In the past four years (2009-2014) we have been busy creating the flower garden of our dreams. When we were renters, it was difficult to contain our urge to garden and create a lush landscape wherever possible.
Having a blank palette to work with, we got to work immediately in June of 2009 creating flower beds. Since then, new beds have been created and existing beds have been expanded. Each year more bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes are added to the flower beds to achieve blooms from early spring to late summer. 2013 is the first year that there have not been any significant gaps in blooms. The beds aren't full yet!
We have tried to keep careful track of what has been planted and where. Our garden diary is chock full of flower bed diagrams, plant order forms, bulb packaging, and other pertinent details. Yet, yesterday afternoon, an idea came to me to help us keep a more detailed index of what our flower beds contain. Organizing is my super power, and the attention that will be given to our garden diary (written longhand and now virtual) will serve us and, looking ahead to the future, will serve whoever owns our home once we're no longer here.
The idea is to create an index that includes the common name of the flower, species, and genus, as well as its location in the bed, bloom time, and a photograph of the flower. Viola! Now that's detail. Much of that information is already included in various posts that have been made over the years, but photos of the flowers, along with their names, are scattered throughout the blog. It will be nice to have the information in one place.
Having a blank palette to work with, we got to work immediately in June of 2009 creating flower beds. Since then, new beds have been created and existing beds have been expanded. Each year more bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes are added to the flower beds to achieve blooms from early spring to late summer. 2013 is the first year that there have not been any significant gaps in blooms. The beds aren't full yet!
We have tried to keep careful track of what has been planted and where. Our garden diary is chock full of flower bed diagrams, plant order forms, bulb packaging, and other pertinent details. Yet, yesterday afternoon, an idea came to me to help us keep a more detailed index of what our flower beds contain. Organizing is my super power, and the attention that will be given to our garden diary (written longhand and now virtual) will serve us and, looking ahead to the future, will serve whoever owns our home once we're no longer here.
The idea is to create an index that includes the common name of the flower, species, and genus, as well as its location in the bed, bloom time, and a photograph of the flower. Viola! Now that's detail. Much of that information is already included in various posts that have been made over the years, but photos of the flowers, along with their names, are scattered throughout the blog. It will be nice to have the information in one place.
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| California Poppy Early spring North-front bed |
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| Chinese Poppy Spring Bed on E-side of ramp/front walkway |
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| Naked Lady Lilies Summer with a second bloom in late summer S-front bed at corner of the porch |
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| (Locating names for these tulips and muscari) Early spring bloomers N-side bed |
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| (Locating the names of these tulips) Spring bloomers N-front bed |
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| Parrot tulip Spring N-front bed |
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| Crocus Early spring N-front bed |
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| (Locating the name of this flower) Early spring N-front bed |
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| Mini-iris Early spring N-front bed, S-side bed, and "Redbud Hill" (backyard) |
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| Daffodils Spring S-side bed |
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| Tour de France iris Late spring S-front bed and rear-patio bed |
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| Gingersnap iris ( smells like root beer!) Late spring N-front bed |
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| Iris Late spring S-side bed |
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| Iris Late spring S-side bed |
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| Foxtail Lilies Summer Along N-fence in front yard |
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| Daylily Summer Front yard, where the fence meets the driveway |
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| Martagon Daylily Summer Center post of E-front fence |
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| Common Daylilies Summer Along N-front fence |
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| Daylily Summer Along N-front fence |
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| Butterfly bush (with a visiting Clearwing Hummingbird Moth) Summer At NE corner of front porch |
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| (Locating the name of this tulip) Early spring S-front bed and corner of front porch |
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| Daffodil Early spring S-side bed |
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| Tulip Spring N-front bed |
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| Parrot tulip Spring S-side bed |
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| Parrot tulip Spring N-front bed and S-side bed |
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| Iris Late spring N-front bed |
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| Iris Late spring N-front bed |
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| Bergamot Herb bed (backyard) |
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| Early spring N-front bed |
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| Early spring N-front bed |
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| Early spring N-front bed |
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| Crocus S-side bed |
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| Tulip Spring N-front bed |
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| Tulip Spring N-front bed |
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| L-R: Daffodils (cream w/orange-rimmed trumpet), yellow tulips, pink tulip, and Fritilleria (tall w/hanging orange flowers) Spring S-front bed at corner of front porch |
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| Tulip Spring Along S-side of garage |
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| Tulip Spring Along S-side of garage |
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| Narcissus Spring N-front bed at corner of front porch |
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| Mini-iris Spring S-side of garage |
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| Mini-iris Spring S-side of garage |
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| Mountain Bluet Spring "Redbud Hill" (backyard) |
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| Mountain Bluet Spring "Redbud Hill" (backyard) |
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