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This is the border around mid-June
 This is the border today -- wish there'd been more light.    And the fruits of the garden :-) Thanks for a lovely weekend!!  Martie |
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| Very pretty! And so neat! My beds are a shambles. I 'do' have one sedum with open blooms, but certainly no roses! My echinacea are long past blooming, excecpt for a wayward flower here and there. |
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- Posted by triple_creek z5 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 3, 06 at 22:31
| It's filling in nicely Martie. Did Rich make your trellis? Love the bouquet with the painting. N |
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| Martie, what a good looking border. You've planned that out well and it looks like it is filling in beautifully. I love the flower arrangement with the painting. Did you do that painting? I love the selection of flowers in that. Deanne |
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| Martie, you've done a great job on the border. It's filling in so nicely. And those are great trellises. I too love that painting and the bouquet on the table echos is so nicely. It's great that we're seeing pictures of your beautiful gardens! Thanks! Eden |
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| Wow, Martie, the border has really filled in nicely! As you may have picked up, I have a love/hate relationship with sunny gardens so my advice would be limited to bomb proof everblooming roses, upright grasses, and tropicals...lol...ie: stuff that doesn't flop. You may want to work some purple foliage in there as well-maybe a purple leaf Cotinus or Physocarpus that could be coppiced annually to control size. It would really pop against the light colored house. Sue |
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- Posted by martieinct Z6 nrthn CT (My Page) on Mon, Sep 4, 06 at 17:12
| I love the idea of something dark between the trellises, which Rich did not build. Neither did I -- an incredibly good deal at Ocean State Job Lot. Yes, it has filled in, but a lot of it is annuals. The front of the house is set tangerine, purple, maroon with splashes of lime. This side of the house directly faces a neighbor and has many Z7 microclimates, enough for four or five good-sized perennials. The herbs are happy here, so I don't want to move them. Their textures, colors and scents make that unnecessary. Ideas for in-between? Oh, and BTW, LOL the picture being my handiwork. I've seen Deanne's work and theory and have assured her that I'm better off "not touching." LOL Martie |
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- Posted by michelle_zone4 zone 4 NW IA (My Page) on Tue, Sep 5, 06 at 10:06
| Martie, the border looks lovely. I can see Sue's point about the dark foliage against the light house. What a great combination of the roses and sedum. Michelle |
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