I hope you'll like it.

Here is the youtube link.
My Spring Garden

Neil

Your garden looks terrific! Was the pergola over the patio there already or did you build it?

mxk3, yes that's the pergola I built! :)

Yup, nice weather. I'm going out later to fix the positioning of the russian sage plants.

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like it. I will make another video maybe around August. I still have other plants that haven't bloomed yet and some are still growing. :)

This is the thread about my patio pergola build. However, most of the links that are on this page are dead. Unforunately, we don't have Edit feature in Gardenweb.

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/design/msg0802193616658.html

But I still have the pictures stored in my personal web server.
http://neil.privatedns.org/patiopergolaproject/

:)

And your milkweed plants look like Common milkweed to me.

Terrene, yes, wtrsowing rocks! I'll do it again this year. I would like to add more Penstemon Husker Reds. They are tough and lovely plants.

About Milkweed, I just noticed today that it send out different suckers 2 ft away. There was another one that wasn't in the video. I'm thinking of removing at least 6 inches from it so it doesn't droop around September. What do you think?

Here is your request. :)

I looked at my library. Unfortunately, these are the only pics that I have, mostly are close-ups. It's from first week of May(first 5 pictures). Most of the plants haven't showed up yet on those pictures. My crabapple tree looks great here but not on the video.

You can click on the picture to display actual size.

Below is the latest one from June 2. When I get a chance this weekend, I'll grab more pics.

By the way, can Siberia Iris withstand more than 10 hours of full sun?

Also, the weigelas (unlike arborvitaes) don't have dense foliage so they don't completely block the sun--the iris would still get dappled sun through the leaves. I have WS Siberian iris growing in full sun, half-day sun and dappled sun and they all perform uniformly well.

I still would like to know if I should trim my Weigelas. It's because it's long. I'm thinking of removing at least 1 foot. However, the flowers are talking to me "Please don't remove me!!!!" LOL!!! It is so beautiful! :)

Thanks again!!!

You have a real talent both for creating gardens and for filming them! Thanks for sharing, and enjoy your beautiful garden.

I'm so glad you like it gardeningmusician. Thank you so much for the kind words! :)

As for the Siberian iris, the biggest concern with growing them in dappled shade might be diminished blooms but so far I haven't observed that to be the case in my Z6 garden. It's been my experience they're pretty much indestructible and bullet-proof as well as pest & disease-free.