Open Backyard Sunday - July 22, 2012

OPEN BACKYARD GARDEN 

I decided to celebrate my birthday by inviting friends over and opening my backyard edible garden to the public. My friend Winn took the pictures, and it was amazing! Here are some of them.

me - feeling short, as you can see the Lilium in the background (red) is taller than me. 

backyard entrance: a child centric universe. sled and sprinklers.

coleus selection pot, with a job to get shade for the small Hosta Praying Hands

Coleus, lambs ears, rosemary, lavender, sweet potato vine-blackie, squash - volunteer seedling

cream liliums

shade section with hosta, bleeding heart, ladys mantle, coleus, single lilium bloom

leek flowers with Echinacea purpurea, a butterfly magnet

Pole Beans, cooling off the canopy in summer heat

Hibiscus mosquetos "Luna" (perennial), scarlet runner beans on the fence, hanging pot of golden lemon thyme, Impatiens balsamina, tall liliums (maybe tree?) and eggplant, with ginger on the pot.

yellow lilium in bloom, looks pretty in person.

cherry tomatoes in hanging pot.

Liliums Blooming

not sure what kinds or what they are called. I got these 2 years ago and randomly plant them. They are huge, taller than our fence which is about 6-7 feet.

But hey, i am happy with them, no complains here.

wednesday july 11, 2012 BLOOMING LILIUMS
colors range from deep red, pink, yellow, orange and cream with dots.

June 12, 2012
Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada

After the rain, some plants fall to ground, flowers bent, but it is still beautiful. I snap few pictures, update on how they have grown since spring. I don't think it is proper to call my backyard a garden, it is sort of a mini experimental greenhouse, full of odd looking plants, some native, some tropical, and one gardener who touch everything and turned into green. I know, it is a curse when you live in the city. Where do you think I will grow my pumpkins and squash?

June 12, 2012. Pink aAtilbe is ready to bloom.

June 12, 2012. Rows of Liliums ready to bloom, Heuchera "Palace Purple, Tiarella "Spring Symphony, Bush Bean - Tendergree, Hosta Janet, Heuchera "Caramel", Heuchera Firely, Lamb's Ears, Heuchera "Miracle". 

Coleus Buttercream with Coleus Red Dragon

Coleus Palisandra - grown from seed last winter 2011. Slow growing eh?

June 12, 2012. Eddoe (Colocasia esculenta)

June 12, 2012. The dainty flower of Heuchera Sanguina "firefly" toppled over after the rain. A proud Lambs ear was standing tall, in between Heuchera "caramel" and Heuchera "miracle".

June 12, 2012. Hosta Guacamole is howing off, Hosta Sum and Subtance is growing too and Hosta Patriot is trying to come out covered by a big leaf  Jack in the Pulpit.

Hosta Guardian Angel - who would not love that Angel?

Basella rubra germinating at full speed ahead!

Touch me not! Impatients balsamina are growing well.....Hope they have pretty flowers this year.

Bush beans flowering - I think these are the Provider beans from SSE. The flowers are so pretty in person.

June 12, 2012. I don't want to tell you what I did to these two love birds?

Backyard Garden 2012

May 28, 2012

28 May 2012 Heuchera sanguinea "firefly"

May 28, 2012 - flowering Tiarella cordefolia

28 May 2012 - Heuchera "Palace Purple"

May 28, 2012 Bergenia crassifolia

28 may 2012 - groundcover Ajuga reptans

may 28, 2012 - Astilbe (Pink)

May 28, 2012

28 may 2012 Heuchera spp "Caramel"

I thought I would post some pictures of plants residing in my small backyard. These are perennial plants, I cannot afford to buy new flowers every year.

may 20, 2012 - the rock garden hides the rocks! It is starting to look full.