May was a great month for the garden! I spent a lot of time out there and am pleased that it looks as good as it does. It has rained quite a bit and everything is extremely green! I stepped back for some of these photos so you can see the design of the garden more instead of focusing so much on individual flowers. I hope you enjoy taking a tour of the garden, I wish you all could see it in person because the pictures just don’t do it justice. It is like a garden of paradise out there, with so many birds and animals, flowers and fruit, I am truly one lucky gardener!
Click on a thumbnail to see the full resolution photo…they are worth the click!
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- Baptisia australis – blue false indigo Missouri drought tolerant Native perennial in bloom
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- Bearded Iris ‘Batik’
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- Mostly Native Shade Garden with formal planter of Begonia under Amur Maple
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- Orange Begonia and White Caladium in formal planter with Native Honeysuckle Arbor
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- Immature Thornless Upright Blackberry fruit
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- Borage and Cucumber trellis
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- my first harvest of strawberries this year
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- nepeta ‘walkers low’ catmint in bloom on hill garden
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- Friendly Chipmunk on wall
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- 2011 cicada netting (and deer fence protection) on cherry tree
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- Common Thyme in flower
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- Edible landscaping in the courtyard with tomato trellis, strawberries, a new cherry tree and peppers
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- Creeping Jenny groundcover and an arrangements of planters greet visitors
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- linden viburnim – viburnum dilatatum ‘erie’ flower
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- Baptisia australis – blue false indigo flower close up
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- Formal Vegetable Garden Entrance Arbor with Native Honeysuckle
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- Formal Sustainable Garden
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- Foxtail Lillies in bloom in raised veggie bed with bean trellis and deer fence
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- front entry courtyard landscaping with trellised ivy, edible planters, creeping jenny and new pavers
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- Garden View towards house with organic lawn
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- My future Steuben grape harvest currently as small blooms on 2 year old vine
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- drought tolerant garden with Nepeta, Baptisia, Oenothera and Amsonia
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- 2 year old trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens climbing over wall
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- Edibles in containers – Hazelnut, Raspberry, Blackberry
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- Cornus kousa dogwood in bloom by dry flagstone patio
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- lonicera sempervirens flower – trumpet honeysuckle in bloom
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- mockorange Philadelphus ‘Innocence’ is pretty but only slightly fragrant for me
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- Native Pink Honeysuckle macro
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- Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Seward’ SUMMER WINE in bloom – ninebark
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- overwintering berries in outdoor pots and containers has worked for me
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- raspberry blooms
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- Serviceberry with fruit and raspberries in containers
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- I sewed my cicada nets outside in the garden, and the rabbit was curious, but late for a very important date
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- Adding color to the shade garden this planter of orange begonia and white caladium really creates a focal point
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- Gardening is happiness
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- siberian Iris ‘Caesar’s Brother’ can be overwintered outside in pots in zone 6
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- Siberian Iris ‘Caesar’s Brother’
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- Growing strawberries using organic methods year 2
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- Strawberry planter which is actually a planter, with a copper firepit on top, and then another planter
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- Sustainable Garden Patio with fruit trees, bird feeders and edible planters
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- Garden view through native honeysuckle arbor to Amur Maple
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- 2 year old trumpet honeysuckle lonicera semperviens climbing up wall in full sun
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- the trumpet honeysuckle is the exact same color as the brick on the house
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- Concord Barberry in planters on wall
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- Missouri Native white evening primrose – Oenothera speciosa
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- wrought iron garden arbor trellis
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- Zen in the Shade
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