Hello GPODers!
It’s not secret that we’re an accepting group right here at Backyard Photograph of the Day. Whether or not your backyard in a small group of containers on a balcony or a expansive panorama with numerous backyard rooms, we’ll sing its praises. Whether or not you need to submit images from a flowery botanical backyard or of a wildflower patch in a state park, we’ll take them and share them. Should you’re definition of gardening is rising a bounty of vegatables and fruits in raised mattress or meticulously sustaining decorative flower borders, we predict your apply is legitimate. So after I acquired a video submission for Backyard Photograph of the Day I mentioned, “Why not?” After I learn the story the Elise Scanlan in Swampscott, Massachusetts supplied with the video, I do know I couldn’t not share:
Your put up earlier this week, Christine’s Award Successful Backyard in Quebec, impressed me to jot down. Christine has created a tremendous house. I used to be particularly impressed with all of the layers she’s created and her wonderful close-up pics!
Unsure when you’ve ever included, or would contemplate together with, a put up with a video however I assumed I give it a shot at submitting for inclusion in an upcoming GPOD put up.
I put collectively this video for my members of the family in 2011 from my backyard in Swampscott, MA. On the time, they had been coping with a kind of dreadful summer time droughts within the Houston space and I felt they may get pleasure from a reminder that each one just isn’t lifeless and dying.
Dad was a passionate gardener and maintained giant fruit and vegetable gardens all through our childhood. Consequently, we had been blessed with a bounty of contemporary produce through the rising season. And what we didn’t eat immediately, Mother would can in order that we may get pleasure from the remaining year-round.
He sadly handed in 2014, however I typically really feel his soul is with me as I spend time in my very own backyard and hope he’s happy with the gardener I’ve turn out to be. I definitely have come to understand how the enjoyment of gardening was such a giant a part of his life.
My efforts over the previous few years have centered on evergreens, perennials and annuals. I really like experimenting with completely different colours, shapes, sizes and textures. As with most gardeners, my house continues to evolve as I be taught what works and what doesn’t round my residence. However a couple of of the plantings featured within the video which have survived and proceed to be my favorites are the hydrangeas, grasses, sedums and candy peas.
I hope you get pleasure from them as nicely!
For people who nonetheless need the everyday really feel of GPOD, Elise did embody one photograph and I took screenshots from the video so as to add some plant IDs and extra commentary.
First, the photograph that Elise shared. Within the midst of winter, a lovely blue bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla, Zones 6–9) bloom is an instantaneous temper booster.
As Elise mentions above, one of many crops she continues rising to today is nice peas (Lathyrus odoratus, Zones 6–9). I’ve been advised that when you have success with these dainty, delicate flowers that you just shortly turn out to be addicted. So no shock that Elise is rising them over a decade later!
One other favourite of Elise’s, sedums are available so many various shapes and varieties which you can by no means tire of them. After all, the sedum genus has developed a variety of the years and lots of crops that had been as soon as labeled as sedums have now been positioned below a unique genus. That is the case for two-row stonecrop (Phedimus spurius, Zones 3–9) pictured above.
Elise additionally included a number of gorgeous combos in her video. Some had been bigger vignettes and different less complicated scenes, like this mild pink rose glistening with water droplets. It’s onerous to inform what the low-growing, purple flowers are beneath, however they praise the rose completely.
I additionally beloved this pairing of purple and white coneflowers. After all, each of those crops are technically purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea, Zones 3–9), however including within the white selection (probably ‘White Swan’) offers this planting extra dimension.
Should you’re a morning particular person, there are few higher methods to begin your day than with some large morning glory blooms. This large blossom seems to be the basic blue selection ‘Heavenly Blue’ (Ipomoea tricolor ‘Heavenly Blue’, annual). Made additional thrilling with the peek of a hydrangea bloom behind.
Lastly, a lovely cascade of candy autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora, Zones 5–11) blooms gave Elise’s Houston family members just a little style of fall in New England.
Thanks a lot for sharing your particular backyard recollections with us, Elise! Whereas backyard images (and movies) are an amazing memento of previous blooms, they’ll additionally symbolize a lot extra and assist us connect with recollections from in and outdoors of the backyard.
I’m weary about opening the flood gates, however, as I discussed within the intro, I need to encourage everybody to undergo Backyard Photograph of the Day in anyway they really feel comfy. When you have a video of you backyard you’d wish to share ship the video and an outline of your backyard to [email protected], or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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