Our house came with a well established colony of bleeding hearts on the alley side. In addition to being beautiful, I found these especially fitting considering the connotation of some liberals to be 'bleeding hearts.' Mixed in with the traditional pink blossoms are some interesting white blossoms.
It's hard to make out in this picture, but these are bold yellow tulips in full bloom. To the left are some stragglers from the bleeding heart group and a hearty collection of my favorite irises in the world. There color is a deep sunset orange and there are tons of them.
Here's a shot of the house with the crab apples in bloom. Initially these trees appeared to be dying and our first two springs were disappointing because the petals fell off the blossoms right before they bloomed. We then learned that they were being attacked by a fungus which caused the leaves to turn yellow and fall throughout the summer. I try to avoid using many chemicals in my yard (as evidenced by the impressive crop of dandelions I turn our every spring, much to the chagrin of my neighbor), so I was reluctant to start spraying fungicide around the front of the house. Instead, I found an application that mixes with water and is introduced to the plant at the roots. I've used this for the past two springs and have been extremely pleased with the huge blossoms and lush foliage the trees produce now.
Here's a shot of the rain barrel shortly after it was installed. The green branch hanging over the edging is a raspberry of some sort. It seems to be doing well and may actually produce fruit this year.
This was another pleasant surprise this spring. We had been trying to cultivate columbine in our ally wild flower garden and had been having no luck until this awesome white columbine flowered. It made several seed pods and I intend to help it propagate this fall as the pods dry out.
Our house came with a well established colony of bleeding hearts on the alley side. In addition to being beautiful, I found these especially fitting considering the connotation of some liberals to be 'bleeding hearts.' Mixed in with the traditional pink blossoms are some interesting white blossoms.
It's hard to make out in this picture, but these are bold yellow tulips in full bloom. To the left are some stragglers from the bleeding heart group and a hearty collection of my favorite irises in the world. There color is a deep sunset orange and there are tons of them.
Here's a shot of the house with the crab apples in bloom. Initially these trees appeared to be dying and our first two springs were disappointing because the petals fell off the blossoms right before they bloomed. We then learned that they were being attacked by a fungus which caused the leaves to turn yellow and fall throughout the summer. I try to avoid using many chemicals in my yard (as evidenced by the impressive crop of dandelions I turn our every spring, much to the chagrin of my neighbor), so I was reluctant to start spraying fungicide around the front of the house. Instead, I found an application that mixes with water and is introduced to the plant at the roots. I've used this for the past two springs and have been extremely pleased with the huge blossoms and lush foliage the trees produce now.
Here's a shot of the rain barrel shortly after it was installed. The green branch hanging over the edging is a raspberry of some sort. It seems to be doing well and may actually produce fruit this year.
This was another pleasant surprise this spring. We had been trying to cultivate columbine in our ally wild flower garden and had been having no luck until this awesome white columbine flowered. It made several seed pods and I intend to help it propagate this fall as the pods dry out.
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