Completely satisfied Friday! We’re ending the week in Mill Creek, Washington (Zone 8b), with one other go to to Lila’s backyard. We final heard from Lila in August, when she shared the progress of her ‘Glowing Burgundy’ pineapple lily and celebrated her sixtieth marriage ceremony anniversary along with her husband, Dave. As we speak she’s again with a have a look at her October backyard.
We’ve been in our dwelling and yard north of Seattle for nearly 30 years, so we’ve been gardening a very long time!
Like us, our backyard has advanced through the years, though my husband prefers “neat and tidy” crops, and my style is a little more wild. I like child’s tears floor cowl (Soleirolia soleirolii, Zones 9–11) rambling over stones and across the fountain; Dave doesn’t find it irresistible as a lot. We do “battle” over the place it ought to wander.
We’ve got a really oddly formed backyard, bigger than most in our cul-de-sac group, however we profit from many various areas: shady and fertile, sunny with hardpan, and half solar/half shade with first rate soil.
We attempt to entice birds with our plantings, though we solely have hummingbird feeders in our backyard. We even have shelter, water options, tall timber, and plenty of perennials and summer season annuals.
We each love having our backyard trying pretty. October is a superb time for our hardy fuchsias (Fuchsia cvs., Zones 7–10), so I’ve included images of them. This has been a heat autumn, and we nonetheless have a daily fuchsia basket in full bloom.
This hardy fuchsia doesn’t obtain sufficient daylight however one way or the other provides us enjoyable October blossoms. It’s surrounded by hostas (Hosta cvs., Zones 3–9) and a laceleaf Japanese maple (Acer palmatum var. dissectum, Zones 5–8) and grows underneath a number of timber not proven right here.
Hardy fuchsia in October
Blue sky in October! ‘Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry’ Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ‘Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry’, Zones 6–9) flanked by western crimson cedars (Thuja plicata, Zones 5–8) and vine maple (Acer circinatum, Zones 5–9).
Simply a part of our October backyard
Thanks, Lila, for sharing one other have a look at your lovely backyard with us! I like that in spite of everything these years, you and Dave are nonetheless debating the place the child’s tears ought to develop.
Have an exquisite weekend, GPOD!
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