At the time he was building this, full of vim and vision, I doubt he ever realized that as an octogenarian he would have this much display to manage. And so far, he manages. But I hear him mutter on occasion that it is hard to keep up with it.
In any event, this is doubtless one of the premier gardens in the county!
Beauty even to the little bindweed that sneaked in under the foliage.
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That is very nice. A couple of blocks from my work place in Connecticut, a home owner had replaced grass with Japanese spurge. This resulted in a very low maintenance lawn. Never mow, just pick up fallen twigs.
Oh yes!
It looks a little wild and wooly and totally gorgeous...Stunning and I love the one in the fifth picture (I hope people know to click on the photos to see them bigger and in more detail...)
Chuck, there is another home not far from us where the entire yard is "naturalized" with a variety of spring and summer flowers. But it has gotten virtually no maintenace for several years.
Sharkey, my reaction too; along with "Oooh!"
Grace, you are referring to the "black" one? I looked for several years for a black cultivar for his garden; he finally found this one, which is as close to black as one can get, I think.
I love daylilies, but I don't like that you have to deadhead them. I pulled mine out for that reason. Too much work for me.
I really enjoyed seeing his garden today!
Lin, what you said. Dick spends two or more hours a day dead-heading. Beautiful flowers, though.
Lovely garden.
Vee, strolling through the garden is fun, and soothing.
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