Zinnias of Summer

Passionfruit

Two weekends ago (5 Jan), in between the rain, I planted a Big Boppa and a Panama Red passionfruit along the bottom fence in the back garden. Both are going well and climbing along the wire I ran along the fence. The only issue is that it's complicated the mowing along the fence.

West Indian Lime not flowering

I have 2 citrus in the garden, a Meyer Lemon and a West Indian Lime. Both went in about 3 years ago and are doing quite well. While the Lemon has had plenty of fruit (currently about 15-20 mature fruit that should be ready for the new year) the Lime just hasn't produced. Over the 3 years I've probably had 4 limes from it, which I don't mind given it's quite young, however it hasn't had a decent flowering at all. I noticed a single flower on it today. Perhaps it's just a matter of waiting.

Tiger grass and extending the back garden

Last weekend I cleaned up the bed along the bottom of the pool as the lawn was invading quite badly. It's most full of rhoeo but also contains a dwarf variegated bouganvilla. Used to have two but lost one over winter - I suspect the salt from the pool may have contributed. I added 2 tiger grasses to this bed, so hopefully they gain some height and width and provide some privacy.

I also extended the back border garden so that it mostly extends along the entire border. Emptied the entire compost bin and combined with the existing soil as it was quite dry and chalky even after the recent rains.

The main reason for doing this was so I could move the Corkwood (Euodia Elleryana) and Tulipwood (Harpullia pendula) trees from the existing beds to the newly created ones as they simply would not have had enough room to grow. They should both fill the space between the existing palm trees and provide shade.

The timor black bamboo shoot is now at tall as me (about 6ft) and almost growing before my eyes. I suspect that the hot humid weather as wel as the rain all are contributing to this. About to my the lawn after doing the edges with the brush cutter yesterday.

Home Garden Design

When you make new house, you need to think all aspect inside and outside home design's plan. If we talking about home design, it's may focus to the room style, furniture and accessorizes that we arrange and choose to select a thing to make Us comfort stay at home. But now we are talking about Garden design or landscaping only.

Garden designs are according to size of land, home design, region style (Asian, American, Europe or Middle East). To start make your garden design actually it is not that much difficult if you already decide what kind of your home design style performance, for example natural home design of course better for you to plan your garden design as natural style.

Nature garden design will bring you to create the landscape area with more plants and flower, about which color of them simply make it little bit same color with paint of your outside home wall. It's look nice if natural garden design with more green and purple color (green three with purple flower). Layered flowerbeds combined with a patio area will turn a wild neglected hill into a stunning garden. Try landscaping and terracing it to add character to it and create interest if you have enough space on your garden area.

May be some of you interesting to make your garden design as romantic cottage style. For this plan, you must consider to colorful your landscaping idea with pink rose flower or cool blue flower. Flowers, trees and shrubs create style, depth and character, so pick carefully and you will wow visitors with your magnificent outdoor creation. Remember that combining and arranging plants is the real art of home garden design.

OK, next article we will talk more details about arranging layout to make your home garden design more interesting style for the visitor who come to your house. If from outside of your house people are see the nice garden design style, of course they will think and expecting about your perfect interior home design. So, don't miss to read our next home garden design!

Summer in the Front Garden

Garden in High Summer

The garden seems to be doing quite well this year. It helps that we've had nicely timed rains, so that my lax watering has gone unnoted by the plants. The tomato vines look fabulous. I even have a little box of herbs that are holding their own, even looking quite good.

I have decided I need more daylilies. They emerge from the green this time of year with a lovely burst of color, bringing out the textures behind. My yellow daylilies are scented, but on the right side of the garden, the perfume is overpowered by great-grandmother's rose. The front daylilies are also unnamed, I got them from my mom. She had bought one of those big collections- I think from White Flower Farm? some years ago, the kind where they send you a mish-mash of types they've decided not to market, so you can even name them if you wish. Late next month I should have some very dark, spidery-looking rebloomers from them, but for now I just have the sharp orange one and the rich apricot. Love them. If I find myself with some time this fall, I may even order a set for myself. I need more daylilies. Really.

The dahlias in the front are also looking splendid. I even have some mums blooming, which came back from last year. When we first moved in, we had a whole bank of them, and lots of black-eyed susans, but they're al gone now. I may reintroduce the susans. These new dahlias are smaller than the ones I planted when we moved in (those aren't blooming yet), but the intensity of the red is amazing. I use dahlias as annuals, and count it a bonus if they re-appear, which they tend to do in the front garden- the house protects things from frost.

We are also quite proud of our little vegetable patch! The boys planted sunflowers, zinnias, and pumpkins, and all seem to be growing fine at this point. it was put in a little late, so I don't know if we'll get any real results. I also lined some tomatoes down the side. We bought a lot of tomato plants this year. When I was young, the Perrygos all vied to have tomatoes by the Fourth of July, but we are not even close this year. Again, things got put in late.

Hopefully, though, I'll have pics of sunflowers and pumpkins in a month or two!