mondomuse's Backyard garden

Garden Type: Backyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Sand I'm Organic!

My summer backyard in 2007 on a 40′ × 120′ beach lot in Venice, California. Updating the garden now with some new plantings; can’t wait to plant more bamboo.There is a wooden fence separating the patio area from the lawn and herb garden that features Mandeville and variegated Bower vines. Perennials, succulents and herbs abound in containers and in the ground. Plants include salvia, buddleia, penta, aeonium, nemesia, angelonia, alyssum, penstemon, lantana, lavender, catnip, red lobelia ‘compliment’, lemon verbena, rosemary, bougainvillea, delphinium and columbine. Trees include liquid amber, avocado & ornamental plum.

There is a cool picnic area under the stately avocado. Surprising amount of wildlife including various birds & hummers, butterflies & bees of various sorts, possums, squirrels, cats & dogs and even raccoons on occasion, all within this urban beach community in Los Angeles. Japanese globe lamps and wind chimes hang from the avocado tree with some tiki torches along the fence. A misting system is hidden along top of the fence to cool the garden and provide moisture for the tropical plants – the Mandeville vine “Alice du pont” loves the mist.

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Plantings

Yellow Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus

Transplanted on 11 Aug 08 Golden yellow cosmos planted to accent our herb...
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Blue & White Columbine

Aquilegia caerulea

Transplanted on 21 May 08 Simply _cannot_ have a Spring garden without Co...
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Delphinium grandiflorum

Delphinium grandiflorum

Transplanted on 21 May 08 I must be rebelling against the transition to a...
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Dwarf Penstamon

Penstemon gloxinoides

Transplanted on 21 May 08 I love the look of this dwarf hybrid Penstemon,...
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Passion Flower 'Incense'

Passiflora incarnata

Transplanted on 24 Jul 07 An somewhat common variety of passion flower.Ge...
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Penstemon 'Barbatus Navigator'

Penstemon gloxinoides

Sown on 10 Jul 07
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Golden Butterfly Bush

Buddleja davidii

Transplanted on 01 Jun 07 This is the first Buddleia that I've grown, pla...
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Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Transplanted in 1991 An easy to grow, drought tolerant fragrant vine...
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Blue Plumbago

Plumbago auriculata

Established in 1991 I have three of these native South African shru...
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Cecile Brunner climbing rose

Rosa

Transplanted in 1991 An old world rambling rose along a west facing ...
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Oceanblue Morning Glory

Ipomoea indica

Transplanted in 1991 One of the first things I planted when I moved ...
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Arabian Jasmine

Jasminum sambac

This Jasmine is rather slow growing but the fra...
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Avocado

Persea americana

The oldest living specimen in my garden (with t...
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Woolly Blue Curls

Trichostema lanatum

Detailed shot of a Woolly Blue Curls. This Cali...
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Egyptian Star Cluster Pentum

Pentas lanceolata
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Comments

Herb wrote:
I love what you’ve done with this garden mondomuse! Actually, when I first saw this pic I thought it was of my front drive! The blue gazing ball tops it off nicely. In my front drive, I have a new tree stump the same height. I’d love to see the rest of your plants in this garden…or even some of your visitors. I’ve been trying to get a shot of the humming bird-like eastern spinebill that visits every day.

Posted on 24 Sep 07 (over 2 years ago)
Aussiegall wrote:
wow, now thats my type of garden. The mix of colours and plants is awesome.I agree with Herb the blue ball rocks.

Posted on 26 Sep 07 (over 2 years ago)
mondomuse wrote:
Hey Aussiegall, thanks for stopping by and having a gander. My friend Sheela suggested I move that gazing ball to it’s current location in front of my herb garden. I purchased these cool solar floodlights that are aimed up at the ball, and at night it is illuminated with a soft glow, and the reflection of the floods on the metallic surface… looks like cat’s eyes. How cool is that.

Posted on 26 Sep 07 (over 2 years ago)
frilledlizard07 wrote:
Wow I love your backyard garden, it really is full of colour & as with the other comments the blue ball caps it for me, brilliant.

Posted on 09 Oct 07 (over 2 years ago)