Spiller, Filler, and Thriller
Gardening is not my forte, but I do love a pretty view when looking out the kitchen window.
So, I'm practicing by working with containers on my back deck, before I venture out into the big, bad world that is our half-acre plot here in hilly, rocky Cherokee County, GA.
A varigated ground cover whose name I forgot, spills over the sides of this black metal chair.
Petunias fill the bed or seat of the chair.
The pink Calla Lily is supposed to grow taller and be my *thriller*.
Platform feeder on the right where cardinals, titmice, brown thrashers, and chipmunks feast.
Bird bath on the left where I see squirrels, birds and insects drink and bathe.
Here's another view from the kitchen windows which shows a basket of thyme (which happens to be flowering right now) and three orange zinnias.
Look to the left down the deck for my *herb garden* which includes basil, chives, cilantro, mint, sage, and dill.
Toward the end there is a pot of mixed chrysanthemums held over from this past Fall. They are about to bloom. We shall see what colors are mixed. I'm expecting white and yellow.
Then some liriope aka monkey grass.
Then a pitiful hyndrangea purchased for color at Valentine's Day. Can I find a place for it in the landscape before the hot sun burns it up?
The blue bucket contains four tomato plants waiting for a better home.
Finally, take a peek to the right down the stairs. The delphinium is joined with some creeping jenny and presides over half a dozen pots of zinnias.
I guess the real test comes later during the long, hot summer.
Will I be able to keep these babies alive?
The garden hose is poised to help ;-)
What does your garden grow?
OH, I love the "spiller, filler, thriller" in the chair -- all those greens and whites with the elegant pink.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing in my garden now is the white peonies, which are blooming beside an ornamental almond tree (cup-shaped, white blossoms) and next to that is a huge multiflora rose -- the wild kind that is covered in sprayes of little white blossoms.
I can't take credit for any of it though -- it came with the house. I'm a lousy gardener in spite of loving yardwork and planning gardens.
My 22yod has put in an herb/salad bed along the south-facing porch, and it's doing well. The only thing that was there before is a red climbing rose that grows along the porch railing. I've just commissioned her to design and put in a Japanese garden (including koi pond) under our weeping cherry. Hopefully we can do that this spring.
I've seen a few pictures of your lovely landscape, Kelly. You do have a lot a ground to cover and taht Japanese garden sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love peonies but have not grown them successfully. Share a picture, if you get a chance.
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ReplyDeleteOH, I love the "spiller, filler, thriller" in the chair -- all those greens and whites with the elegant pink.
My favorite thing in my garden now is the white peonies, which are blooming beside an ornamental almond tree (cup-shaped, white blossoms) and next to that is a huge multiflora rose -- the wild kind that is covered in sprayes of little white blossoms.
I can't take credit for any of it though -- it came with the house. I'm a lousy gardener in spite of loving yardwork and planning gardens.
My 22yod has put in an herb/salad bed along the south-facing porch, and it's doing well. The only thing that was there before is a red climbing rose that grows along the porch railing. I've just commissioned her to design and put in a Japanese garden (including koi pond) under our weeping cherry. Hopefully we can do that this spring.
I've seen a few pictures of your lovely landscape, Kelly. You do have a lot a ground to cover and taht Japanese garden sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love peonies but have not grown them successfully. Share a picture, if you get a chance.