Today ’s photos are from Connie Holroyd in Western Springs , Illinois . She says,“When my hubby and I move into our lilliputian English style house in 2001 , we face up a back yard rectangle of grass infest with creeping Charlie , and a weed - filled layer along a fencing . Our back garden is only about 80 feet long and 50 feet wide , but we ’ve still managed to plant 18 trees over the past 13 years as well as many dwarf lilac , genus Viburnum , Knockout roses , and evergreen shrubs .
“ Mark is British and we want to create an English - flair bloom - filled garden . We started by removing with child incision of grass , take a small brick terrace installed , and a flagstone path leading from our house to the service department . We put a outflow surrounded by Turkish boxwood in the center to lend a small formality and attract birds , along with several bird feeders . With the elision of hardscaping and planting tree diagram , we do all the work ourselves .
“ We ’ve imbed hundreds of perennial , include purple coneflower , Joe Pye dope , erstwhile - fashioned phlox in several color , shasta daisy , tick-weed , geraniums , lamb ’s capitulum , and my absolute best-loved plant - daylilies . In spring we enjoy bearded irises , clematis , genus Ranunculus , and forget - me - nots . Our large perennial seam along a 60 - metrical foot fencing is 18 feet at its widest point , and we allow everything to reseed which mean the bottom is attractively full of vividness from May through October ( and also prevents pot from get foothold ! ) . We include to being enthusiastic nurseryman , and ca n’t imagine that we ’ll ever stop tending our piddling garden oasis . ”
Gorgeous , Connie ! We need LOTS AND LOTS more photos .
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This photo and the next one were taken at the end of July from a little bench against our garage wall looking towards our house. Although some daylilies have finished blooming in these pictures, my love of this plant can still be seen in the photos, as well as purple coneflowers and phlox. Photo/Illustration: All photos courtesy of Connie Holroyd
