garden pics

waterfield wrote:

“…where it rains”

What’s that?

“Rain” is the process through which plants water themselves by sucking moisture out of the air in the form of falling droplets. It’s like taking a shower, but outside, and unheated. You would think it would be expensive, but it’s not…it’s free.

wv wrote:

zn, how did you ‘plan’ that garden? I mean did you read magazines, plan it out on paper, think about sizes, shapes, colors? did you make a chart or a map first?

No annuals? Why do you hate impatiens ?

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There’s some annuals scattered in there. How did I plan the garden? Trial and error. I had a “feel” for what I wanted (not geometric formal, for example, more impressionist era cottage garden). I focused on plants I always liked, then, figured out what goes with them. Aiming at a time when it comes together (I don’t have spring flowers, just mid-late summer plus autumn.) Massing things then putting little variations around the massed stuff. Generally big gardens aren’t that hard cause the bigger, taller plants go in back and the smaller ones in front.

You don’t need magazines or books etc. nowadays because there are so many online resources. For example, you think about a certain plant, and you need all the specs, and some idea of what goes with it. There are places that do all that for you. For example take in this whole page (scrolling down) and see how much info it offers:

http://www.perennialresource.com/encyclopedia/view/?plant=780

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bnw wrote:

The very late lily my wife says it is a Surprise Lily.

Your image didn’t come through.

Here’s another image of a Surprise Lily, which I assume is like what you wanted to post:

The end is nigh.

Garden, phase omega.

An autumn snapshot.

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