They have a beautiful rose bed, with a variety of colors. One of my favorites is Tamora, with a wonderful spicy scent.
They planted a small patch of Louisiana irises years ago along a creek behind their house. Well, that patch has grown just a bit and really puts on a showstopper when the purple and yellow irises bloom.
Their japanese maples are all gorgeous right now, contrasted against the green of all of the other plants.
a close up of Bloodgood maple
Join me for my next installment where I'll take you back to my parent's small hometowns,some of my their childhood places and family history.
8 comments:
What beautiful images from your parents' garden. Is that a pool or a stream in the Japanese maple photo?
Thanks Pam. The water next to the Japanese maple is a pool-they have lined it with rocks to keep it very natural looking. The creek where the iris are is beyond the metal fence.
Bonnie, Lovely, did you grow up in this garden?
Gail
No, although I did have lovely gardens at every house we lived- usually a new one every 3-5 years. But this house is one that my parents built after I was gone once my father retired. It’s much more refined than the ones I grew up with as there has been so much longer to work on it with no moves on the horizon. I was discussing growing asparagus in the garden with my mom the other day and she said “Oh, I never grew asparagus because I knew you don’t harvest for a few years and I knew we might have to move before I could harvest any."
That certainly is beautiful! What a fabulous image of the pool and surrounding greenery. I could just plop right down and have a little glass of something...perhaps doze off...
Robin at Bumblebee
Wow, your parents have such a gorgeous garden! It looks so green and cool. And I've gotta admit to some rose-envy-- that English rose looks lovely! (Mine right now...the less said, the better.)
Thanks for the tour. How nice that your parents cultivated your love of gardening and you can walk through their gardens with them now, commenting and sharing the experience.
I've got iris envy - and pool envy. What a beautiful garden!
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