I don't feel like I have much to share from my main garden this week. It's looking about the same. Peonies are still in bloom; the Iris have just finished up.
There is a bit of yellow now thanks to the Coreopsis.
I thought I would share a few views from my kitchen garden instead. Right outside the back door, off the kitchen, is our circular driveway. As soon as we moved in, I envisioned a garden in that inner circle. It's perfect for a garden space: nearly full sun, kept heated by the surrounding pavement, and it never needs edging! I call it my kitchen garden and it is full of herbs and cutting flowers. Pictured here is Lavender and yellow Yarrow.
I love this combination of colors, my 'Isla Gold' Tansy with chartreuse foliage, and the purple flowers of the 'Walker's Low' Catmint.
This year, I planted some annual Nasturtiums, just because they are so colorful, and because they are filling the space vacated by my gigantic out of control tarragon plant that I pulled out earlier this spring!
These are Walking Onions, also called Egyptian Onions. They are purely ornamental but seem right at home in a kitchen garden.
I have the circle broken into three sections by gravel paths. The smallest section holds three tea roses. The first roses bloomed this week!
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Your garden is gorgeous! Thank you for the tour. Don't you love how the colors of nature can inspire us in quilting? Color combinations I might not have thought of...I see them in the garden and go "YES! I need to make something with those colors!"
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Beautiful! I can only hope to have such a nice garden one day. Thank you for introducing me to some new plants. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos of your beautiful gardens...so much farther ahead then mine...I wish everything grew as strongly as tarragon...I also cut ours way back to half the space this Spring. By next year it will be just as big!
ReplyDelete"Walking Onions" - They look about to march off into the distance. So like them. Great pictures of your garden.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful garden. I was struck by your comment about The Walking Onions, which I also grow. You can in fact eat them. Here is one comment I copied from an internet site for you.
ReplyDeleteThe bulbs can be used fresh or stored like garlic for use later on. They have a strong taste. Either end of the plant can be eaten. Below is a photo of one shoot that was dug. The stalks, which are hollow, are edible also and used like green onions or chives.
Pretty! Lots prettier than mine! I have a few pots of flowers, but my kitchen windows (where I sew) looks onto our inground pool, (which isn't a bad view either), especially this time of year!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness,it is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteGreat garden - full of summerness!
ReplyDeleteI love your flowers! Easy on the eyes!!
ReplyDeleteI know that has to be a lot of work though.
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