into the autumn….still with no rain…at Klipsan Beach Cottages.
4 October
Mary’s idea for 2013 is to make the shape of the driveway garden by the house more curvaceous.
10 October
At last I have some photos that show how it all fits together. You drive in and park below the office…where you would have the view below:
In the foreground, above, Sedumn ‘Autumn Joy’ and Euphobia characias wulfenii, which bloomed mightily and at length in the early spring.
The above very cool brown Salvia has leaves that smell, to me, a bit of root beer. I have brought it through winter in a cold greenhouse before.
In the background above, the fabulously tall Thalictrum ‘Elin’ from Dan Hinkley’s Heronswood.
I got Coreopsis ‘Flower Tower’ from Joy Creek Nursery a couple of years ago, and in summer 2012 was able to get more at The Basket Case Greenhouse locally. It is a fun plant because the usual small yellow coreopsis flowers bloom on a towering stem that can get taller than me.
25 October
From the bench above, looking south, we have this view of the garden:
On the very right in the background, above, you can see the tallness of Thalictrum ‘Elin’.
The gardens still look great in spite of no rain; milder temps? Or did you water a lot? I love seeing both the details and the structure of the garden.
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