My garden is far from looking like the ones that I've seen pictures of but I thought I might post a few of the work we have done this year.
As I was taking the pictures I got to thinking of what theme my garden might represent. I would have to say that mine is Daylilies and plants with variegated foliage.
Does your garden have a theme? Planned or otherwise?
Here are some pictures of our beginning garden.
The new shade garden we put in.
Dead Nettle Spotted Dragon
Lungwort Majeste
Hostra Night Before Christmas
Brand new, put in today
Japanese Variegated Forest Grass
Lamiastrum
Hill garden
Marilyn working in hill garden
Herb Garden
New plants
The new side garden
Garden by the fence. New this year also.
Last but not least, Harlequin Euonymus.
Very nice! I also love variegated or silvery white leaved plants.
Mine is an unplanned shade garden- I work it out as I go, and probably everything I've planted has been moved at least once. I have primarily hosta, ferns, astilbe, heuchera, and hakone grass. I have three varities of that, but I think the "albo striata" is my favorite..love all of them though. I wish I could have more daylilies, but I don't get enough sun, so I have just a small patch.
Here is Albo Striata from last year.
Great gardens dogwalker!!! Just beautiful!! You have some really great plants there....
I don't really have any themes - I just sort of plants what I like and hope that it works - however I guess you could say I have a more shadier garden and then my full sun gardens LOL That is about all...
Sort of a theme and a plan so I dont put taller plants in front of shorter ones.
The beds were here I am just "plumping" things up a bit, transplanting some overgrown Hosta and adding to a lone astilbe.
This is the front of the shade garden.
I plan to edge with dwarf hosta found in several places on the properth
75 feet later is where I started Day lilies. I call it shade altho it gets sun from 1:00- until sunset. It includes the "lone astilbe" and "lone Hosta"
The DL's are
Chicago Firecracker -reddish brown
Starling- brownish red
beautiful photos and garden..... my theme is plant what I like... sometimes I wish I pre-planned some of my areas ... but so far it's way off that
here is a befor and after, just put Hosta divisions in this AM
OOOPs
the duo
nice... what is that in front of your garbage cans?... doesn't look familiar to me
Really big Hosta don't know the name ,in front of the garbage can( we keep fireplace ashes in it)
Lamium with little orchid flowers in front of tree and Hosta don't know name at the border
wow... those are huge hosta
It might be "Sum and Substance" My neighbor has a hugeone the former owner and neighbor were garden friends and Betty probably gave her a root.
I will move the plant next year, we will most likely keep the woodpile there.
I've often thought that a good theme song for a garden would be Jack Benny's violin solo, "Love in Bloom" !
I had posted this thread awhile ago.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/838853/
I've only been here 4 years and I'm just starting brand new gardens, but I love the theme idea.
Your gardens look Great Chuck! I really need to try and make it over to see them soon.
I took a break from my other gardens this weekend by planting a new veggie garden.
Mel
This message was edited May 27, 2008 10:15 AM
