I’ve been browsing through my photos on the external harddrive and come across these photos of the garden in the spring of 2006. It’s amazing how different things look now. These photos were before I got my digital camera. These were transferred by the photo center from film to cds. (click on any picture to enlarge it)
This is the Fountain Bed in a previous life. The urn fountain in the center was the predecessor to the new self contained fountain. Look how pretty my Rhododendrum looks in full bloom with those lovely lavender blossoms.
The Arbor Garden looked pretty good that spring too. I know it’s spring because the grass is green and healthy. The heat of summer hasn’t done it’s damage yet. My Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’ on the right side of the arch is in full flush and looking pretty spectacular.
Here you can see the Woodland Garden minus the Crepe Myrtle. Down to the far right corner you can just make out the white top of the old TV Antenna that was removed this year and made into a trellis. The Daffodil foliage is still green under the Nandinas and the Lirope new growth has just emerged.
The Rose and Border Beds are looking fresh and showing off their late spring flowers. The Yellow Irises, Knockout Roses and Clematis ‘Niobe’ are blooming happily. When you enlarge the photo you can just make out the buds on the Peonies.
The front foundation bed looks fairly young here with the Euonymus ‘Emerald & Gold’ still quite small. They are three times this size now. Oh and I had roses growing on this pair of trellises mounted to the brick wall. They didn’t bloom this year so they will be replaced with something else that is more prolific. Well I hope you enjoyed the trip back in time to my garden of 2006.
