Garden Pic Spam
Aug. 6th, 2008 05:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
botiasAfter all that painting, sawing, digging and brick-laying I did last summer, this year I got to do the fun part. On the down side, I'm pretty sure I am not nearly as buff. *starts doing push-ups*
These pictures are from the opposite side of the yard from my pictures of last year. Today or tomorrow I would like to take some from the same angle for comparison.
Click here to see a hayooge version. You can play find the feral cat!!
I had no idea it would turn into a jungle like this. I certainly didn't know the bachelor buttons would get so tall; granted the seed packet said they will get 30 inches tall, but I swear these are more like 42 inches. Neither did I expect the borage to do the same. Also, I had no idea that the shy, retiring purple aster I got from the side of the road would turn into a giant bush in more friendly circumstances.
Plants: Sunflowers, Bachelor Buttons, Thyme, Mexican Hyssop (Agastache) 4 or 5 varieties, globe thistle, Yarrow (Achillea), society garlic, ornamental oregano, artichoke, red-leafed rose, pincushion flower, rue, california poppy, perennial marigold, rose campion, purple coneflower, borage, blue dianthus, aster.
The raised beds have vegetables and marigolds.
I really like Mexican Hyssop because of the fragrant leaves. They smell like bubble gum.
Most all the plants were chosen because they were a) attractive to bees and butterflies b) had fragrant foliage c) were edible or d) did not produce white flowers. What makes me sad and concerned is that I saw much fewer bees and butterflies compared to last year. :( I hope it's an annual variation and not a sign of things to come. I didn't see a single skipper butterfly this season, and the hummingbirds that staked out my yard last year were absent too.
These pictures are from the opposite side of the yard from my pictures of last year. Today or tomorrow I would like to take some from the same angle for comparison.
Click here to see a hayooge version. You can play find the feral cat!!
I had no idea it would turn into a jungle like this. I certainly didn't know the bachelor buttons would get so tall; granted the seed packet said they will get 30 inches tall, but I swear these are more like 42 inches. Neither did I expect the borage to do the same. Also, I had no idea that the shy, retiring purple aster I got from the side of the road would turn into a giant bush in more friendly circumstances.
Plants: Sunflowers, Bachelor Buttons, Thyme, Mexican Hyssop (Agastache) 4 or 5 varieties, globe thistle, Yarrow (Achillea), society garlic, ornamental oregano, artichoke, red-leafed rose, pincushion flower, rue, california poppy, perennial marigold, rose campion, purple coneflower, borage, blue dianthus, aster.
The raised beds have vegetables and marigolds.
I really like Mexican Hyssop because of the fragrant leaves. They smell like bubble gum.
Most all the plants were chosen because they were a) attractive to bees and butterflies b) had fragrant foliage c) were edible or d) did not produce white flowers. What makes me sad and concerned is that I saw much fewer bees and butterflies compared to last year. :( I hope it's an annual variation and not a sign of things to come. I didn't see a single skipper butterfly this season, and the hummingbirds that staked out my yard last year were absent too.
