#1 - Expand last year's strip garden along the sidewalk... the plan EVENTUALLY is to make this whole "triangle" area a garden.. #2 - This is going to be my Secret garden project. I have had this Idea running through my head for a couple of years, I think I'm going to try it this year. If it turns out, I'll tell you all about it and show pictures... if not, well, I'll probably say I didn't get around to it.

How the projects are going so far....

May 22 - They're not! We have had such cold, rainy weather the last few weeks. The normal rainfall level for April 1 to this date is 70 mm and we have had 119. There hasn't been much opportunity to do regular gardening, never mind work on new projects. It's unlikely I'll cut out more grass for Project #1 until fall because most of the perennials I planned to put there are now too big to divide. All I did was cut out a small triangle so I could move some daylilies and a baby's breath. And Project #2 will continue to sit on the back burner until next year.

New Members of the Garden!

Filipendula Purpurea (Meadowsweet) 'Elegans'.
New Lilies: Fata Morgana (double yellow) and Black Beauty. See the picture of Fata Morgana in July photographs below.

Photographs!

May 21 - Oh, well, since I don't have any gardening pictures yet, how would you like to see a picture of our new car?

June Photographs!

The following pictures were all taken on June 26, 1999:

I joined 12 photos together to create this panoramic view (78K). Although it's not great on details (much shrunk) it gives a good continuous view of the entire shade garden.

Half of the sun garden. The pinkish flower in the center is penstemon. Baby's breath (foreground) is just beginning to bloom; lychnis (red) is at the far end. The yellow blooms just past the penstemon are (left) sundrops and (right) helianthus.

Yard view, looking east. To the left is the arbour garden, center is last year's new kidney-shaped garden, and in the background the shade garden.

The progression of creeping jenny along the front walk.

July Photographs!

A combination of lilies and yarrow. If you don't look at any others, look at this one.

One of my baby's breath. This one measures 4 feet in diameter. It's easy to fill up a garden when plants grow this well.

Gaillardia (blanket flower).

My hanging basket. This was a new (unplanned) addition to the shade garden this year.

Fata Morgana, new this year, my first double lilies.

Yard view from the shade end of the kidney-shaped garden, looking north towards the house.

A view of the rock garden with campanula in bloom.

August Photographs!

In the foreground is liatris with purple coneflower behind.

A picture of obedient plant. Orange lilies grow in the background.

A picture of the sun garden.

An individual picture of ligularia (elephant ears). This is its second year.

Also in its second year is hydrangea paniculata 'pink diamond' .

What's Blooming Now!

April 24 - violets, wall cress.

May 1 - violets, wall cress. NEW: primroses, moss phlox, pulmonaria.
May 8 - No change.
May 15 - violets, wall cress, primroses, moss phlox, pulmonaria. NEW: periwinkle, forget-me-nots, chives, lily-of-the-valley, cypress spurge, pulmonaria.
May 22 - wall cress, primroses, moss phlox, pulmonaria, periwinkle, forget-me-nots, chives, lily-of-the-valley, cypress spurge. NEW: flax
May 29 - moss phlox, pulmonaria, periwinkle, forget-me-nots, chives, lily-of-the-valley, cypress spurge, flax NEW: rock soapwort, thrift, ajuga, pussytoes.

June 5 - moss phlox, pulmonaria, periwinkle, forget-me-nots, chives, lily-of-the-valley, cypress spurge, flax, rock soapwort, thrift, ajuga, pussytoes. NEW: lamium, dame's rocket, sedum yellow acre, painted daisies, lady's mantle, columbine, irish moss, Stella D'oro daylilies.
June 12 - moss phlox, pulmonaria, periwinkle, forget-me-nots, chives, flax, rock soapwort, thrift, ajuga, pussytoes, lamium, dame's rocket, sedum yellow acre, painted daisies, lady's mantle, columbine, irish moss, Stella D'oro daylilies. NEW: Jacob's ladder, bishop's weed, honeysuckle vine.
June 19 - flax, thrift, ajuga, pussytoes, lamium, dame's rocket, sedum yellow acre, painted daisies, lady's mantle, columbine, irish moss, Stella D'oro daylilies, Jacob's ladder, bishop's weed, honeysuckle vine. NEW: daisies, helianthus, lychnis, penstemon, sundrops, yarrow, lilies (orange), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, meadowsweet.
June 26 - flax, thrift, sedum yellow acre, painted daisies, lady's mantle, columbine, irish moss, Stella D'oro daylilies, Jacob's ladder, bishop's weed, honeysuckle vine, daisies, helianthus, lychnis, penstemon, sundrops, yarrow, lilies (orange), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, meadowsweet. NEW: hosta, veronica, campanula, creeping jenny.

July 3 & 10 - I don't know! We were on vacation! We took a driving trip: Minneapolis / Michigan City / Toronto / Hamilton (Niagara Falls) / and back. I can't believe how many weeds decided they could move in during my absence.
July 17 - Anyhow, from my last listing, these are the flowers that are still in bloom: flax, lady's mantle, columbine, Stella D'oro daylilies, honeysuckle vine, daisies, helianthus, lychnis, sundrops, yarrow, lilies (orange), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, hosta, veronica, campanula, creeping jenny. NEW: lilies (all other colours), gaillardia, bellflower, lavender, German statice, purple coneflower, phlox.
July 24 - flax, lady's mantle, columbine, Stella D'oro daylilies, honeysuckle vine, daisies, helianthus, lychnis, yarrow, lilies (various), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, hosta, veronica, campanula, creeping jenny, gaillardia, bellflower, lavender, German statice, purple coneflower, phlox. NEW: liatris, ligularia, monkshood, clematis, obedient plant.
July 31 - flax, lady's mantle, honeysuckle vine, daisies, helianthus, lychnis, yarrow, lilies (various), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, hosta, campanula, gaillardia, bellflower, lavender, German statice, purple coneflower, phlox, liatris, ligularia, monkshood, clematis, obedient plant. NEW: sea lavender, potentilla, daylilies.

August 7 - flax, lady's mantle, honeysuckle vine, helianthus, lychnis, yarrow, lilies (various), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, hosta, campanula, gaillardia, lavender, German statice, purple coneflower, phlox, liatris, ligularia, monkshood, clematis, obedient plant, sea lavender, potentilla, daylilies. NEW: nothing.
August 14 - flax, lady's mantle, honeysuckle vine, helianthus, lychnis, yarrow, lilies (only a yellow variety left), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, hosta, campanula, gaillardia, lavender, German statice, purple coneflower, phlox, liatris, ligularia, monkshood, clematis, obedient plant, sea lavender, potentilla, daylilies. NEW: nothing.
August 19 - my 41st birthday (I mean, does anybody REALLY read this?)
August 21 - flax, lady's mantle, honeysuckle vine, helianthus, yarrow, lilies (only a yellow variety left), matricaria, edelweiss, baby's breath, hosta, campanula, gaillardia, lavender, German statice, purple coneflower, phlox, liatris, ligularia, monkshood, clematis, obedient plant, sea lavender, potentilla, daylilies. NEW: pearly everlasting, hydrangia, water hyacinths.
August 28 - flax, helianthus, yarrow, edelweiss, campanula, gaillardia, lavender, purple coneflower, phlox, liatris, clematis, sea lavender, potentilla, pearly everlasting, hydrangia, water hyacinths. NEW: black dragon lily.
September 4 - flax, helianthus, yarrow, edelweiss, campanula, gaillardia, lavender, purple coneflower, clematis, sea lavender, pearly everlasting, hydrangia, water hyacinths, black dragon lily. NEW: nothing.
September 11 - yarrow, campanula, purple coneflower, clematis, sea lavender, pearly everlasting, hydrangia, water hyacinths, black dragon lily. NEW: sedum autumn joy.
September 18 - yarrow, campanula, purple coneflower, sea lavender, hydrangia, sedum autumn joy.
September 25 to October 30- sedum autumn joy.

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