jueves, 7 de mayo de 2015

Garden Gone Wild

Behind our property, there is conservation land with streams and a reservoir.  In fact, the back of our property is part of a protected "green" zone, so we are not allowed to build on it (which is fine with me).  Because of this, as you take a walk through our yard, the further you walk, the wilder the garden gets.  In fact, it is my intention to leave a buffer of native plants so that nothing blocks the view and the garden seems to flow into the countryside.  Well, that is the plan, anyway.


Another reason for a transitional area is, well, would you want to weed this?


It's a good thing that stipa is fashionable right now because I have plenty of it!


At the base of the stipa are these purple-blue flowers that no one seems to know the name of.


I do have some plantings along the side fences.  Right now, photinia is in bloom.  
(Yes, that is rebar construction mesh patching up a whole some robbers made 
a few years ago when the house was being built.)


Madame Alfred Carrière, also on the fence


Not exactly wild, but definitely a toughie
(Thanks to Chloris, who recommended Cayeaux irises to me.)


And I also have to sneak in a photo of Versigny, but you don't mind, right? 


What about your garden?  Has it got a wild side?



8 comentarios:

  1. I think your lovely blue weed is Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare. Perhaps you could post a macro or a close up of just this as I can't be positive from your image even when I enlarged it on my screen. Christina

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    1. Bravo, Christina! I have checked online photos and, yes, it does look like it! It's too blowy out now, but I'll try to get a close-up later. I am now curious about the origin of the Viper in its name. Do you think it is because it blooms at this time of year when the snakes and vipers start to come out?

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  2. What a wonderful view from the end of your garden. Gorgeous roses and I' m glad you like your Cayeux irises. I agree with Christina your blue flower is Viper's Bugloss. How pretty it looks with the grass.

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    1. Thanks, Chloris. I think it's so funny that none of the locals have a name for the blue wildflowers (other than calling them a "weed"), but elsewhere its is common knowledge that they are called Viper's Bugloss. You learn something every day!

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  3. No wild side on my garden! I only have 1000 m2 and I have planted it all. But your garden is a good example of borrowed landscape. Now you have an endles garden. Fantastic. And your roses!!! They are flowering already. Groetjes,
    Hetty

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    1. Hetty, my garden is not as large as you may think. It is only 1500 m2, but I have neither the physical strength nor budget to garden it all. Plus, the back end has very little topsoil (about 20cm), with granite underneath, so grasses and wildflowers are really all that do well there.

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  4. I love the idea of a transition zone, the garden will sit more easily within the environment. And the resultant view is beautiful. It is woodland around us here. I have formal planting close to the house, becoming more naturalistic as it gets closer to the woodland edge and then into the wild wood.

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    1. Jessica, Yes, I am quite envious of the woodlands around your garden - so green and shady (which are what my garden is severely lacking). Your setting reminds me of my native New England.

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