Well, after having been without a camera for so long I finally have one to take pics with. My girlfriends mother let me borrow hers and I took the opportunity to take pics of my garden and here they are... The first two are ones that I just planted today. They are Tutti Frutti Yarrow, which is just beginning to bloom and I will post more pics later when it is in full bloom, and Balloon Flower. Achillea millefolium 'Pomegranate' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Platycodon grandiflorus 'Sentimental Blue' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) This next one is my Dwarf Banana Tree that will hopefully produce some tasty fruit next year. Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) This is my Hens & Chicks that the deer seem to love so much, you can see where they have been nibbling on it. Sempervivum 'Black' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) My Ice Plant that has tripled in size since I planted it. Unfortunately the picture does not show the brilliant iridescence of the flower. Delosperma cooperi ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) These are the seed pods of my Money Plant and I can't wait till they turn the clear silver for which they are named. Lunaria annua ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Here is a much better picture of my Passion Flower. Passiflora incarnata ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) These are my naturally growing Moss Verbena. Verbena tenuisecta ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) This year for my Fern Garden I decided to let it do whatever it pleases and it did just that. It took over the whole area that I gave to it, which is what I really wanted it to do, but I did not expect it to do so well. Ferns ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) The next series of pictures are of my seedlings or very small plants some of which I will have to bring inside for the winter. They are in picture order: Sweet Shrub, Coral Bean, Hydrangea, Morning Glory, Sawtooth Oak, and Lilac Calycanthus floridus ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Erythrina herbacea ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Hydrangea 'Blue Moon' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Ipomoea purpurea 'Kniola's Black' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Quercus acutissima ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) Syringa 'Josee' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden )
Everything looks so fresh and healthy! I have a couple of ice plants -- you're right, it's hard to capture the amazingly vibrant color. It fairly sparkles! Yarrow and balloon flower are two of my faves. Now to the ferns -- they are so pretty and healthy! Great job; so glad you got hold of a camera to show us!!
Oh I'm so glad you got hold of a camera FF. We call Lunaria annua 'Honesty' here and sometimes use the silvery seed cases as decorations indoors. I used to love peeling off the outer layers as a child to reveal the silver underneath. Your Tutti Frutti is a lovely colour as is the ice plant and the blue of your Platycodon grandiflorus is really lovely. I have an area of the garden where I grow ferns and have let them do their own thing too. :-D
Thanks everyone! With the ferns, they are all native species that I have collected and transplanted to my garden. There are large patches of all the species I have and all of which are quite common, but for some reason they get HUGE in my garden. I have never seen them grow this big in the wild. I guess they just really like that spot.
Your garden is looking so great.I have yarrow but never seen multi colored .Its pretty but when it spreads it will be gorgeous.I'm glad you got a camera and hope you can get it again.
Looking good over there Flowerfreak! I've never seen a dark pink Yarrow like yours! I lost my Ice Plant this winter
