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Back to the Pond

We finally got a few plants to start filling our murky little pond. 🙂 Andrew and I picked out a couple, just to start adding some life to it and hopefully encourage some wildlife. I’ve always dreamed of having a water lily and we ordered a beautiful red variety (which I didn’t even know they came in!) It’s been raining a little more but still has been pretty dry, so the water level is a bit lower than I would like. It is so painfully obvious that I need to add more stones around the edges to cover the plastic, but I cannot be bothered at this time.. 😬

burgundy princess water lily and hornwort
pickerel weed which will bloom with bright blue spikes
crimson japanese primrose (top right) and white rain lily (bottom middle)
flamingo water drop (top left), more white rain lily (middle left), and frog fruit (bottom)

The whole front garden is really starting to come together, it’s hard to believe what it looked like just two years ago. As a reminder, here is where we started. It’s really amazing the effect the mulch has had on making everything brighter. In two or three years, when the perennials are settled in, it will be so lush!

me and the bees are loving this camassia, but i still don’t know why one is so much shorter!
everything is starting to fill in!
a variety of low flower mounds throughout the stepping stones
i discovered this little guy this week, lady d thyme! smells citrus-y
i was second guessing the iberis, but it is blindingly white against the mulch and so mesmerizing
my purple heuchera stays my favorite plant in the garden, my red variety is suffering because i won’t stop moving it
potted plants and wildflowers
the yellow poppies don’t match my color scheme, but they are so fun and loved by bees
columbines are only getting more lovely by the day
wasn’t sure if the gladiolus would survive the slugs, but they grow so fast they can’t be stopped!

I have just one more week of garden chores before flying back to Pennsylvania for a bit. So I’m waging a war on all of the weeds so that they don’t take over while I’m away! I’ll also be putting mulch down in the back and will be coming back to post. 🙂

Katy

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2 responses to “Back to the Pond”

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    themarymacbakehouse

    You should get a little floating solar fountain for your pond, I think it would help keep the water a little cleaner by ariating it. Also, super cute!

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      lifeofbugs

      That is definitely on my list!! I heard it keeps mosquitoes from laying eggs. And I think the sound of it would be so pretty 😍

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