A walk through the fall garden
After blowing the leaves (again!), I took some photos yesterday of the garden. I mentioned earlier that fall seemed to arrive late this year and now it is lingering. Our first average frost date is November 4. It is now November 22 and we still haven't had a killer frost yet. The color is peaking now and the leaves are falling in a frenzy.
The border alongside the driveway is planted with dogwood, oakleaf hydrangea, azalea, mahonia and rhododendron.
Around the corner, another border with Encore azalea, hydrangeas and camellias.
The Japanese maples are wonderful this time of year -
The garden on the north side of the house lies under a yoshino cherry tree planted with hydrangea, camellias, cast iron plant and perennials.
Around the corner to the front of the house with the new no-mow lawn. The Japanese Maple is "Boskoop Glory".
Over to the south end of the house and the pathway alongside the patio which sits above the lower garden-
In the lower garden. This is the area where I used recycled concrete, rescued from our local landfill, to create steps and another patio area.
Looking up from the opposite direction -
On the opposite end of the lower garden is the secret garden. It needs some tidying up. The rocks are for a possible future waterfall project.
One of the gates to the secret garden -
I took some more photos of individual plants. I'll share those later in the week.
The border alongside the driveway is planted with dogwood, oakleaf hydrangea, azalea, mahonia and rhododendron.
Around the corner, another border with Encore azalea, hydrangeas and camellias.
The Japanese maples are wonderful this time of year -
The garden on the north side of the house lies under a yoshino cherry tree planted with hydrangea, camellias, cast iron plant and perennials.
Around the corner to the front of the house with the new no-mow lawn. The Japanese Maple is "Boskoop Glory".
Over to the south end of the house and the pathway alongside the patio which sits above the lower garden-
In the lower garden. This is the area where I used recycled concrete, rescued from our local landfill, to create steps and another patio area.
Looking up from the opposite direction -
On the opposite end of the lower garden is the secret garden. It needs some tidying up. The rocks are for a possible future waterfall project.
One of the gates to the secret garden -
I took some more photos of individual plants. I'll share those later in the week.
Comments
Frances
Frances
Your cast iron plant is stunning. How long have you had it? I planted a couple 2 years ago, and they look nothing like that.
C.C., the cast iron plant is about 3 years old. Once it gets going, it begins to fill in nicely.
Les, I did get an e-mail from FG. I couldn't believe it!
S.A., one of the things on my To-Do List is to create a map of the garden. I've always wanted to do that but just have never had the time.
Pam, the name of the Japanese maple is "Boskoop Glory".
Your recycled concrete patio & steps look wonderful. I hadn't thought of using some of the concrete chunks I've dug out of my garden as steps, but I could use some. Thanks for the idea. We still haven't hauled away the concrete we dug up this summer, although I've used lots of it for retaining walls.
Your garden is splendid with gorgeous color and texture. Mother Nature has given us a lovely November here as well, to make up for the awful October weather.
Enjoy it while it lasts. I have a feeling that it will come to an end here right after Thanksgiving.
Thanks for the tour, Phillip.
edyB
One of the nicest fall gardens I've seen.
The stone paths and patios you have are very inviting. Job well done and the tree colors are still awesome.
We haven't had a killing frost either. I'm kinda ready for one. :-)