Joyful Monday GPODers!
We have now a really particular week lined up on the weblog due to Anne Eshelman from Ponte Vedra Seaside, Florida. This February we had been launched to the brand new backyard Anne inbuilt Florida after shifting from the vastly in another way local weather of Michigan a few years in the past (Take a look at that submission right here: Flowers From Anne’s New Florida Backyard). Nonetheless, including to and sustaining the plantings round her new house will not be the one manner she will get concerned in gardening recently, she can be president of her native backyard membership. As president she helps organize their Secret Backyard Tour, and has very generously shared with us images from all 5 gardens featured on the tour this previous spring. So this week Backyard Picture of the Day is staying stationed within the Sunshine State, exploring a brand new “secret” backyard from this tour every day. Right here’s what Anne has to say in regards to the tour, and the primary backyard we’ll be exploring as we speak:
I like Fantastic Gardening! I wished to share our Secret Backyard Tour, which is the premier occasion of our Backyard Membership in Ponte Vedra Seaside, Florida, Zone 9B. We visited 5 distinctive gardens in our neighborhood, that weren’t seen from the road, ending with a backyard lunch. And the proceeds from the occasion benefited a neighborhood faculty scholarship fund.
Teresa Romero’s rear backyard is serene and peaceable, with stately bushes, and grass main all the way down to a quiet lagoon. It was designed in tribute to the Grasp’s golf match, with azaleas, which had already completed blooming. Discover the blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata, Zones 9–11) and crimson Hawaiian ti plant (Cordyline fruticosa, Zones 10–11).
Teresa has created a lush border backyard across the lagoon on the finish of her property. Noticed palmetto (Serenoa repens, Zones 8–11) brings its tropical texture with followers of spiky foliage.
The extreme warmth and solar in Florida makes shade a valuable commodity, and many mature palms and different bushes on the property make it a shady oasis.
Extra fabulous foliage brings colour to Teresa’s backyard. This seems to be to be some pink-flowering Chinese language fringe-flower (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum, Zones 7–9), which produces vibrant pink flowers in spring. If so, it have to be a radiant companion to the blue plumbago and Hawaiian ti plant poking out from behind.
Towering palm bushes add their unbelievable tropical foliage and loads of shade to this backyard, however the fascinating patterns and colours of palm tree bark usually will get ignored. The bark of some palms can appear like scales, however I like the cool grey tones which might be highlighted right here.
These bushes usually are not solely fascinating shade-producers, additionally they create a shocking wall of privateness behind Teresa’s pool. Whether or not she’s absorbing some solar or lounging within the shade, Teresa is in her personal personal oasis.
One ultimate view of the colourful blue plumbago and ti vegetation trying dazzling within the dappled shade. Teresa’s backyard is a relaxed retreat, however it isn’t missing in colour or curiosity. What a unbelievable introduction to this tropical tour!
Have you ever loved any backyard excursions this yr? I do know many loyal GPODers are additionally loyal members of a neighborhood backyard membership, and we’d love to listen to about and see extra of the gardens that get featured on these very particular excursions. When you’ve opened your backyard to a tour or visited some distinctive neighborhood gardens this yr, please contemplate sharing some images with Backyard Picture of the Day. Observe the instructions beneath to submit images through electronic mail, or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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