The White House

The White House

Monday, September 9, 2013

A Flower Post

August 19....

On Sunday while we were driving back Homer hauled a bunch more fill. We've added 3200 yards to that hole and really increased our usable property. 


I went around and took some photos of the flowers. I should have slowed down and done a better job as many were blurry. I didn't know that in just a couple days we would have a frost hard enough to kill everything and we haven't had one since. Normally, I would have been able to enjoy my flowers another month, but not this year.

Zinnias....

Double Petunias....

The coolest Celosia.... it looks like a feather....


I had some really pretty Dahlia's this year....




Under the mushroom is where the moose already ate.... she wiped out the rest of it a few days later then what remained froze.

Emily's showing how tall my strawflowers were. The moose ate them before I got them picked.

You can see here the two spots where the moose stood to drink out of the pool.



I have an idea for finishing the water fall.... cementing rock to another piece of liner and then draping it over. Same idea as tile, but cheaper.

Ug! Never did finish the bank although I did pack a few rocks there today. Maybe the kids and I need to take a drive after school one of these days for a few more.

Celosia....


My hanging baskets did really well this year, but obviously I haven't figured out how they get them to hang five feet down. We bought bigger baskets this year. The extra root room did have better results, but not what I was looking for.


The Dusty Miller finally grew and is still going strong. Maybe the pansies crowded it too much or it didn't like the heat.

My yard had entirely too much pink this year, no red, not enough yellow and only a couple white flowers. Definitely giving flower selection more thought this winter.

I really like the Swizzle Zinnia.

These were our favorite Impatiens of all the kinds I've grown over the years.
August 20....
Picked a few things from the greenhouse....

4 comments:

Nancy J said...

Your garden thrives, in such a short summer, all that glorious colour, love the zinnias, and the baskets along the fence line, guess the moose needs to have a share in your place too!! Greetings to all, Jean.

Anonymous said...

Your flowers look beautiful! Thanks for sharing pictures of them. You have the most amazing yard even if it's not all finished yet.
Celeste

FlowerLady Lorraine said...

Gayle ~ You and your gardens are awesome. All of the work that you do for a few short months of beauty is amazing. You did a GREAT job and have inspired me to keep working in my own gardens.

FlowerLady

Arizaphale said...

Oh for fS!!! You are planting and growing things in the most harsh of environments. Give your selves a break...? Find a common ground..You are awesome..