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| The Front Garden in April 2025 |
The front garden is still green, even though the ground is rather bare. I still haven't done anything about putting a ground cover of gravel or mulch.
In comparison, here's how it looked in April 2024 (it had been a wetter winter):
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| April 2024 |
The lantana continues to add a much needed pop of color:
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| Lantana |
While the succulents border provides a green screen along the side fence:
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| Succulents Border |
Walking down, along the succulents border:
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| Aeoniums and Bulbine (Yellow Flowers) |
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| A Bit to the Left of the Bulbine |
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| The Stumpery |
I'm liking how the stumpery is looking now. I started it in April 2024 with this one stump:
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| The Stumpery Beginning April 2024 |
I like how it has evolved over the year.
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| Three Aeoniums In the Succulents Circle |
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| Aloes and Aeoniums in the Succulents Circle |
The Azure Bush Germander plant seems to have come to the end of its flowering, but, the silvery-grey foliage is very attractive:
Another plant with silver-grey leaves is the Dusty Miller:
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| Azure Bush Germander |
Another plant with silver-grey leaves is the Dusty Miller:
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| Dusty Miller |
And, to a lesser degree, the White Sage:
There are a few flowers to provide some color:
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| Californian White Sage |
There are a few flowers to provide some color:
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| Red Roses |
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| Pomegranate Flower Buds |
Beneath the pomegranate tree, the asparagus ferns are thriving:
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| Asparagus Ferns |
There are three varieties of asparagus ferns growing in this bed:
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| Foxtail Asparagus or Asparagus densiflorus "Meyeri" |
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| Ming Asparagus or Asparagus retrofractus |
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| Sprenger's Asparagus or Asparagus densiflorus "Sprengeri" |
The majority of the bed is Sprenger's Asparagus which I transplanted from the back yard to the front in August 2022.
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| Asparagus Sprengeri Berries |
That is the tour of the front garden in April. Gardener M was here, today, and we planted some sunflower seeds in the front garden so, maybe there will be some sunflowers in the front garden later this summer.
Thank you for visiting my front garden.
I am grateful for:
- Having a front garden
- M's help with the garden
- M bringing me five calla lily bulbs that another client had him pull out from her garden!
- Succulents and other water-wise garden plants
- Water for the garden
- M's help with the garden
- M bringing me five calla lily bulbs that another client had him pull out from her garden!
- Succulents and other water-wise garden plants
- Water for the garden
The garden is lovely. The Stumpery has really developed well
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angela. I'm very pleased with the stumpery; it's looking how I had hoped it would. :)
DeleteThe stumped is looking great. It's surprising how quickly it established.
ReplyDeleteI've planted some sunflowers as well. I've noticed one or two starting to grow. Xx
Thank you, Jules; I'm really pleased with my stumpery. :)
DeleteI remember those beautiful multicolored sunflowers you grew one year. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your garden later in the summer.
Apologies. Of course I meant 'stumpery'. This is what happens if I comment using my phone. Xx
DeleteNo problem! I figured that you meant stumpery. :D
DeleteComplimenti per lo splendido giardino
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stefania. :)
DeleteI always enjoy seeing how things are growing in your garden. Dusty miller is an annual here. Is it a perennial in your climate? I have only seen Sprenger's asparagus fern before, but I like the others, especially the foxtail one. I assume that those are perennials there, too?
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. Yes, the dusty miller and the asparagus ferns are all perennials in my area. I have one other type of asparagus fern, Asparagus plumosus or Asparagus plumosa, growing in my back garden; it is a climbing vine with a different type of leaves. It, too, is a perennial.
DeleteEverything looks so bright and vigorous! You must be thrilled with how it's come together. Now is one of the best seasons for your garden, I think.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lady Ella. The garden is ever evolving, but, the plants are doing well for the most part. Yes, this is the best season for my garden, when the temperatures are fairly mild. Once the heat of the summer is here, everything gets parched!
DeleteThat was a lovely tour! I'm intrigued by the Aeoniums. The stumpery (not "stumpers" as the auto-correct would have it), is looking great, and the pomegranate buds look like miniature red pears! I wonder if M's other clients have such a wonderful variety of plants?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. That's an interesting question about the other clients' gardens! I must ask M when he's here, tomorrow. He mentions some of the plants they have, which I don't have (or don't have anymore), but, I also believe that they are more willing to pay higher water bills than I am!
DeleteThings look great. I love lantana. It does really well in our very hot summers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. My lantana tends to get a bit scorched in the summer, but, it usually recovers when things cool down a bit.
DeleteVery nice! Your front garden is bursting with color and varying shades of green.
ReplyDeleteThe lantana always looks so lush and pretty and your succulent area is really a strong presence and I like it. Along with your wonderful stumpery. Didn't that fill in nicely.
I think the calla lilies will be a good addition to your sunny front garden.
Sunflowers! What a perfect idea. Growing nice and tall above everything else.
We got married in August and had sunflowers on our kitchen table with our wedding cake and champagne and other nibbles for our friends that stopped by after our private ceremony. I always buy them from the store and have them for our anniversary.
If we were neighbors I might "borrow" some of your homegrown ones.
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Thank you, Debra. Green is a good color as Kermit the Frog would say. :) I am going more and more towards succulents and native plants for the front garden. I'm very pleased with how the stumpery is turning out. The big stump weathered nicely and the plants around it are doing their part.
DeleteI'm hoping my sunflower seeds will germinate and grow. If we were neighbors, I would have given you a bouquet of them in August! Former neighbor T loved sunflowers and her birthday was in August - I almost always gave her something with sunflowers on her birthday. :)