June 25, 2015

Front Yard In June

The front yard garden in June is looking green and lush.  

Gone are the tulips and creeping phlox of May.  

Instead we are playing a waiting game until the next rounds of perennials start to bloom.



Thankfully the lady's mantel starts to bloom to add a contrasting green color to the mix.

But my love this time of year is the snow on the mountain that I have mass planted under the tree.  It's taken a couple years for it to fill in the area I wanted to cover but now it's looking amazing.


To me, it steals the show this time of year.



Always a big fan of this tough little plant I was first drawn to it by it's variegated leaves and how bright it made a shade spot look in my mothers garden.  

Then I started growing some of my own and soon discovered just how fabulous it really is.

They come up early in spring, have a great spreading habit, and quickly cover up the bare ground.  
The best thing about this plant is their ability to take a trampling my kids and dog.  They spring back within a day or two.  
Also, come early August when everything here in Minnesota is looking a little crispy a simple haircut with make them bounce right back.




They even get these sweet little flowers on them that remind me so much of Queen Anne's Lace (the weed that grows crazy along our roadways-which I have a habit of picking every year then running off like I did something wrong)



How about you?

Which show stopper in your garden is giving you joy today?

Robin

9 comments:

  1. Mine is the roses and Lady Mantle at the moment Robin. Your front garden is beautiful!!!! Everything looks so lush. I love how your snow on the mountain has filled the whole space under the tree. Just lovely.
    sending hugs...

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  2. Mine is the roses and Lady Mantle at the moment Robin. Your front garden is beautiful!!!! Everything looks so lush. I love how your snow on the mountain has filled the whole space under the tree. Just lovely.
    sending hugs...

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  3. I really like your front yard set up. Very nice!!
    As for me, I have Loosestrife blooming. Mine is yellow and adds a nice pop of color to the yard. http://decoratedchaos.blogspot.com/2015/06/whats-growing-in-my-garden-yellow.html

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  4. What a beautiful lawn! My favorite plant right now is my Sweet Potato Vine in a container on our back porch. It's a vibrant bright green and grows quickly. This is the first time I've planted it and I've have been extremely pleased!

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  5. Your front gardens are so lovely, Robin! I love the snow in summer under the beautiful tree! I had to laugh over you picking the Queen Ann's lace and then running off :) Right now I am loving my hydrangea's. They are putting on a good show this year. xo Karen

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  6. Your yard looks so beautiful, Robin! I'm kind of redoing things around here so it's not really a pretty sight! All of my incrediball hydrangeas are just starting to bloom though, which makes me pretty happy! :)

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  7. You have A lovely graden and so neat (just like inside your house,) enjoy it!!

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  8. So beautiful! I'm wondering if the snow on the mountain tends to spread to other parts of the yard or does it stay where you planted it?

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  9. Beautiful, Robin! You have a gorgeous yard! The rain has really made things lush this year. I love snow on the mountain, too...we have it as a border at the lake. Right now my Asiatic lilies are the star of my garden.

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