what's blooming in the Adventure Garden, June 30 2011

The Adventure Garden is my favourite garden and this is the time of year where it is really starting to fill in.  It is also 3 years old now so getting quite mature in spots. It is viewed from many angles depending on which area of the back yard you're in (above: from the house or north patio, which is the worst view so I don't know why I put it first...),

Above: from 'England' looking towards the garage.

Above: closer up and looking at an angle up the dry stream bed.

I just finished deadheading most of the dwarf bearded iris and some of my other favourite plants and combinations for sun are blooming in this garden right now:

Above (clockwise from top left): perennial geranium 'Ballerina'; blue oat grass looks good with just about anything; ornamental alliums, siberian iris 'Caesar's Brother', and white hesperalis matronalis (the purple variety is considered a weed but white is a little less vigorous and smells soooooo nice!); pink saponaria (a bit of a spreader but I have it at the back of the garden where it helps keep down the weeds); blue and pink perennial geraniums, variegated iris (great foliage and blooms smell like grape juice! yum!), white hesperalis matronalis and purple siberian iris; the variegated iris backlit with geranium 'Ballerina' and pink sea thrift 'Dusseldorf Pride' in the background.

To see how this garden area has progressed over time, click here and scroll down.

More pictures coming tomorrow!  Now I'm off to celebrate Canada Day at Heritage Park.  What are you and your garden doing today?

Comments

[The Ms. S.]

Hi Janice, I really like the pink saponaria. While it is a bit of a spreader it is easily controlled and will bloom under the toughest conditions. The trick is to give it the proper space to do its thing. Your adventure garden is looking great and I love the cool colour combos.

Hope you had a great Canada Day! :)

[Calgary Garden Coach]

Thanks Ms S! We did have a great day. Bike rides and wagon rides and bag pipes, oh my! ;-)
Hope you did too,
Janice