A look around, July 2012

Just a look around at parts of my garden. It's something I need to remind myself to do every once in a while, as it's important to step back look at the big picture. I tend to focus on individual plants for much of the time, I miss seeing how it all fits together.

Plus I like sharing.

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The patio area is pretty mature now, and doesn't need much work anymore:

By "much work" I'm talking about new plants. The maintenance is always there.

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The pond plants are filling in quite nicely. Hopefully I'll get the algae under control in the next couple of weeks, so this view will be less irritating to me.

The elephant ears behind the pond are really gigantic:

Biggest I've ever grown! I wish I hadn't planted my largest "normal" Colocasia esculenta tubers back here, as they're overpowering the smaller but more colorful varieties.

I debated whether or not I should include this view:

This was taken before I added about eight new pots of plants (moved from the driveway) into the area, so it looks a bit sparse to me in this shot. Let's consider it a "before" photo in case I post an updated shot, okay? (Incidentally, it's the "back" view of what is shown in the last two shots of this post.)

The Cleome are doing great of course. I think the extreme heat drained the color from the blooms, as they were primarily white for a while there:

The colors have been coming back since we've cooled off a bit (after this photo was taken). Interesting.

Now a couple of different panoramic views, both taken from the south edge of the back yard:

If you don't click to enlarge these, you're missing out! Maybe even try r-clicking and selecting "open in new window" -- whatever method lets you zoom in and pan around.

Something tells me I'll be labeling some of these images later this winter.

I'm glad I took them when I did, as I'm planning a project this weekend that may change things quite a bit in these last shots. Maybe it won't have as big an impact as I think it might... we'll see.

I hope you enjoy these non-specific looks at my garden!

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