My Grandmother’s Garden
When I moved into my house the front yard was filled with bricks and dog shit and the backyard was a newly planted lawn. I stepped up my game on this one – using lots of passalong plants that came to me like manna from heaven and little by little the landscaping that I couldn’t figure out began to take shape. It is much like everything else – you just start and see where it will go – all life is organic. My grandmother was someone to just stick something in the ground or a pot and see what happens and from that came her magical garden. I was blessed with some of her genes even though I think my Aunt Sue got most of them.
Milkweed and rose marrow and vinca
Mammoth sunflowers
Rose marrow
Hydrangeas and blueberries
Palmetto palms and liriope
Vitex, abutilon and coleus
Spiral (attracts hummingbirds) and Butterfly (fragrant) Ginger
Virgin Mary, echeveria and night blooming cereus in the background