Canada Day Garden Shots

you have such a beautiful collection of flowers! Have you ever shown us a wide-angel shot of your yard?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Hmmm, I thought I had. It is a small lot, but I try to use as much of it as I can. I’ll try to get another few shots that show more of the limited space we have.

-- jroot

I especially love the shrub rose. The others are beautiful too. Did you bbq?
Everyone: Happy Canada Day! Hope you are having fun!
Our American friends: Have a wonderful 4th of July! Hope you celebrate it well!

Great shots, jroot. It’s sad to see the magnificent peonys on their last hurrah….....But more blooms ahead. I really like the pink poppy, the one I have has a purplish hue to it and it’s not my favorite colour. All the roses are great right now, aren’t they?

Any of your blooms could be framed, they’re so pretty.

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

Very very pretty!

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

Love your flowers Jroot.Like Debbie I would like to see them on a wide angle shot too.Love to see the whole picture. :-)

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

I came home from a wonderful day celebrating July 4th with my extended family at my sister’s 40th anniversary. The sun was low, and the temperature was marvellous, so I grabbed my camera and took some wider shots, as requested.

We sold the big house, and now are in a smaller subdivision overlooking the Eramosa River. Being a smaller subdivision, the homes are much closer together, and also being on a somewhat steep incline, use of space here is much more challenging. At any rate, we try to work with Mother Nature.

View from the road

Approaching the house

View from the front walk

View from the front porch

Heading down the stairs to the back garden

Approaching the lower patio

The lower patio & fireplace

The lower garden

The lower garden

The lower garden from the path from the river

Lower garden from the witchhazel. The GRCA dictates that there can be no building here, and that this area of the property should remain “natural”. I call this my “wild garden”, planting it with mainly native plants as thick as they can stand.

The back garden from the neighbour’s lower patio

More dahlias

more dahlias

Orange Lily

-- jroot

Has any one had experience with Persicaria Polymorpha? There was an interesting article in the Toronto Star today about it. From what I can see, it is non invasive, and will grow in almost any soil, preferring sun or part sun. In spite of my fears that it may be like its relative, Japanese Knotwood, the claims are that it is not so, although it does take up plenty of room. I was thinking that it might be rather impressive in the lower wild garden, behind the peonies near the old pump. It needs something to add punch to the lower garden in mid summer.

Any thoughts?

-- jroot

wow, beautiful plants, gardens and a stunning home.

-- Toronto, Ontario

Jroot

Your pic are lovely

I got a new digi 3 weeks ago and haven’t taken it out of the box til moments ago. Not sure just what to do to get it going for use. So I am missing all my flowers in blom so far

But I hope I get some pic as nice as yours

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Thank you very much for your kind words, Bunting.

I look forward to seeing YOUR photos.

-- jroot

Your photos don’t disappoint, jroot. A lovely and very interesting garden. A surprise around every corner, I feel drawn to explore and peek into and behind everything I see. Lovely, very lovely. Thanks so much for sharing with us. :-) The dahlias are beginning their special show.

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

Beautiful yard Jroot.One to be really proud of and a real showpiece.So much variety and color.I love it.I didn’t spot your beautiful Brugs.

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

lovely house and you sure are using all the space to garden, terrific, Polymorpha is a wonderful plant and not invasive but it does get huge, 5 feet high and as much wide, its glorious in bloom and smelle like dark honey….easy to reproduce through cuttings…..here is mine in its second year :

here it is as I planted it last year, july 03rd 2008:

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

Thank you Mario for your recommendation of Persicaria Polymorpha, and for including your photos. I really appreciate it. I think I have just the spot for it, beside the old pump in the lower garden.

Bon, the brugs should be out either tonight or tomorrow, weather permitting. I’ll include a shot of them when they grace us with their presence. ;)

-- jroot