Pleased Friday, GPODers!
We’re ending the week on the West Coast with Jeanne Erdahl in Washington, simply outdoors of Seattle. Jeanne’s backyard began as a clean slate, with nothing rising beneath the mature timber on their lot except for a multitude of Himalayan blackberries (Rubus armeniacus). Thought-about one of the crucial invasive crops on the West Coast, I can solely think about the battle that ensued to take away these thorny thickets. Nonetheless, 25 years of labor has utterly reworked the house, and it’s laborious to think about what as soon as was whenever you take a look at the luxurious backyard that exists right this moment. Right now she is highlighting some lovely moments from this spring.
This backyard overlooking Lake Sammamish outdoors of Seattle is about 25 years outdated and began as a naked lot coated with Himalayan blackberries but additionally two magnificent outdated timber: a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii, Zones 4–6) and a western redcedar (Thuja plicata, Zones 5–7). After we discovered that the one manner we may get a septic system on this property was by having a collection of sand mounds put in, my associate declared that we might by no means get something to develop on them. A minute’s reflection would have instructed us that they’d be the very best rising medium for any variety of crops.
We began out with knowledgeable backyard design, however each plant we put in ourselves, and naturally the design developed and adjusted significantly through the years. Now in our 80s, we nonetheless preserve the property by ourselves, with solely assist pruning the taller timber every year.
I’m by no means unhappy for lengthy when some treasured plant bites the mud. It signifies that I can go purchase or propagate a brand new plant!
A Chinese language fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense, Zones 7–9) backed by an Exbury azalea and Burkwood viburnum (Viburnum × burkwoodii, Zones 4–8), all in bloom
The 20 year-old patch of rodgersia simply popping up within the spring
One of many myriad native columbine
A very swish Rainbow leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’, Zones 5–9) vining by an azalea on one of many mounds
Certainly one of our backyard helpers
A part of our discipline of foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea, Zones 4–9) in full bloom with the Ruby Falls redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’, Zones 5–9) within the foreground and a variegated dogwood behind
Path surrounded by foxgloves
Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra, Zones 5–9), in all probability my all-time favourite plant, with iris on the fringe of our dry streambed
Wind sculpture by the deck
Entrance mound planting of daylilies, backyard phlox (Phlox paniculata, Zones 4–8), and Britt Marie Crawford ligularia (Ligularia ‘Britt Marie Crawford’, Zones 4–8)
Japanese maple, possibly Bloodgood (Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’, Zones 5–8), which was a seedling from my sister, underplanted with blue star creeper (Isotoma fluviatilis, Zones 6–8)
Within the entrance yard, a cottonwood (Populus deltoides, Zones 3–9) and younger Douglas fir, longtime associates
Native dogwood (Cornus nuttallii, Zones 7–9) in full bloom
Thanks a lot for sharing your pleasant backyard with us, Jeanne! Your house seems to be like a real woodland wonderland, and also you’ve managed to create tons of implausible flower and foliage curiosity regardless of the planting challenges.
I hope you all have a beautiful weekend and are in a position to spend as a lot time as doable having fun with your backyard. When you’re on the market, contemplate snapping some pictures to share with Backyard Photograph of the Day! Comply with the instructions beneath to submit pictures by way of electronic mail, or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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