First up, my curbside garden is looking pretty colorful, with plain old garden phlox and some snappy red daylilies (‘Brave World’). The more I show off this curb garden the more I realize how lucky I am to have this little strip where:
- There are NO utility wires overhead.
- And even better, there’s NO parking on my side of the street. My across-the-street neighbors don’t have nearly as much freedom to garden.
And in the backyard, my plain-old purple coneflowers are peaking and Knockout roses are blooming – no surprise – in the background but notice what’s in between? The lawn replacement, almost totally filled out! There’s more about that over on my GardenRant Bloom Day post .
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Lovely mid-summer gardens!
Plain old phlox is looking good out in the strip! Lovely garden.
Gail
Beautiful garden Susan. Your neighbors must be lucky to have you next to them!
It’s looking good, Susan, the strip by the street and your ‘lawn-less’ lawn.
Did you read the article in the recent New Yorker about the American lawn?
What encouragement I just got from your website! I have an old pool and deck, and the decking is cracked and worse, so lots of weeds are growing through. I wanted to plant steppables but to do so in that area would cost a fortune. I HAVE noticed some sweet little lowgrowing weeds around, and shall definitely start moving them to where I want them. How nice to go more naturally!