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Xericstyle garden survived the rain…
I am pleased and VERY thankful to report that my garden has survived the 10 inches of rain we got in just an evening last week. I was concerned that a lot of my dry loving plants would have drowned as I have clay soil. I guess I amended enough, but more than likely, the …
Backyard beds are starting to look like something…
We have the beginning of a back garden y’all! Thanks to the recent rains things are really filling in nicely. Lets take look at a few key beds…This is what I see now as I walk out of the sliding glass doors onto the covered patio. The herb bed is floating in the middle of …
You are my sunshine…
…my only sunshine…you make me happy…SO HAPPY! Helllloooo yellow and hello spring in full swing baby!Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fruticosa) is blooming and looking happy in my full shade for half the year /full sun for half the year bed from hell. This plant has been EXTREMELY adaptable – what a gem! The only negative I …
Garden stroll…
It has been a while since I have looked at my garden…I mean really looked at it and soaked it all in. Today was the day to take a break from our Canadian company and bond with my garden again…I missed it!My creeping germander (Teucrium crossonii) is still flowering ….despite all the c-c-c-COLD nights! The …
Bees and Butterflies
Right now my front garden is swarming with bees and butterflies. This puts such a big smile on my face – to see my kids enjoying it ….and to feel like thanks to my garden, my yard is ALIVE again. It used to be hot and sterile…no life here, nothing for these beautiful creatures to …
Lucky Lesson Learned…
I mass planted upright rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Hill Hardy‘) around the perimeter of the front of the house almost a year ago for its unruly look as opposed to traditional foundation plantings, as well as to repel cats at night. It has fulfilled both of those purposes nicely. I chose the ‘Hill Hardy’ cultivar, also …
Bye Bye Butterfly Bush…and HELLO….
This plant, Lo & Behold® ‘Purple Haze’ – Butterfly Bush, drove me nuts. I found this dwarf variety to be leggy and so I pruned it…then it did this. I thought I would give it a whirl in my purple front garden, but as far as I am concerned, I let it hold this place …
Property border project completed and extended…
Remember this project – the one where I set out to define our property line? It is done! Well, kind of…but more on that in a minute.I got my hands on endless truck loads of free rocks (feels like endless piles when you are moving them from the ground into a truck) so I jumped …
Rookie mistake!
Remember my Yucca aloifolia gift that I planted directly to the right of the path by the front door? Well…turns out that was not such a great idea. Nothing says welcome like slicing a visitors calf open on the way to the front door – YIKES! Before: I really loved the idea of this yucca …
Color Guard Yucca = spiky sunshine
I wanted a little something to add color and structure to my mass planting of native bamboo muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa) I planted a couple’ish months ago in the side yard. Here is the bamboo muhly then….looking good…but needing a little something… And here it is now intermingling with a mass planting of Yucca filamentosa ‘Color …
