garden love--Re-posted

I've spent all of spring and a good portion of summer working towards "finishing" my garden. My goal was to create a space I find inspiring, quirky, and peaceful.

From my kitchen sink I look out at my back yard and admire the result of all the work I've put in up to this point.

Each time I look out, my gaze is drawn to one corner. The group of plants that sit here beneath the cherry blossom tree make up my favorite view.

I'm especially amazed by the size of the blooms on this mophead hydrangea.

As if one giant bloom weren't enough, this baby's loaded with several.

The work involved in this gardening gig is endless, but then, so are the rewards.

in the air

It gently rolls in on the midnight air....that familiar scent, so soft, so almost not even there. So I breathe it in, again, deep. Yep, it's there. Don't know how they do it, they almost don't even exist...the scent I'm talking about is that garden scent. My little plants are waking from their slumber, ever so slowly, but surely!

my container garden all grouped together for the winter

One by one, I snapped pictures of the first of the little sleepy-heads that appeared...

feverfew

cuphea

diascia

???
ya, I have NO idea here

viola
(sorbet antique shades)

violets labradorica

lamiastrum 'herman's pride'
yellow archangel

plumosa asparagus fern

pony tail fern

english daisy bellis

hydrangea macrophylla

lithodora 'grace ward'

vinca minor 'illumination'

lamium 'shell pink'

helichrysum 'limelight'

blue fescue
(after a haircut I gave him
(I'm sure he's a him)
last month-can you tell how much he's grown??)

lavender

baby blanket
groundcover rose

baby carnival miniature rose

huechera

alyssum
wonderland purple

athyrium
painted fern

delphinium???
pretty sure it's not, but that's how I've written it in my garden journal.
i might have moved it and forgot to make note, guess I'll just have to wait and see!

pink champagne marguerite

Every day I spy some new growth and I don't even know when it happens, but it's really cool to see. It's really my favorite part of this whole gardening thing, to see what comes back, little surprises every day.