The garden beds in front of the house are in bloom: the iris, lily of the valley, vinca, and lilacs all smell so pretty. And the Japanese maple adds color.
And on the east side, the little plum tree, bleeding hearts, and bird bath look so nice.
Here are some more pictures. This is behind the three-season room.
Love bleeding hearts. Reminds me of hiking in the bluffs around Winona. They grew wild there.
Lily of the Valley
The iris look so pretty out our porch window!
A few days later, we have day lilies along the front.
And the area by our front walk is coming. Lots of balloon flowers, and the day lilies here are about to pop. The iris are done and looking a little shaggy.
These closeups are for my landscaping folder in which I keep track of the changes from year to year. It helps me in early spring to distinguish the "keepers" from the weeds. Left to right here are balloon flowers, a new little Siberian iris, black-eyed susans, day lilies, sedum, ajuga, and iris.
There is a little overlap with the sedum and iris, and then dwarf phlox, day lilies, mum, Siberian iris, and more balloon flowers.
Day lilies, sedum, wild geranium, and a little veronica spicata which I just moved. It will be much taller.
The veronica spicata again, along with more balloon flowers, another new little Siberian iris, a pink mum which is almost ready to bloom, and a big red day lily. On the far right there is vinca, and my long row of lavender iris in front of the yew.
Here is the same view a few days later when the day lily bloomed.
Herbs
In September my favorite hosta blooms in the northeast corner. I wish I could put its heavenly scent on the blog!
Here's a later look at the front bed.
And here are a couple older ones from 2017 which have some other things blooming.
This is the front garden bed next to the front porch. (Update: the bushes are HUGE, the hostas had to be moved out, and the Vinca and Lily of the Valley are wonderful.
And next to the south garage wall. When I dead-head these, I get 200 per day!
And my little Kitchen Garden of herbs just to the side of the patio.
2021
On the south side of the house we planted the yellow rose bush Jessie and her family gave us when Mom died. It's 2 years old in this picture (2023) and is in full bloom, although it's still pretty small.
Soon after we built the house, we transplanted a shoot from the rose bush at the farm. It's more than 100 years old and originally came from Louie's "Grandma Coke" (Anna Theama Gloede). Then Louie's Mom Ginny and Aunt Clara each got transplants. Now we do too. It has grown so much and here it is 9 years later, and 9 feet tall, in full bloom. Both this one and the yellow one smell so good!
Soon after we built the house, we transplanted a shoot from the rose bush at the farm. It's more than 100 years old and originally came from Louie's "Grandma Coke" (Anna Theama Gloede). Then Louie's Mom Ginny and Aunt Clara each got transplants. Now we do too. It has grown so much and here it is 9 years later, and 9 feet tall, in full bloom. Both this one and the yellow one smell so good!
Here is a picture of the farm stand which sits beside the driveway in the summer time.
And here is a winter picture of the red-twig dogwood hedge I planted the first summer we were in the new house. They look so pretty in the winter against the snow. Louie dug the 17 holes with the power auger, and I dug up the seedlings across the street, brought them home, and planted them. They really do help block a lot of drifting, which was Louie's genius idea in the first place.
And here is a winter picture of the red-twig dogwood hedge I planted the first summer we were in the new house. They look so pretty in the winter against the snow. Louie dug the 17 holes with the power auger, and I dug up the seedlings across the street, brought them home, and planted them. They really do help block a lot of drifting, which was Louie's genius idea in the first place.
