You Reap What you Sow

Thank goodness this old adage is true - that you reap what you sow, because Neil and I figured out that in just this one spring/summer season, we planted about 65 trees, shrubs, or other perennials. If we weren't busy reaping what we sowed, we'd likely be crying. It's been a summer of amazing transformations in our yard and luckily for us, constant bloom. Here is our "summer of bloom" in pictures.
Holly, planted in 2012

We even accidentally grew a fungus called "Dog Vomit Slim Mold." Isn't that lovely? Turns out that it is not harmful and may even help plants, so we left it alone.

Wonderful butterfly bush - with sunflowers in background, planted  2009.

Dahlias and sunflowers - planted every year.

More sunflowers and dahlias.

Snowball tree, planted 2012.

Black-eyed Susans, planted 2011.

Jethro Tull, planted 2012 and very hardy!

Delphinium, planted 2012

Spiderwarts, transplanted from neighbor, 2011

Rose of Sharon, planted 2009

Grape vine, planted 2010

Silver grasses, planted 2011

Look at the leaves on this pumpkin plant!

Beginning pumpkin

Dorothy Wycoff Pieris, planted 2012

Never figured out what these are; does anyone know?

This is a weed and we love it!
Lupines and lillies in July, planted 2012 and 2011, respectively
The wonderful butterfly bush, again.

Roses in July, planted 2011

Roses in July, planted 2011
Lupines again, lilies, Jethro Tull, and pumpkin plant

Grapes again, planted 2010

Wonderful hibiscus, planted 2012


Coneflowers, planted 2012

Arial view of yard, August 2012

Arial view of yard, August 2012

Arial view of yard, August 2012

Yard - from riverside driveway, August 2012
We're already making plans for next summer's garden! Stay tuned for updates next spring!

Comments

  1. Kathy in MDSeptember 2, 2012 at 10:51 PM

    beautiful!

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  2. LisaSeptember 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    I'm envious! While I enjoy the beauty of other people's gardens I'm not much of a gardener myself. You've created such a beautiful yard!!

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