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The Unattended Garden

2/17/2021

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Pottery sign
April 2020: I was busily dreaming of my first tomato as I built raised vegetable beds to join my asparagus, blueberries, and strawberries. 
March 2020: I told Mom if we were quartered for the pandemic, I would come and stay with her. 
March 12, 2020: I asked, "When should I come?" "Tomorrow," she said. I quickly packed a bag and planted my vegetable seeds in the dark before heading out for a "two-week stay." 
February 1, 2021: I had sold my house, and now Murry and I live with Mom & Annie. 

Maintaining a garden 30 minutes away in the growing season's height during a pandemic is no easy task. Solution: document "The Unattended Garden." My neighbors Harry & Joanne mowed the grass and watered the pot of caladiums (only when they got dramatic). The Holland family came and pulled out my veggies and mulched the beds, and I came over about every 3 weeks for an hour of speed weeding. That was all the attention the garden got. For me, this was a good lesson on why my favorite plants are my favorite; they are beautiful on their own! I hope you enjoy these pictures, and it inspires you to plant some of my favorites in your life.

February

I know, I know, this was before I left, but Winter Aconite (Eranthis) are just so wonderful! No muss, no fuss, just pure joy when you need them in late January -March. They spread like crazy from bulb and seed to form a blanket of yellow joy and then are gone by the time you are ready to mow. One of my absolute favorites! 
close up picture of low growing buttercup like flower
Image by jhenning from Pixabay
Back yard blanketed in yellow.
Feb. 14, 2020: A blanket of yellow in the back yard.
fading leaves ready to mow in the grass.
Even the faded leaves are a bit yellow and ready to mow. Oh so easy!

May

Picture
May 19, 2020
Picture
May 29, 2020
pottery dove plant marker in front of strawberry plants
Hollands come, weeds go away and pottery appears!
Check out Amy Holland Pottery
yellowish sedum and bright pink flowers cascading over a stone wall
Angelina Sedum & pinks (dianthus)
cascading sedum
October Daphne Sedum
Hostas growing around a tree
You can't go wrong with hostas or Siberian Kiwi bordering the window. Yum!
Large leafed plant behind dainty pink flowers and glossy green plant
Cardoon getting its start behind lovey red dianthus.
Honeysuckle growing by the garage
General Wheeler Honeysuckle draws in hummingbirds.
Blue green sedum standing tall and cascading over a rock wall.
Blue Spruce Sedum
Pink rose
This rose has two good flushes of bloom.
blue flower spike
Baptisma

June

pond with frog statue and water lily pads
The pond was never much work thanks to the lily pads shading it and the filter in the water fall.
yellow lilies in front of pink roses
New comers - Stella and knockout lilies.
Purple flower spike
Larkspur, there is a bunny in every blossom and it spreads by seed.
Oak leaf hydrangea in full bloom
Oakleaf Hydrangea
flower boarder
Larkspur and Rose Champion
purple flowering vine on door trellis
Reliable purple clematis
close up of pink foxglove flowers
Foxglove
a flower boarder
Rose champion, with pink evening primrose in front, and Sambucus Black Night and climbing red rose in back.
daisys
You gotta have daisies!
bright pink flowers in front of purple spikes
Rose Champion blooming like. . . a champion! Hee, hee!
Orange daisy like flower
Orange echinacea
Pinkish white flowers on long spikes.
Ahhh allium.
Flowering vine on the garage
Flowering hydrangea and Little Henry Spirea
hydrangea Head
Blue Niko Hydrangea

July

walkway bordered with plants
The side of the house lined with hosta and hydrangea, one of my favorite spots!
Large thistle like flowers.
It is CARDOON! A show stopper, fun to say and edible.
assortment of flowering plants in a bed
Allium drumstick, yarrow, Calla lilies, crepe myrtle, euphorbia, and hydrangea are all going strong.
hydrangea hosta and kiwi vine by the patio
Hydrangea does great with neglect!
A lush bank of plants.
Bears britches, cardoon, corn flowers, lavender, holly tree and fire poker make a lush boarder.
yellow thread leaf flowers are a backdrop to pinkish leaves.
Thread Leaf Coreopsis (tickseed) as a backdrop to ornamental oregano. Oregano needs a warm spot to winter over.
White pot with caladiums.
Caladiums planted in May and watered with a siphoning system on the front porch. What troopers!
Caladiums in a tan pot
Backdoor caladiums only watered by nature and Joanne when they were dramatic. One of my new favorites!

August

house with garden on the side
The begonias lining the walk were planted from a 4 pack in May and the Crepe Myrtle is coming into full bloom.
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