Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose. This is a rambling rose that often is found climbing into trees. It is very fragrant and only blooms one time a year. Unfortunately, the sweet gum tree had to come down to give nearby daylilies more sun, and so the rose had to come out. If I find another location (and tree), I would add it back to our garden. This picture was taken 4-30-11.
American Pillar Rose. This is another climber that climbs in a dogwood tree and hangs over a goldfish/koi pond. We can see the reflection of the rose blooms in the water.
Tree Peony. I would like to add more colors; but, they are a bit pricey, and I do not have a place to plant them now. The yellow bush in the background is a deciduous azalea.
When we had the cabin built, David and I put in a dry creek bed with rocks on the east side. In late May 2011we finally completed the long, arduous task of making it a flowing creek bed. The water flows into a small pond about 3/4 of the way down the creek bed. The water is recirculated to the top of the creek bed. We added a waterfall to the small pond to create more water movement and sound and a metal bridge last winter to go over the creek bed just below the small pond. There are three goldfish in this pond.
Using wine bottles as a border of a daylily bed. We seem to have an unlimited supply of wine bottles that are given to us by friends and family. The building to the far right is our storage building and houses David's collection of kayaks. This fall 2013 we had all the trees cut down to the left of the storage building. This fall I planted daylilies and hydrangeas in this area. I moved our Wizard Of Oz daylilies to this area, too. I will be adding hostas and other shade plants to the back side of this bed. (I have many in pots awaiting planting this spring.) I have 3 Limelight Hydrangeas to move to this area once the ground thaws.
Yellow jasmine on a metal arbor that opens into what I call a "courtyard area" near Diana's bed. There is a cement table and two benches there plus more daylilies behind a wine bottle border and pots of blooming flowers.
The sun shines through the wine bottles.
This is all for now. I will add more pictures another time.
