"The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow."
~ Author Unknown
EXBURY AZALEA
DOUBLE HIBISCUS
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ROCK GARDEN
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BEARDED IRIS
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ROCK GARDEN
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HOSTA ~ LADY'S MANTLE
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart')
HOSTA
FADING TRILLIUM
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WILDFLOWER GARDEN
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RHODODENDRON
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HEUCHERA ~ LIGULARIA
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EXBURY AZALEA
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ALLIUM
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BACK GARDEN
(Allium, Ostrich ferns, exbury azalea, hosta, Lady's Mantle, Daylilies)
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Your garden is glorious! Such a beautiful layout. I love your Hosta and Rhododendron collection, and your photography is stellar.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful images. The azaleas are heavenly!
ReplyDeleteRO xxx
Joey -
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks like a magazine shoot! WOW! I'm just stunned by the glory and beauty.
Cameron
That seemed more like a maxi tour. Really great. You do such a super job of first, taking such great photos of your garden, and then the amazing way you display them on your blog. What a talent. Oh, and that is after you created the garden. I am literally awestruck.
ReplyDeleteJoey, the weather might be making the flowers fast forward. But those gorgeous photos will slow down everyone who sees them. Stunning details, and gorgeous layout.
ReplyDeleteThanks, you have made my day.
Jen
Good gravy, grrrl, you have a ton going on in the garden. And you're right--it looks really different from a few weeks ago! Love the Exbury azaleas. SOMEONE hit of the clyx of one of my Jacks (the one I thought was a trillium)--what are plants there for animals? (Oh, wait. They are!) And aren't Ligularia the best? A fun name, cool serrated leaf margins, and nice flowers. W00t!
ReplyDeleteYou have been a very busy girl taking all of those gorgeous pictures. I have never seen a double hibiscus. Your rock garden is wonderful, hostas, ferns ----
ReplyDeleteEileen
I love your (so many) beautiful flower posts.Love the colours.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you type. After pulling all those weeds you must have little nubs for fingers. I know how busy my yard keeps me,you must be going all the time. Beautiful yard and great photos.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with another comment...this looks like a layout for a magazine. Your garden is just magnificent. I can't believe it's real.
ReplyDeleteJoey, I am falling HARD for that lovely rock garden! Only you could make a rock garden look so lush and full... it's a gorgeous plant tapestry.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasure it must be to sit in your garden.
ReplyDeleteAn absolute treat.
A stunning photo of beautiful flowers. Thanks so much for posting these incredible delights of nature.
ReplyDeleteJoey, Your garden is my dream garden~lush and magical. Sigh. gail
ReplyDeleteWelcome Sweet Bay and thank you. It's a much loved old garden, 35 years in the making. Hosta, one of the first perennials I fell in love with, rules along with the awesome color of spring Rhododendron and azaleas, a must for me with spring bulbs and wildflowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks RO ... my spring would not be complete without heavenly azaleas!
Welcome home, Cameron, and big thanks. Isn't May grand! One of the most beautiful months in Michigan.
Gee, thanks Scott. My garden is a labor of love, fun designing and fun photographing.
How lovely, dear Jen! Actually, these gardens are in the back. The front of the house is subtle and quiet.
See, I told you, Monica! Especially this time of year, from morning to night, the garden changes ... luv it! I l adore ligularia and I found myself a new beauty (fell in love with the foliage ... deep purple green resembling ivy leaves) last Sat at the Farmer's Market (Ligularia 'Osiris Fantaisle').
Right on, Eileen. I have been a busy girl with much left to do. As you well know with your lovely garden, a gardener's garden is never done!
Thanks imac ... I can't believe you are kind enough to keep up while on your awesome trip!
I do have little nubs for fingers, Chad :) Thanks.
Aw, thanks Lindalou. You live near and have an open invitation to visit anytime. Enjoying this heatwave? Too hot for me but it beats snow :)
With your keen eye, delighted you approve, Kim! Thank you dear Queen of Companion Plants :) It's hard to believe but when we moved here 35 years ago, American Elms ruled the yard and we had no sun, could barely grow grass on the little hill. Unfortunately, we lost 8 huge elms due to Dutch Elm Disease ... that is when the gardens began.
Thanks Rob ... as sitting in your garden must be! I just left viewing your lovely estate ... my head is still there!
Thank you for visiting and the lovely comment, Flowers.
Whoops, Gail ... ships passing as we both posted! Thanks dear gardening friend. A huge compliment from a Gardening & Photo Queen!
ReplyDeleteWow Joey! I got lost in your fantastic collages! So many beauties in your garden, and you are a great photographer! I am going back to your images...
ReplyDeleteGoodness! I'd be thrilled to have enough to show off for one mosaic! Absolutely stunning. That bearded iris is a knockout!
ReplyDeleteJoey, I wish I could spend hours wandering your gardens. This post will just have to suffice. :o) Beautiful shots and amazing flowers!
ReplyDeleteHello, Tatyana, and thank you ... a lovely compliment since I so admire your photography also.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clare ... I do have lots, don't I! I can't even begin to photograph all that is blooming :) This time of year, after the long winter rest, the garden explodes!
Hi Krista. That is so sweet ... thanks, my iguana friend :)
Tomorrow I plant to do my May flowers post, following in your footsteps here. On the days when I look at the garden, and think, so much needs doing, we'll never get anywhere - then I look back on the digital history and cheer up again.
ReplyDeleteHi Joey, what a joy to see your flower photos! Your garden looks gorgeous and your photography is amazing!! The azaleas and rhododendron...wow!
ReplyDeleteHave a great gardening week!!
Kanak
Are all these your flowers and in bloom now? Wow.
ReplyDeleteWe are having some delightful weather here today. I have been out for a brief period and sat in a chair and listened to the birds singing and the mother robin scolding her baby about going there or here. The hummingbird popped in on me and left before I could really get a good look. I find I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat and it feels so good to wake up and realize it is still daylight. Your flowers are beautiful. I have some open but not much variety yet.
Joey your garden speaks of a lush colorful creative garden! What a wonderous connection to nature!So many varities so much color..so many inspiring mosaics! Thank you for taking the time to create,show and share! Have a beautiful day in your glorious garden!
ReplyDeleteWow! Joey what a treat to see so many flowers!! I love the beauty and charm of your garden... the hostas are outstanding! The scene with the chair and sculpture look so idyllic. Lovely!! Your photos as always are just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI had to come over and tell you that I loved your Sacagawea and Katharine Hepburn comment on my question of the week post. Hysterical!
ReplyDeleteSo true of a gardener, Elephant Eye. Are we ever content? I think not ... spring dreams of our garden are autumns wishes for the next spring to correct or simply refine. What you have accomplished is amazing ... it's great fun to visit your garden and see/hear the differentness and sameness of a gardener's joy/lament :)
ReplyDeleteI'm delighted to see you back, Kanak, and thank you. My heart is with yours and your loss. ((Hugs))
I am so honored to hear from you, Abe, after your scary stink in the hospital. Delighted to see you up and about. Yes, this is my garden and I am sending you a bouquet of healing prayers and hugs.
Honored, Naturegirl, by your lovely comment. Wishing you, too, a glorious day in the garden.
Thanks, Carol, for the inspiring visit. Your piece of heaven is also amazing and idyllic.
You are so cute, Lindalou ... I laughed myself but the more I thought of it, couldn't piece two better faces/features/heads/hearts together ... a bit yin/yang and me :)
Dazzling and Gorgeous mosaics! The Beared iris..spectacular!
ReplyDeleteKiki~
I was totally captivated by the sheer beauty of those photographs. Thank you for giving as a tour in your lovely garden.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is wonderful, and your mosaic arrangements are amazing - I agree that they look like garden magazine photo shoots. I have used the Mosaic Maker at Big Huge Labs, but you seem to have found an even better tool - or do you rough it in Photoshop?
ReplyDeleteThanks, dear Kiki ... I love bearded iris!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Rug Repair and thank you for the lovely comment.
Forgive me, Garden Lilly, I have been away and catching up. Thank you for the kind comment ... have never tried Mosaic Maker but find Picasa an easy tool for creating a collage.