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August, 2003 Garden
The bed includes the following plants:
- Yarrow (Achillea Moonshine)
- False Indigo (Baptisia Australis)
- Catmint (Calamintha Nepeta)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea
Magnus)
- Fleabane (Erigeron Hybrid)
- Emerald 'n Gold Euonymus (Euonymus
Fortunei)
- Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium
Sanguineum Alpenglow)
- White and Purple Japanese Peony (Paeonia Suffruticosa)
- Blue Queen Sage (Salvia Nemorosa)
- Stonecrop (Sedum Matrona)
- Coreopsis Verticillata
- Clematis vine [added October, 2002]
The garden, in all its glory.
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(2 JUL 03)
The stonecrop provides the lush green on the left side of the garden. The salvia is bursting through the gaps as are the occasional fleabane blossoms. There's a clematis vine (now at 8') growing up the trellis. There's also a shrubby euonymus somewhere under there, probably not to be seen again until the fall.
(28 AUG
03)
)
(28 AUG 03)
The stonecrop finally bloomed, bringing joy to dozens of bees and dragonflies. I leaned the remaining coneflowers onto the top of the stonecrop to give the insects the equivalent of a Quickie-Mart.
(1 AUG
03)
(7 AUG
03)
(7 AUG
03)
The clematis seems to have reached its max height this summer at 8'. It's popping pretty purple blooms along its length.
(2 JUL 03)
The center of the garden is dominated by the cranesbill, yarrow, coneflowers, and salvia. The taller baptisia and peonies line back row.
(2 JUL 03)
The right side of the garden is dominated by the catmint and the new coreopsis verticillata "Golden Showers". The back row consists of Japanese peonies around false indigo. There's a lone fleabane plant springing up next to the peony.
(2 JUL 03)
The cranesbill (geraniums) continue to spread througout the garden with salvia and yarrow poking out randomly. There are a couple of coneflowers growing in, too.
(12 JUL
03)
(21 JUL
03)
Fleabane blooms spread among the stonecrop.
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(28 AUG 03)
One of the few "singleton" coneflower blooms. Perched on the withered yarrow on the right is a bright red dragonfly (easier to see in the zoomed image).
(21 JUL 03)
The coreopsis verticillata produces lots of showy flowers. It blends nicely with its catmint neighbor
(28 AUG
03)
The catmint is in full bloom. I've spotted a neighborhood cat rummaging around in it. It is always filled with bees and other insects and smells wonderful.
Laughing Buddha graces this garden.
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