From the monthly archives:
Since readers asked, here’s a shot taken in June of the same border, this time showing what I call "creeping sedum" blooming in gold. Other volunteer perennials blooming here are Mexican evening primrose in light pink and rose campion in fuchsia. The grass at the front of the border is a carex and therefore evergreen.
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Over at the DC Urban Gardener blog I’ve posted the story behind this photo.
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I’m really, really liking the latest results in my tulip border. Those 50 Blue Aimables I planted here are joined by what can never be predicted – occasional repeaters from previous years’ designs. The key just may be to, of course, try something new every year but all within a compatible mix of colors. So here you see assorted China Pinks and Cum Laudes and Esthers popping with the Blue Aimables.
I can promise you more photos where this came from – when the tulips will have the blooms of azaleas, viburnums and weigelas as their background. I’m just being impatient to show you these now.
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Now I’m the first one to write off tulips as nonrepeaters; I even rip them out and start fresh every year in my main tulip border. But back behind this large oak I’ve stuck assorted tulips over the years and have to admit that these dark pink Darwins have been blooming their hearts out for over a decade. I think they look grand with the Actaea daffodils on the left. Actaeas are smaller-flowered, later-blooming, clump-forming and reliably perennial.
But really, I’ve gotta hand it to those Darwins.
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I discovered via email this morning via email that I’ve been nominated for the Environmental Leader Award in Takoma Park, my hometown of choice – Yikes! All because I write a modest little blog called Wild Wild Takoma, the official blog of our Community Wildlife Habitat project, and all too infrequently, at that. Maybe they’re including my columns in the local paper about butterfly gardening and organic lawn care and whatnot. Or the serious schmoozing I do at all the local enviro-events.
The competition’s pretty tough and I’m not holding my breath for the top honor but hey, I like the company I’m keeping and I promise to earn the nod by updating the blog TODAY.
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Meet Nina’s front garden. Previous owners tried to grow grass here but between the northern exposure and the huge oak in the middle, their attempts were doomed. Nina knew better and created instead this charming woodland retreat. (Fitting, since it’s located on Woodland Avenue, just a few houses down the street from me.) She filled it with understory trees, like dogwords and serviceberries, that are just now coming into bloom, plus spring bulb
s, pathways and some brand-new perennials. So like any real garden, it keeps getting better. It just needs a load of leafmold mulch every spring.
The photo on the left was taken from the sidewalk and the one on the right from her house facing the street.
Now since I’ve already dragged you down the street to see new Nina’s garden, how about a quick look at her green roof? It’s actually one you may have even seen before, since pictures of it are all over the web. This shot I found on the site of a local nonprofit. Her green roof plant supplier, Ed Snodgrass, also uses this gorgeous example in his promotional materials.
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