep pastures, and tall oaks. In the fields among glacial outcroppings are beds containing 600 daylily cultivars—large flowered, small, miniatures, and spiders. Some beds feature pink, purple, and red daylilies; others yellow, gold, and red. I take great pleasure in a seventy-by-forty-foot perennial border where perennials, shrubs, and annuals accompany daylilies in pleasing combinations. Delphinium, annual poppies, roses, salvia, clematis, nasturtium, herbs, and coleus are included.
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Garden: MY OASISTONS OF FLOWERS, PERENNIAL & ANNUAL. SASKATOON BERRY {3}, TOMATOES, YELLOW BEANS & HERBS. SMALL POND W/ PUMP.PATIO,HAMMOCK AREA AT BACK . NO GRASS AND 6" FENCE WITH LATTICE ALL AROUND. VINES ,CLEMATIS,MORNING GLORY,ROSES,STRAWBERRIES. LOTS OF JEWEL TONE COLOURS WITH SOME WHITE FOR NITE. FRAGRANCE FROM STOCKS,LAVENDAR,ROSES&NICOTANIA. LOVE TO GARDEN, IS MY PASSION .....
Garden: OmasDown sizing.Rock feature with drift wood and lights and a 1/2 barrel with annuals on one side of lawn. Small bed with clematis and lillies and a few annuals by living room window.There is also a 4x4 post with 2 hangers on it. Long narrow bed with all annuals against front side walk with 3 shrubs on one end. Raised flower-bed against house has a Clematis and rest is annuals. We have added a lot of compost to the grass and over-seeded with a new grass seed for northern climates. It needs less water and grows more slowly. We also have about 8 pots on steps with assorted annuals in them.
Garden: Les Chemins de la RoseOpened to the public in May 1999, Les Chemins de la Rose is a 4 hectares landscaped floral park in the heart of the Loire Valley. Its creation was motivated by the desire to respond to the expectations of visitors who came to Doué la Fontaine, the capital of rose production in France. Before the park's creation, visitors could only buy roses, not view them in a natural setting. The park is planted with more than 1 300 varieties of botanical, old, and modern roses. In all, there are more than 13 000 rose bushes.
Trees, shrubs, perennials, clematis and its famous lotus accompany the collection and enrich the beauty of one's stroll through the garden.
(Source: http://www.cheminsdelarose.fr/pages2/en-intro.htm )
Garden: Brain on lowSmall suburban backyard. Contains small (15' x 5') ground garden. I put in a small area of mulch with roses, spirea, and clematis. Also have a stepping path with Indian sandstone stones with thyme growing between them. In the front have a small area which used to be lawn and I have torn out (ran out of room in the back!) with an assortment of flowers.
Garden: Beach Rose House GardenI started a perrennial garden on our 3 1/2 acre beach front property 3 years ago: It currently has day lilies, butterfly bush, lots of rose bushes (mostly hardy and climbing), hydrangea, lilac bushes, irises, black eyed susans, clematis, Beebom, hostas, lupins, an amazingly pretty lettuce garden my husband made etc...Already on the property were several blackberry bushes, several apple trees, several cherry trees, several rose bushes many years mature, lilac bushes. Arch nemesis: Asian or Japanese knotwood I have been battling in side garden for 4 years and just tackled a 1/2 acre pf it in the lower field closer to the beach.
Garden: Charmaine & David's Secret Garden28 years of planning, refining, moving, adding - you know! A work in progress! We have fountains, several well established lovely maples, a couple of impressive Trumpet vine trees (yes! trees!), Day lilies, Roses, Herbs, Passion flowers, Hibiscus, Hosta, Ferns, Clematis, Honeysuckle ....... you get the idea! If we love it we try to grow it.
Garden: Diane's GardenSmall backyard with patio and fish pond. Lilacs and hydrangeas. Next year I'll be planting roses and clematis along my cedar trellis.
Garden: My gardenSeaside location. 3/4 acre situated in the beautiful southwest of Ireland.
Garden: home gardena large garden all aroun the oue and closed in by fences and hedges with mostly perennial plants, spring bulbs, bushes, roses and a few trees. There are terraces but it is flat all round the house. I try to hav some flowers in evry part of the year so we have some colours but my favourie plant is the clematis then delphiniums, phlox, and roses. It's hard work but my husband helps a loy with the hedges ,trees and grass but I like to se to the flows and bushes.
As it is half-way up a hill,the babk of the gard has a lot of shafe wgere the ortensia grow really well. I hope that thy allow pictues on here becaus it's noy asy to escibe a garden.
Garden: Pilgrims3 1/2 acres landscaped with trees, shrub and herbaceous borders, 400 roses of all types, 50 clematis, vegetable garden.
Garden: Casa AzeliaMine is a terraced garden, not specially large, rising up away from the house like a long thin triangle with the point above the top terrace. When I bought it, during a drought, there wasn't much more than three terraces which should have been grass but were just dust, two rows of vines, and a dead tree.
The first thing I did was plonk an above ground pool on the bottom terrace - a great success as it was quick and relatively cheap, but diasterous aesthetically - cue extension of paved terrace, dry stone walls, steep rose bed in front of pool, and shady pergola.
In the past few years I have also added three pencil pines (which I tried to prune, with unhappy consequences); oleanders to screen the satellite dish; and two beautiful old olive trees. The first olive died so the second one came free. The dead one is now dedicated to the cats for climbing and scratching, and to a pretty blue climber, I dont know its name but it looks like a small flowered clematis, but isn't.
Roses grow like weeds here, and my other successes are the wildflower meadow, and my parsnips which I grew from seed - and am currently enjoying!!! Other favourite 'doers' include plumbago, solanum, wisteria, clematis, buddleia, lagerstroemium, lavender, rosemary and pinks. I irrigate as little as possible but am lucky enough to have a well for necessary watering. This year I hope to improve the wildflower garden and extend the pergola a little - money and help permitting.
Garden: Greedy hotchpotchI am still in the process of breaking in the soil, putting in my favourite plants in a tiny piece of the garden and populating a big long balcony with things that can survive the full sun of the Italian summer. This spring I should see my first tulips, lillies, narcissus, paeonies, irises and alliums blooming. I should also see the Daphne, Osmanthus, Magnolia Stellata, Clematis Armaandi, the various types of clematis patens and rhododendrons put in at least a little bit of a show on the balcony...Of course there is always the chance that some of these will not like the Full sun treatment on the balcony but I will find out this year.
I need to describe the Vegetable and fruit area as well but I will leave that to later.
Garden: Geoffs GardenThe house abd garden where I live is a privatley reanted property.I ahve an 8x12 greenhouse and grow many bedding plants for both myself and for other people Ihave numerous hanging baskets and pots. The front and side of the hse get most Sunso thats where I tend to have most baskets and pots.Apart from hanging baskets my main plants are Fuschias and Clematis
Garden: maggi's basque/english gardenI have a large, south-facing garden, with a large area of grass (lawn would be a misnoma),a hen run, fruit trees and bushes,a small pond,a vegetable plot and 2 large raised beds for veg, a patio with lots of container plants, some cottage garden beds, a loose hedge with old roses, hazel,loquat,japanese quince and witch hazel, and a sun room which doubles as a greenhouse.Also a trellis with honeysuckle, jasmine, clematis and trachelospermum.I have planted as many fragrant plants as possible, as this aspect of the garden is very important to me.
Garden: Work in ProgressI have a small vegetable garden and I'm working on flower gardens. I compost and use cow manure. My style is relaxed and prefer a low maintenance garden. I mulch a lot to reduce weeding and to add to the soil.
Garden: NirvanaLabor of love that has been 12 years in the making. 10 screening trees, rose garden, lilacs and perennials.
Garden: My Backyard Haven...We purchased a small acreage, north of Edmonton and it came fully loaded from the previous owner. He made the most beautiful yard I have, or will ever live on!!! New to gardening, I find I have ask my mom whats a weed, and whats a plant....but it is my heaven away from the world with my cat Stewie!
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Rosemary and KennyWe grow lots of perennials and a few annuals. Grandma has a huge vegetable garden. I did some veggies this year too! My pumpkins are taking over!
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DawnaI started my garden 12 years ago. We put in flag stone paths, took out all the grass, filled planters with perennuals, shrubs, trees. We put in a corner pond and waterfall, a seperate sitting area and a seperate firepit area for family get togethers. We added a bird bath, bird house and feeders. Our backyard faces north so it has some shaded areas closest to the house and along the back fence has full sun. Because of the neighbors facing our backyard we added trees for privacy which have really enhanced our little enchanted garden.
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Lisa's Garden GiftWhat harm can come from a Sunday drive in the country Bruce asked...8 weeks later we were selling our postage stamp property and moving to our dream home on a acerage in the country. We both immediately knew that this was our home when we viewed it. Vacant for over a year it was over grown with no curb appeal. Give me 3 years and it will be transformed into the garden of our dreams!! This will our 3rd yard make-over during our 25 year marriage.
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Bev RampfI'm a born gardener and love to be in the fresh air tending to everything green. We inherited our garden 19 years ago and have not really had the opportunity to make too many structural changes BUT have revamped beds and plant material over & over again in the 19 years. Each day in the garden is different & this makes for much variety in the life of the garden and gardener. Veggies & herbs are my latest favorite, being able to put on the table fresh from the garden is just so rewarding & even more so is being able to supply friends with home grown produce!!! May we become self sufficient soon, soon. One of my loves is being able to nurture & grow something unusual and this I have found in Clematis and Peonie which have been rewarding +++ and relatively easy without much fuss. I just wish I could find the winning formula for my orchids??? They won't flower. Anybody with a winning tip - please pass on.
Garden Photo:2nd year through archway. Some Clematis and Boston Ivy.
Garden Photo:Gazebo this year, it has hops, clematis and virginia creeper growing on it and of course the sunflowers and hollyhocks in front.
Garden Photo:We've just recently planted the back part of this bedding area. The rocks were a nice addition and add balance to the terrace area on the other side. There are two clematis plants that will help soften the retaining wall.
The front plants, two iris, two daylilies and some blue fescue were planted last year and seem to enjoy the spots I planted them.
Garden Photo:Annabelle Hydrangea with Nelly Moser Clematis in the rear...2009
Garden Photo:Left side of property, shop side, my clematis is so kool...
Garden Photo:Sept 11, 2009 Clematis "Golden Harvest" Arch at front of house...new this year. Hopefully it will survive the winter.
Garden Photo:Tree at the back of the picture is an ornamental plum. The rose is Blanc Double de Coubert (rugosa). Has a very floppy habit, but and amazing scent and no black spot problems. Crocosmia, bee balm, cranesbill geranium, a rhodo, dahlias, and a clematis.
Garden Photo:roses and clematis, both planted in the 70's by the original owner.