Comfortable Monday GPODers!
We’re beginning the week off with a colourful backyard transformation in Northridge, California. Terry Sanders shared her flower-filled backyard in SoCal earlier this yr (Terry’s California Backyard), however at present we’re a selected backyard venture that was accomplished this summer season.
Terry had an ideal spot subsequent to her pool shed for a wonderful container backyard, however the area wanted a revamp to match her apparent love for coloration.
Nice bones, however not a lot else. The tiered shelf is a container gardeners dream, a brilliant blue pergola brings some wanted shade and a phenomenal pop of coloration, and huge containers of woody vegetation make for a fantastic basis. Nevertheless, the impartial coloration scheme and minimalist design isn’t bringing a lot curiosity or persona to this nook of the backyard.
Significantly for a gardener who embraces whimsy and brilliant, enjoyable colours. Terry’s first step was taking the pool shed itself from a bland, beige backdrop to a colourful cottage with year-round flower energy.
As soon as the pool shed was adorned with character and coloration, the encircling gardens got here collectively. Terry’s assortment of containers and additions of painted tiles and mosaics collided to create an area that appears lush, despite the fact that it’s all surrounded by concrete.
Now the tiered shelf is the right spot for Terry’s cool cacti assortment, turning into a cohesive a part of a nook filled with curiosity reasonably than lone plantings that aren’t linked to the remainder of her backyard.
After all, it’s not simply cacti. Different containers carry much more coloration with ‘Superbissima’ combine painted tongue (Salpiglossis sinuata ‘Superbissima’, annual), in addition to dahlias and Dutch irises (Iris hollandica ‘Apollo’, Zones 6–9) planted within the little beds across the blue pergola.
Painted tiles gave plain pots some added curiosity, and a second door on the pool shed obtained coated an unimaginable faux-stained glass impact. I really like Terry’s maximalist design, mixing and matching brilliant colours and various patterns.
The added bonus of a container backyard is that the pots will be assertion items by themselves. Whether or not it’s a brilliant, stunning coloration just like the turquoise blue on the best, or one thing with plenty of fascinating element just like the pink and inexperienced mosaic on the best.
An area completely reworked! Scroll again to the highest of the put up to get a reminder of what this started as, and the magic that Terry has been in a position to create.
A more in-depth take a look at the unimaginable painted tiles used to rework a as soon as primary trough-style planter. It took me a few glances earlier than I observed that Terry masterfully matched among the tiles with the coreopsis—I imagine the variability Large Bang™ Redshift coreopsis (Coreopsis x ‘Redshift’, Zones 5–9)—she planted inside.
Thanks a lot for sharing this unimaginable backyard venture with us, Terry! Whereas I might go on for ages concerning the pleasure and enjoyable you added to the area, the earlier than and after actually speaks for itself.
Should you’ve accomplished any backyard initiatives like Terry has this summer season, we’d like to see what you created (even in the event you forgot to take earlier than footage, like I at all times do). Observe the instructions under to submit your pictures.
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Gilmour 811673-1001 Sprinkler
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