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ideoplast's Frontyard garden

Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Full Shade | Soil: Combination I'm Organic!

2009: Ripped out last of sod and have pennywort planted on both sides of front door. Have thriving miniature pink azalea, bleeding hearts, ferns, dahlia, hydrangea, daisies, sedum and strawberries which we’ve let run wild as ground cover.

We have many different kinds of mint – have actually lost count; just added orange mint (delightful) two weeks ago. Both the mint and hyssop thrive underneath an absolutely sun-deprived spot under one of our fir trees. Hooray.

Also have lovely group of ligularia, violets, columbine and aconite in the shady corner by the front yard. Just added a couple of hardy carnations, a lavender and a handful of chinese lantern shoots imported from Miss Renee’s garden.

Unlike the side yard, the lillies planted in the front (day and Asiatic) are all very happy and not devoured by nasty little beetles.

Provided the groundcover takes, I dare say we’re finished with the front yard (though I would love to fill up the front part of the yard by the fence with daisies … eh, better things to do right now)

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Plantings

  • Groundcover Start

    Groundcover Start

    Sown in May 2008 Moneywort ( unseen, but thriving ) and yellow f...

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  • Summer Daffodil Erlicheer

    Summer Daffodil Erlicheer

    Narcissus

    Sown in 2008 Just planted these bulbs this past spring. Onl...

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  • Daisies

    Daisies

    Bellis perennis

    Sown in 2007 Got as a freebie with a catalog order last year...

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  • Crazy Strawberry

    Crazy Strawberry

    Fragaria x ananassa

    Sown in Jun 2006 Apologize for the photo quality -- weird weathe...

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  • Tiger Lily

    Tiger Lily

    Lilium lancifolium

    Sown in 2006 Have a few of these around the yard -- however ...

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  • Sunny Front Garden

    Sunny Front Garden

    lillies, baby smoke tree, crazy spreading straw...

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  • Mint Party

    Mint Party

    under the tree is a ragin' mint party - spearmi...

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  • Columbine, Ferns, Aconite

    Columbine, Ferns, Aconite

    add'l views of the shady front yard garden. bl...

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    mute_witness wrote:

    You! Photos!!

    Posted on 05 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)

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