East Curb Bed

In my last post, I showed the planting area on the west, to the left of the sidewalk.  Today, I will show the other side.

Like the last post, I went around taking photos of sections, then showed some closer views a little farther into the areas.

The plant on the bottom left is germander, which was supposed to mirror the winter savory across from it, but it doesn't get as large.  There are a couple stokes asters and daylilies in this area.

I have been adding plants to some of the bare spots in this bed, but keep seeing more dirt than I want to, so I may be making more changes.  I'm not sure what kind of grass this is.  Do you know?

I'm not sure what the tallish plant is.  It was a volunteer in a different bed, and I didn't want it there, so here it is.  It is about to bloom, so hopefully, I'll be able to tell then.  The yarrow and amsonia hubrichtii are from another part of the yard.

I'm not sure what kind of bulb the yellow flowers are.

This is the butterfly milkweed that was loaded with monarch caterpillars last year.

Heading east, the sedum on the left is from a few little sprigs I stuck in the dirt about 3 years ago.  The geraniums sure are full of blooms!

I pinched the catmint a few weeks ago.

There is another butterfly milkweed between the irises and the daylilies.

The iris have finished blooming, and I am looking forward to the daylilies blooming.



We've reached the east side of the area, and are facing west. (Can you see the poppies blooming in the flower bed on the right?

This is one of my favorite geraniums because it blooms most of the summer.  I wish I remembered the name of it.  I was thinking it may be 'Jolly Bee', but when I looked those up, the color of the bloom was more purple.  The flowers did look similar, though.

We'll head back around to see the area from the yard.

That's a skullcap on the right.

I also trimmed back the 'fireworks' goldenrod so it will not flop and take up more space than I want it to.  The liatris sure have gotten large.

That's a sea holly on the left, next to a liatris.

I have baby's breath and knautia on each side of the sidewalk.

Wood betony is next to the knautia.

I can't remember what kind of German statice the plant on the bottom left is.  It is starting to bloom, and will hold that bloom most of the summer.

Here is the third milkweed in the bed.  This is 'Hello Yellow'.

I am finally getting my energy back from having a cold and sinus infection.  I enjoyed spending some time in the garden this evening.  I didn't get most of my tomato plants in on time, and they got distressed.  My Mexican sunflowers got distressed, too, but I planted them this evening.  Hopefully, they will grow.

Happy gardening!