I particularly love your primulas and the plants around your pond! Those pitcher plants with the Primulas and native Iris are gorgeous! The Wisteria and the mountain laurels are lovely, so many unusual plants to admire!
Thanks for stopping by, Elena! Yes, I think bog plants are some of the most beautiful plants anywhere, and people always seem surprised when I say that :) It's true. We are about to get that heat dome weather so everything will start to dry out this week I'm sure.
I love all those pastel colors in the first half of your posts, Julie. I wish I could mirror your success with the Alliums too. The mountain laurel is scrumptious but I don't suppose it'd grow in my climate.
Thanks for stopping by again, Kris! I am surprised that the Allium do not do well for you, but maybe it is just the larger one that does not? The mountain laurel does seem to shine the most in the moist misty June days when it has been raining buckets, as it has this past week. It is a true Pennsylvania plant, and our state shrub.
This was such a treat -- thank you for being so generous with your gardens! Julie, do you keep all this weeded? And if so, how?? :) I am finding that even in my little garden (designed by you!), the weeds are relentless, as we've had rain almost every day.
Thanks Laura! So good to share the fruits of the past decade with everyone now. It has not always been pretty on the way, but this year is definitely a year of harvest so to speak.
The key with weeds is to plan more plants that will out compete them, and not worry too much about the odd one here and there. Most of these areas are only weeded a couple of times per growing season, many of them are only weeded once per year now that the plants are getting larger. It is growing what I want to grow and covering the soil that helps keep the weeds at bay. The rain does make them grow like mad, which is why we are in full weeding mode this week getting ready for our open garden. It is wet and muddy work, but it is worth it to me to have so many other glorious plants in my life. :)
Such beauty! I must admit that I'm a bit envious of your garden. You've planned this out and executed it so well. I'm more of a "let's throw some seeds here and see if anything grows" kind of person. I want to plant so many things, but I never want to weed them and don't know how to take care of them. I'll just admire your garden. 🙂 We do have sweet peas growing. They came (unintentionally) with a redbud tree we transplanted from my husband's grandmother's garden.
Years of planning and refining going on here - thats the joy of having a full plan! Every year I work on another piece of the puzzle, but I knew where I was going in the beginning so that helps a lot. Its the plants though that are the joy for me. I have been working on growing many of these for a decade, so its really a fruit of all those years. Yay for sweet peas!!
I particularly love your primulas and the plants around your pond! Those pitcher plants with the Primulas and native Iris are gorgeous! The Wisteria and the mountain laurels are lovely, so many unusual plants to admire!
Thanks for stopping by, Elena! Yes, I think bog plants are some of the most beautiful plants anywhere, and people always seem surprised when I say that :) It's true. We are about to get that heat dome weather so everything will start to dry out this week I'm sure.
I love all those pastel colors in the first half of your posts, Julie. I wish I could mirror your success with the Alliums too. The mountain laurel is scrumptious but I don't suppose it'd grow in my climate.
Thanks for stopping by again, Kris! I am surprised that the Allium do not do well for you, but maybe it is just the larger one that does not? The mountain laurel does seem to shine the most in the moist misty June days when it has been raining buckets, as it has this past week. It is a true Pennsylvania plant, and our state shrub.
Absolutely beautiful garden and lovely design, Julie. Really enjoy your work and plant choices!
Thanks Heather! 💚🙏🌿
What a pleasure to see the glorious month of June in your garden!
Thanks Jayne! 🌿🙏✨
So beautiful!
Thanks Margery!
This was such a treat -- thank you for being so generous with your gardens! Julie, do you keep all this weeded? And if so, how?? :) I am finding that even in my little garden (designed by you!), the weeds are relentless, as we've had rain almost every day.
Thanks Laura! So good to share the fruits of the past decade with everyone now. It has not always been pretty on the way, but this year is definitely a year of harvest so to speak.
The key with weeds is to plan more plants that will out compete them, and not worry too much about the odd one here and there. Most of these areas are only weeded a couple of times per growing season, many of them are only weeded once per year now that the plants are getting larger. It is growing what I want to grow and covering the soil that helps keep the weeds at bay. The rain does make them grow like mad, which is why we are in full weeding mode this week getting ready for our open garden. It is wet and muddy work, but it is worth it to me to have so many other glorious plants in my life. :)
Such beauty! I must admit that I'm a bit envious of your garden. You've planned this out and executed it so well. I'm more of a "let's throw some seeds here and see if anything grows" kind of person. I want to plant so many things, but I never want to weed them and don't know how to take care of them. I'll just admire your garden. 🙂 We do have sweet peas growing. They came (unintentionally) with a redbud tree we transplanted from my husband's grandmother's garden.
Years of planning and refining going on here - thats the joy of having a full plan! Every year I work on another piece of the puzzle, but I knew where I was going in the beginning so that helps a lot. Its the plants though that are the joy for me. I have been working on growing many of these for a decade, so its really a fruit of all those years. Yay for sweet peas!!
Enjoyed this tremendously!!
So glad Nancy! Thanks for stopping by :)
Resident muncher bunny!