Monday, October 11, 2010

The Rest of the East Bed

A recent post showed the part of the east bed next to the house.  This is the area I left off with.  The fence to the right is where the back yard is.


Jenny from Morning Glories in the Round Rock asked me to show a close up of the helenium.  First, I'll show a shot of a clump, then, an individual bloom.




Here's a broader view of the area to the north of the house, and east of the back yard.  You can also see a bit of the back yard.  The morning glories took over some of the space on the lattice that belongs to a few clematis plants.  Our deck is on the other side of the lattice.  Larry and I are determined to only let 2 or 3 vines grow next year.


I was hoping to get the tub sunk into the ground to keep the bear's breetches from spreading.  I didn't realize when I planted them that they have a tendency to spread.  When I went out to see if I could dig a trench for it, parts of the tub chipped off.  I realized that the whole thing would decompose if I sunk it.   I'll have to figure something else out.  I planted this the spring of 2009.  It hasn't bloomed yet, but it is much larger than it was last summer, so I am thinking it will bloom next year.  The bare spot to the left of the tub is where a daffodil was.   Last year, I left the seed heads on the lovage, which is between the tub and the downspout.  I liked how tall they were.  I don't remember why I took them off this year.  I think they were falling down or something.  Maybe I was trying to keep a whole bunch of little lovages from coming up.


There are a few blooms coming on shorter stems of the lovage.


I am thinking this is pitcher sage.  I got it at a plant sale put on by our community gardens.  I hope it spreads a little next year.  It's just been blooming a few weeks.


Here's one of the volunteer asters that came up in a good place.


Heading north, the agastache and veronica blooms have faded.  I don't remember how many times I cut the amsonia back this season.  It seems to be shaped pretty nicely, even though it's pretty large.


Here's a closer peek into the back yard.  I didn't keep up with deadheading the false sunflowers on the east side of the fence this summer, but there is still some color.


Another clump of asters behind the agastache:


The false baptisia behind the amsonia and chicken holds its own in that spot.


I think the aster here is a volunteer, too.  The black and blue salvia has grown so big, I couldn't find the purple milkweed last I looked.  I hope it's still there.


I can't remember what this annual is right now.  I'm glad to see it's blooming.


The pincushion flower still has some blooms.


This is the same area as 3 photos above, a higher view.  You can see the morning glory on the light Larry's dad put there when this was his place. 


I like the black eyed Susan vine on the ladder.


I wish I remembered what kind of goldenrod this is.  I planted it on the other side of the shed when Larry's dad lived here.  I moved a clump of it to this spot when we had the shed repaired.  It seems to like it here.  The grasses were planted to block the view of the garbage cans.  I was not a fan of grasses, but Larry wanted them, so we planted them here.  They have grown on me.


I like to grow this annual helenium.  It has a long bloom time.


I had a hard time staying awake when I was posting these photos.  Believe it or not, I deleted some that were similar to each other, as well as some duplicates.  Still, I'm showing some different angles of the same plants. 


I need to cut down the spent stalks of the hollyhocks.


The cleomes are volunteers.


A 'Spooky' Dianthus is blooming again.


Just on the other side of the wheelbarrow, in the lower right corner, is a plant that won't be shaded by its neighbors in the spring.


I look forward to seeing the hellebores bloom.  There are others hidden by their neighbors in these beds, too. 


Yes, I'm acknowledging it's fall, and a nice one so far.  I hope to spend most of the last week of this month outside, since I will be off of work then.  I am only able to be out an hour or so at a time these days.

10 comments:

  1. I am still in awe at how you can keep all of this going and growing. Love it!

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  2. You have such great variety in your beds. I really like the use of the old ladder. You're doing a good job of getting things vertical. I need a little more of that.

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  3. Hi, Sue;
    Love your spooky Dianthus ;-) My pincushion flowers are still blooming up a storm, too.

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  4. Thanks Sue for the shots of the Helenium. It is not what I have blooming. I will have to get some pictures of what I have to see if you might i.d. it. I loved the long shot of your side yard (with Heidi on guard), and I love, love, love the old ladder with the B.E. Susan vine. I am with your husband on the grasses. I am trying to incorporate more in my garden. They seem to come alive in the wind and add so much interest to the background plus they do a nice job of covering up garbage cans! Hope you are having a good week and you manage to spend the weekend out in your garden as planned.

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  5. Love your collection, I had cleome come back after I had 2 ft of water in my yard, one of the few plants that survived 2 weeks of flood two years ago.

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  6. Oh boy to have the problem of bears breeches spreading. Folks here can't even get them to grow.

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  7. Your garden is still looking great...I really love those self-sown cleomes!

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  8. It's still looking wonderful Sue. I love that "spooky" dianthus and the vines growing on the ladder. What fun!

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  9. Sue, the beds are looking wonderful for this time of year. Helenium is one of those I can't grow down here. It was a magnet for every insect imaginable so I just gave up or it gave up on me.

    Enjoy your days off and don't work too hard.

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  10. Wow, Sue, I can't believe how high that morning glory has grown on the light on that roof!

    I may try MG's again next year--I really love the blue ones.

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