tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post1893463069126100751..comments2023-09-24T03:59:30.938-07:00Comments on VW Garden: Wide Views of the Front GardenVWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17539135776275337661noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-83299826785593938652012-05-20T22:22:23.009-07:002012-05-20T22:22:23.009-07:00A delight to see your front garden! I remember whe...A delight to see your front garden! I remember when you were just starting to plan the changes and Susan Morrison chimed in with some ideas. Looking good!"Daffodil Planter" Charlotte Germanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892686231029047130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-60295044238902573252012-05-15T12:46:57.270-07:002012-05-15T12:46:57.270-07:00Beautiful! I want to come visit!Beautiful! I want to come visit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-30689832746080149172012-05-15T08:52:54.667-07:002012-05-15T08:52:54.667-07:00Well, my goal isn't to upstage the neighbors. ...Well, my goal isn't to upstage the neighbors. I firmly believe that front yards aren't a competition, because everyone in the neighborhood wins when we keep them up nicely. But people know that I have a hort degree, worked at nurseries, write this blog and obsess about gardening, so I have a higher standard for myself. Does that make sense? So it's nice to finally have something pleasing happening in the front yard.VWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539135776275337661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-13364555496064010652012-05-15T06:23:35.943-07:002012-05-15T06:23:35.943-07:00Always fun to "stroll" through your gard...Always fun to "stroll" through your garden!Kathy’s Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466506283603232727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-58754164434041604172012-05-15T04:07:48.525-07:002012-05-15T04:07:48.525-07:00So beautiful and so manicured! I adore creeping p...So beautiful and so manicured! I adore creeping phlox, mine is the bright pink....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061146166736270529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-45464427568508784452012-05-14T22:12:22.615-07:002012-05-14T22:12:22.615-07:00Really VW, it's looking very lovely, I'm w...Really VW, it's looking very lovely, I'm with the above posters that you're already putting your neighbor's yard to shame :) Too bad about the Kwanzan cherry tree's they are one of my favorites but I've had little luck with them and I don't have quite the temperature extremes that you do! Tete a tete daffodils are proving to be a new favorite of mine too; very prolific and hardly things! Cheers, JenniRainy Day Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139202327960366363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-4052512603356338702012-05-14T20:09:01.882-07:002012-05-14T20:09:01.882-07:00I sure wish my front yard was as bad as that. I ha...I sure wish my front yard was as bad as that. I haven't gotten it trimmed up and in line. Maybe I need to tell it how embarrassed I am when the neighbors look over, and they'll start successively blooming like yours!ignorant gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666406543531437194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-22956371155300542392012-05-14T19:54:21.658-07:002012-05-14T19:54:21.658-07:00Apologize my foot. Everyone's right...your nei...Apologize my foot. Everyone's right...your neighbors are green with envy. Looks fantastic!Vause Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959148030449066021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-34023285552081093862012-05-14T18:17:27.674-07:002012-05-14T18:17:27.674-07:00Your gardens look wonderful. I like the look of y...Your gardens look wonderful. I like the look of your creeping phlox, mine is so ratty looking. Thinking about moving it to a less front and center kind of spot in the garden. I think the porch redo you did a couple years ago is shaping up with wonderful plantings. ...and a cool big rock!Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-28666681047616281612012-05-14T18:06:12.119-07:002012-05-14T18:06:12.119-07:00I know how you feel - I'm always thinking &quo...I know how you feel - I'm always thinking "in a few years this will look great"! haha Your front looks great now, though!!! I bet your neighbors have serious garden envy. And I didn't even notice the mailboxes until you mentioned the - then I had to do a double take, so yes, the tree is doing it's job of camouflage! Very nice gardens.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-65225808253034136782012-05-14T16:12:09.522-07:002012-05-14T16:12:09.522-07:00Freda - I do have Caradonna in the backyard and Ma...Freda - I do have Caradonna in the backyard and May Night in the west bed.<br />Gwirrel - oh, the tale of woe about my cherries! They are hardy to zone 5, which is my zone, but the early/late frosts put stress on them here at the bottom of the valley where the cold air sinks. 3 in the backyard died 2 years ago. They were planted too deeply in clay soil, which cherries hate, I now know. So the ones in front were planted in very well drained soil and watered carefully during the summer. One died one branch at a time - some sort of disease, the nursery said. The other seemed healthy on top, but the trunk looked like a grenade had been let off inside. Deep holes in the bark . . . it was dead but didn't know it yet. It made me feel better to see 2 other established Kwanzans in neighboring yards also died recently. Last winter was extremely hard on all sorts of plants. It kills me each time I go to the mall and see healthy Kwanzans growing in parking strips (!!), but they are up the slope from us. Have you ever noticed how orchards are often planted along hillsides but not at the bottoms? I guess this is why - the temp really does drop enough to be a problem at the bottom of a valley, like at my house. But the dogwoods in the neighborhood seem to be fine, though my other 3 dogwoods didn't bloom much last spring after the hard winter. I should have done this in a post, sorry for the novel!VWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539135776275337661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-23442015588773971072012-05-14T14:37:10.545-07:002012-05-14T14:37:10.545-07:00I love the soft colors in the front view. Don'...I love the soft colors in the front view. Don't you have salvia 'Caradonna' in that west garden? Seems like I remember it from last year?F Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558874651743241988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-68423019599222679162012-05-14T12:56:25.771-07:002012-05-14T12:56:25.771-07:00Hi VW,
Beautiful photos and you're much too h...Hi VW,<br /><br />Beautiful photos and you're much too hard on yourself! I hadn't even noticed the box thingies around the garden! :) (we don't have things like that in the UK)<br />I love seeing the wider shots of your garden and yes I do realise that makes me sound somewhat stalker-ish. But you can sleep easy knowing we're a few thousand miles apart!<br /><br />Sorry to hear about the Cherries; what was wrong with them? Is your zone too harsh for them to survive? I hadn't realised Cherries were relatively tender! <br />Looking forward to seeing the back garden now :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644837848136749892.post-29743042864452115582012-05-14T12:28:12.751-07:002012-05-14T12:28:12.751-07:00Your gardens are lovely and show all the detailed ...Your gardens are lovely and show all the detailed work you've put into them. Let's face it, we are never totally satisfied with our own gardens. Always doing something we think would look just a little bit better. Your trees look great also.<br /><br />Cher <a href="http://sunraygardening.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Sunray Gardens</a>Sunray Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691531921190526219noreply@blogger.com