Garden Progress

[aimeekitty]

I took these yesterday. Today, there's a light mist and the cherry trees' branches turned a rosey color. <3

Except for a few larger ones out in the back, you can't see any of the roses until you are very close to them. They're just 5 inch little sticks, most of them without any leaves at all. It'll be interesting to see how fast they grow (or don't). We also sewed some white poppy seeds and some fleabane daisy seeds along the front of the beds. It's funny, it may to some of you look kindof bare,... but these plants will fill in a lot, and if they all live, I may have to thin them out. We'll see what happens!

The bare left corner there (in the below photo) will hopefully have an arbor covered in off-white Sombreuil and Gloire de Dijon climbing roses. Behind it, in the corner itself, will be light pink cl. Eden. :)
The colors of most of the plants are purple (rosemary, wisteria, lavendar, lilac and bearded irises), light pink (roses, penstemon, camellias), dark red (roses), and white/light yellow (roses, poppies, daisies, bearded irises, star jasmine, muscari, bicolor morea, agapanthus). There are no bright yellows, pure reds or oranges.

Inbetween the broken concrete patio, there will be whooly thyme, and the large patch of darker dirt you see in the middle is going to be lawn. Most of this is going to be done before New Years!


one slightly closer up photo so you can see the rose babies.


I said I wasn't going to get a hummingbird feeder yet, but now that we have plants, I'm tempted. Are they even out this time of year? Maybe I should wait for spring. I'm probably also going to buy some big rocks... and eventually a basin for birds (maybe next year).

I still have two or three spots on the sideyard for a fullsun climber... either a rose or a clematis or something, or both... or something else. Who knows! I'm going to wait for a bit and then decide.

Today is Mitch and my 8th wedding anniversary, actually. I know a date comes around almost arbitrarily in the year, but lately I've been very grateful about our marriage. Marriage is hard you guys, but I love my husband and I'm looking forward to the future. We dated for about 2 years before getting married, so it's almost like our 10th anniversary.
I think a garden is a pretty great anniversary present! I'm so excited about this garden, you guys.

crapped-together-in-photoshop-panoramic-overhead-view taken a few hours before the above photos.
Don't mind the jagged lines,... the lawn shape is actually softly curving, but it's a bad photoshop mashup. The patio is a curved shape, too.

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and with that I guess I better go to work. But the cat on my lap is SO WARM and PURRY.

Comments

[amarafox.livejournal.com]

That is going to be gorheous when it's done!

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

I tend to see hummingbirds all year round. Instead of a lawn, my neighbor has a huge garden and right outside my window is a large camellia bush that attracts tons of hummingbirds.

Happy Anniversary to you and Mitch!

[etherealtb.livejournal.com]

That's going to be a lovely respite for you and your hubby!

[mint-cake.livejournal.com]

That's going to be lovely once its spring and the plants fill in. I'm sure the Lavender will smell just divine once its grown!

[vanessa-lynne.livejournal.com]

I love planning gardens.

[ashbet]

Awww, happy anniversary!! And your garden is going to be amazing when it all comes together :D

*snugs!*

-- A <3

[shelbycloud.livejournal.com]

Looking good! I see you used lots of lavendar, nice! Lavendar smells so good, it's so pretty, and it's easy to take care of too! I love gardens, I wish I had enough space for one, maybe soon.

[uniformgrey.livejournal.com]

You really are creating a wonderful garden to relax in - it should be fantastic when everything takes.

And happy 8th anniversary to you both!

[sulcatas.livejournal.com]

congratulations on your anniversary! I love your posts, they are so honest and genuinely lovely. Thanks for writing!

[kyandichan.livejournal.com]

Exciting! I miss the crazy vegetable garden we used to have. Too much frost put em down, but this is gonna be so pretty and peaceful.

[(Anonymous)]

Your garden is going to be lovely.

[dog0fwar.livejournal.com]

pshhhhh what is all this flowers?!?!


if you cant eat it then why grow it?

:p

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

well.... we can eat some of the herbs?

but I don't think there's a cake or meat plant and those are my two food groups.

[gothiclibrarian.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Please post lots more photos, it'll be wonderful to see how it changes.

The old adage with roses, ofc, is first they sleep, then they creep, then they leap...so just gotta be patient for another 3 years, right? ;-)

[strawberrygoth.livejournal.com]

I want to go to your hoooouseee and see your garden and your little sewing room! I've been thoroughly enjoying your updates!

Happy Anniversary to you guys!

[calalillith.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're doing wonderfully! I can't wait to see more pics :)

And happy anniversary! :)