Walking up the street and seeing this parking strip, it's evident that a gardener lives here! The tree closest is an Embothrium coccineum!
All the plants are labeled! No one was home but a neighbor came by and told me a bit about the garden. There's more that can't be seen from the sidewalk so I'll be sure to go back sometime and see the back garden which surely will be equally wonderful.
Love this idea! Berberis with allium seed heads! Berberis alliumiflora?
Azara microphylla veriegata looks even more festive draped in fuchsia blooms. Cool pairing!
Rose hips
Must make space for asters! They're such a nice contrast to the warm colors of fall foliage and other autumn blooms.
Colchicum 'Waterlily' is such a sweet thing!
Asters and Rudbeckias. Notice the color echo in the yellow center of the asters.
Nerine aka Nekkid Ladies because, like colchicum, thy send up foliage in the spring which ripens off and the flowers appear in the fall sans leaves.
Also love the house and the bold use of color!
Is that a fab entry or what?
Blue pots echo the blue of the house.
The path leads to a hidden seating area.
Another allium-blooming berberis. I may have to copy this idea!
For such a small front garden, it is sure packed with great plants! Cyclamen hederifolium.
Perovskia or Russian Sage. The fragrance of the brushed foliage alone is worth having this in one's garden; lovely blooms are another benefit.
Autumn is a beautiful season, isn't it? In this garden it certainly is! Hopefully someday there will be a follow-up post about the garden and its gardener!
A block or two up was this newly-planted parking strip containing an inverted tree.
It will be exciting to go back and see how this parking strip progresses!
Further along the street. The nights are getting cooler but who knew it was cold enough to turn flamingos blue?
The first garden: did the plant tags detract from the garden at all for you? That certainly is a bold entrance! Are inverted trees a popular thing there? I've never seen one before, and am not sure that I'd put one right out front...
ReplyDeleteThis is the first inverted tree I've seen here but saw a pergola made by several of them in a garden in Alaska.
DeleteForgot the plant tag question. For the most part, thy were so low that they didn't detract. They were matching metal things with nicely typed labels. Much nicer than the graveyards of plastic plant tags that I used to create.
DeleteI wonder if that second gardener has been to that public garden in Alaska that has a whole row of trees like that, all planted up? We saw it on our cruise several years ago. It certainly has a nice set of roots, and they did a good job digging it up. Love the first garden, hope you can go back some time and meet the gardener, and maybe see even more.
ReplyDeleteDo you remember where that garden was in AK? I saw some in Willow but that wouldn't have been on your cruise route.
DeleteDarn...I thought I invented the idea of an inverted tree! But I'm looking at this specimen and wondering if it is (or was?), in fact, a Camperdown Elm--they can get really contorted and look just like that.
ReplyDeleteGood question. It's an interesting idea for sure!
DeleteAn inverted tree? Allium-blooming Berberis? Blue flamingos? Do you live in Tacoma or the Twilight Zone?
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder...
DeleteTacoma/ The Twilight Zone - Six of one half a dozen of the other.
P.S....yes to what Emily said, I wonder if is a Camperdown Elm?
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a gardening neighbor such as in that first house, to bounce idea off each other, not unlike the allium-blooming berberis. It could be tricky with the thorns so be carful when you implement it. I've been unsuccessful with Nerine but it looks so lovely this time of year I would give it another try.
ReplyDeleteI tried Nerine for the first time this spring and so far, nothing. I'm looking forward to meeting this gardener who lives so close.
DeleteSome creative gardening neighbors there. Tags are thoughtful since I do get questions about plants in my yard. Great color and I like the upside down tree in the other garden.
ReplyDeleteShe certainly seems to enjoy her garden! Tags are very nice to be sure but what a lot of work to label everything!
DeleteI want to see these gardens again, a few years down the road as gardens mature and the landscape changes. The oriental house gardener might enjoy a Julie Moir Messervy book or two.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing the garden mature too! She might really enjoy Messervy's work!
DeleteLots of fun elements there Peter! Love the inverted tree, and I dare admit the blue flamingos too!
ReplyDeleteThe inverted tree was quite a surprise as were the blue flamingos!
DeleteA walk around your neighborhood is indeed an adventure.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly an adventure of one sort or another depending on which way one walks!
DeleteI enjoyed your walk! I have yet to take a walk around the neighborhood my brother's rental is in, where I'm staying three nights a week for work. The first garden is full of many wonderful plants and nice pairings. It will be interesting to see how the second one fills out. Poor flamingos. I wonder if they'll be skeletons by the end of the month?
ReplyDeleteI'm tempted to cover those poor flamingos with little blankets to keep them warm.
DeleteYou live in a neighborhood of innovative gardeners!
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