A FEW WEEKS AGO, I HAPPENED upon this lovely front yard garden. There was no one around so I didn't get permission to take photos but that has never stopped me and it didn't this time. I've never seen such beautiful clumps of Red Flax.
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| Red Flax Linum grandiflorum var. rubrum |
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I wish the owner would have been there so I could ask how she got these
beauties to grow so well. I've never had much luck. |
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| This looks like German Catchfly or Viscaria oculata also a gorgeous clump. |
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| Other goodies in the garden... |
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| all in this busy, vibrant front garden. |
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| Beside it, was this tree, a Dogwood of some kind, with ladybug-like fruits... |
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| on foliage already celebrating autumn. |
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| Here is another front garden that caught my eye. |
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| How is this for a gorgeous stand of weeping Love-Lies-Bleeding? |
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| It was also growing along the fence. |
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| And here we have a "weeping" stand of Joe Pye, after the rain. |
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Finally, I had to take a photo of this hell strip planted with orange Zinnias.
I'm thinking this might be in celebration of Oregon State University, just a few blocks away.
OSU's colors are orange and black. |
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I got a lot done in the garden this weekend. After all the rain we've had, the soil is easy to work so weeds are getting the heave ho. I hope you all have a wonderful week.
