garden@home

FRONT BEDS

Lamium and Penstemon mostly

Totally overgrown Japanese maple, hopefully it will be cleaned up by next week

Potato that is to be put into a potato condo

Peony

Penstemon sp. “Husker Red”

The deciduous azaleas are blooming

Lilac (Syringa sp.) – my favorite are these dark purple kind

VEGGIE GARDEN

You can see the leeks in front

Chives (garlic and regular) in front, tomatoes (“Oregon Star”, “Oregon Spring”, “Willamette”, “Yellow Pear”, “Celebrity”, “San Marzano”) in middle, peas in the back

Peas (“Oregon Sugar Snap”, “Oregon Sugar Pod”, “Early Frosty Bush”)

Carrots – “Thumbelina”, my “Purple Haze” haven’t sprouted

Turnips “Oasis” almost ready to be harvested

Lettuce (Anuenue – hasn’t sprouted, Black Seeded Simpson – doing well, Buttercrunch – doing well, Parris Island Romaine – following tradition this one isn’t performing well, Red Flamingo – not so good, Red Sails – very good – seen on the left, Royal Oak Leaf – excellent! – these are the patch of dark green on the right of the photo, Salad Bowl – good, in the center)

Arugula left, spinach center, basil right.  I’ve been harvesting leaves from the lettuce, spinach, and basil already.

Swiss Chard “Neon Lights”

ON THE SIDE

Snowball bush (Viburnum opulus) - way overgrown tree

Close up

BUTTERFLY GARDEN

Left to Right: Daylily (Hemerocallis sp.), catmint (Nepeta), Sedum sp. “Autumn Joy”, Coreopsis sp. “Moonlight”

Left to Right: Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii), Spirea sp., Lavendar, Nicotiana sp., Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

I think this is a black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) coming up.  I put some seeds in last year but thought they were duds, but hopefully the were just late!

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) coming up

Catmint (Nepeta sp.) starting to bloom

Volunteer Chocolate Mint growing in hens and chick (this is why you contain mints)

The tomato bucket, azalea, and poppies

Close up of the tomato, this is a san marzano.  They are indeterminate, so I’m not sure how it will do in this bucket.  It was an extra seedling, so I thought I’d test it and see if will trail over the edge…or, you know, fail to thrive (die).

Row of poppies (Papaver sp.)

Close up

Deciduous azalea

Azalea bud

BACK YARD

Row of Flag Irises

Close up

True Iris

Beginning of cherries

SHADE GARDEN

Yellow columbine and brunnera

White bleeding hearts (Dicentra formosa) “Luxuriant”

So pretty

False Solomon’s Seal (Smilacina racemosa)

Jacob’s Ladder  (Polemonium caeruleum) “Snow and Sapphires”

Hosta sp.- “Patriot”

Hosta – “Wide Brim”

Hosta – “Sum and Substance”

Hosta – “Francis Williams”

Hosta not pictured: “Albomarginta“

Fern

Columbine

Close-up

Astillbe “Diamant”