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strawberrykaren

strawberrykaren's Frontyard garden

Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Combination

The front yard garden is partially shaded by a gangly cherry tree. Many of the flowers are purple and violet, with other colors thrown in as accents.

Plantings

  • azalea

    azalea

    Rhododendron

    The previous owners of our home were apparently...

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  • Miss Kim lilac

    Miss Kim lilac

    Syringa patula

    My grandmother declared that she would be at my...

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  • Abelia

    Abelia

    Abelia x grandiflora

    When two of the previous owners' azaleas died o...

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  • Endless Summer hydrangea

    Endless Summer hydrangea

    Hydrangea macrophylla

    I had a large empty space, and something made m...

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  • Rose of Sharon

    Rose of Sharon

    Hibiscus syriacus

    Even though my father was allergic to hibiscus,...

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  • Allium

    Allium

    I like the idea of growing ornamental onions, a...

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  • Geraniums

    Geraniums

    Geranium

    Some online research suggested growing cranesbi...

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  • Betty Prior

    Betty Prior

    Rosa

    I bought two of these on a sunny day from the s...

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  • Climbing Rose

    Climbing Rose

    Rosa

    I dug up a "Blaze Improved" climbing rose to gi...

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  • Three Zunis

    Three Zunis

    Lagerstroemia

    Nora invited us northwards for the big crepe my...

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  • Pincushion Flowers

    Pincushion Flowers

    Scabiosa columbaria

    This was another purchase suggested by online r...

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  • Coneflower Hedge

    Coneflower Hedge

    Echinacea purpurea

    It started with just two or three coneflower pl...

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  • Creeping Thyme

    Creeping Thyme

    Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus

    There's one spot in the garden by a corner in t...

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  • Catmint

    Catmint

    Nepeta cataria

    Picked up on the recommendation of an online se...

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  • Veronica

    Veronica

    Veronica spicata

    I had a hard time finding plants that dealt wel...

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  • Knock Outs

    Knock Outs

    Rosa

    This was my first experience with own-root mail...

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  • May Night

    May Night

    Salvia x sylvestris

    These salvias form a short border between secti...

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  • Pink Ladies

    Pink Ladies AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Oenothera speciosa

    I planted these years ago, not heeding the warn...

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  • Irises

    Irises

    Iris

    These white Siberian irises with purple edges w...

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  • Sedum

    Sedum

    Sedum

    Since I was trying xeriscaping, I thought I'd t...

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  • Bee Balm

    Bee Balm

    Monarda didyma

    Since I'd read that these do well in full sun, ...

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  • Russian sage

    Russian sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia

    There are two Russian sage plants in the garden...

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  • Tulips

    Tulips

    Tulipa

    Several varieties of tulips have been coming ba...

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  • Daffodils

    Daffodils

    Narcissus

    My parents used to have a few daffodils planted...

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