Poppy Garden #2: The Transformation July 5/09

Wow, you have done a lot of work there, Bon. But with great results. It’s very pretty. I see a very healthy sunflower…..on it’s way to a contest entry. :-) All the flowers are very pretty, but don’t you love those gazinnias. This is the first year that I’ve grown them and they are so intersting, the different colour and colour combinations. Everything is certainly looking good.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Bon: Nice photos. What is the stone creature? It’s name? Why did you choose him?

Pretty colors.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20 http://colorfulcanary.blogspot.com/

Lots of work, indeed. Look how nice and loose that soil looks. Your plants will love it.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A

Thanks for the compliments everyone.Iris that’s not a sunflower near the clematis it’s a love lies bleeding.
Cynthia that creature is one of my gargoyles who protect my place.My mom bought him for me a few years back.Don’t know his name.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

RIP those beautiful poppies!!! Maybe you will be able to transplant them next year when they start appearing.

-- Zone 4a or 4b... depending on where you are standing!

I already transplanted a whole mess of them into my border garden and gave a bunch away.Once they take hold they are like weeds only prettier. (lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Thats alot of work, but a great space you have there,.

-- Gardening is Great Therapy!!.....Georgian Bay area....zone 5b

July 15
I can hardly believe it but this garden hasn’t taken off yet at all.The plants are just not growing in this cold weather.Even the row of lavatera seeds looks to be the same size in height.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Such a lovely garden!! Pretty Gazania’s (quickly becoming a favorite of mine!) and are those Yellow Buttercups I see in the second picture? Haven’t been able to find them for this house … they are really a pretty plant.
Nice job with this bed … can really see all the hard work that was involved.

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" --

Thanks Penny and GramT.Those yellow flowers are Evening Primrose.I just love how bright the yellow is in them and they grow and spread really nice.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Hmmmmmm, might have to look for them then … Evening Primrose … sure are pretty Bon!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" --

I love the color of them too GramT.It is almost a buttercup color.They have been blooming about 3 weeks now.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more