Monday, May 14, 2012

GBBD May in 12

Since I'm having a hard time completing my winter projects and starting (and completing) my spring projects, this will be mainly be a photo-graphical post with few if any labels. If you have a ID question, please leave me a question comment. Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!
Above looking Northeast from front of house. Front/corner Hell Strip.
 
Above: Looking West from east side of House to...
 Looking Northwest. To....
 Looking North. To...
East Hell strip bottom of photo and Corner Hell strip, top of photo.

Three Photos above: Corner Hell Strip-Just Grand!
Looking back.
Where would we be on GBBD without a coneflower.
Or a little blue to cool those oranges.
 Knipofia and Achillea 'Coronation Gold'.

As always to view other peoples blooms from around the world go t to see Carol @May Dream Gardens.

 




25 comments:

  1. Beautiful gardens Greggo! Those hellstrips qualify for a better name as they are just heavenly.

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  2. Your gardens look just beautiful, Greggo! Love the red hot poker, salvia, achillea, and butterfly weed. Truly lovely!

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  3. I love the way you've placed your Mexican feather grass in your hell strips. It must be such a beautiful year round display! Wow, you have yarrow and coneflowers already! Wishing you a Happy GBBD! Cheers, Jenni

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  4. Oh Greggo those first few photographs with the grasse show me just how much Piet Oudolf has inpired your planting schemes........so beautiful.

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  5. "Coronation Gold" yarrow is a crowning glory in your garden... Great photos!

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  6. Your plantings are absolutely beautiful as is your photography! Larry

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  7. Beautiful Greggo! Your garden always inspires me.

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  8. That is an enviable picture of the blue Salvia, if indeed that is what it is. Wordpress gives the ability to show the title of your plant by simply running your cursor over the photo, I think you would appreciate this, I wonder if blogger has this option.

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  9. Your garden is looking so lush and lovely and colorful. I particularly like those grasses in your Hell strip. They add so much texture and fill in so nicely. Happy GBBD!

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  10. It all looks terrific!
    Gotta get me some of that mullein. It's such a pretty plant.
    Happy GBBD!

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  11. Lush and full of exciting stuff. Those verbascums are going to be magnificent. I should say more magnificent -- the leaves already are. Your hell strip really stands out from the rest of the neighborhood!

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  12. Beautiful views! People probably drive by just to see your gorgeous hell strip! Good luck on your projects. I know what you mean about projects that seem to never get completed! :)

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  13. Your hell strip makes me wish ours was wider. In the future I hope to convert our lawn hell strip to a perennial bed but wonder how to keep it looking as if the plants are lined up like soldiers because of the narrow, long dimensions. Yours is inspirational! Happy GBBD, Greggo.

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  14. Your gardens are lovely as usual. Love the oranges and purples on your hell strip. Happy spring and a happy GBBD!

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  15. One heavenly hell strip. It must stop traffic. I love the Salvia photo, too.

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  16. Everything looks so nice and lush there. The color combos are lovely.

    Cher Sunray Gardens

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  17. Your 'hell corner' looks just wonderful. I love the soft grasses, and the blue and orange colour combination too.

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  18. Your garden is beautiful!!! I like the "hell corner" hahaha. Funny.

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  19. Hi Greggo,
    I enjoyed the tour. Your place is looking awesome! I was going to ask what the shaggy grass is, but see that Jenni already named it.

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  20. What a splendid hell strip ! I hope mine looks half as good when it fills in.

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  21. Lovely planting combination Greggo. And that zingy orange is just wonderful.

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  22. Fantastic! Your garden is looking so beautiful. I love the plantings in bloom along the hell stripe. The arbor is just a great addition to it.

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  23. Super-duper. That one shot with yellow, purple, and blue flowers is my favorite. That's also my standard color palatte with a little white mixed in for good measure and a few reds to say 'Look here!'.
    Your garden is looking great, Greggo.
    Davo/ :0)

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  24. I just found your blog. Love your yard and photos.

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  25. OMG. Really-I'm speechless. WOW.
    Just found your blog. So glad I did.

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Thanks for leaving any comments, they are always welcomed. Sorry I had to add word verification as spam was becoming a huge problem. Greggo,