Category: July 2015

July 2015 – Color and Blooms

Formerly, this area had been taken over by knotweed, bittersweet, multiflora rose, and then ground level invasives. Though we have to remain vigilant about resprouts, which do still emerge from time to time, it’s finally starting to look like an actual garden.

Photo of blooms
Liatris, coreopsis, artemisia, irises, balloon flower.

July 2015 – West Slope

One pathway still exists, to reach the bench overlooking the pond. River birches and willows have grown to the point where it is difficult to walk through them. That’s exactly what we wanted: multiple trunks, thick foliage, more protection.

Photo of bench
Variegated red twig dogwood, right, white pine, left, with Heritage Betula nigras in background
Pine & magnolia
Walking backwards up the path brings into view a magnolia on the right and Juniperus Virginiana on the left