2023 Garden Tour Close-Ups (Part 2)
August 16, 2023
Deer seldom bother nicotiana annual plants but this year was an exception. For several weeks (even with spray repellent), deer ate the blossoms off of the nicotiana. They were sad little plants. But then, when the deer stopped eating them, they came in fuller and beautiful than usual. It was like they were pruned.
Here is Part 2 of the 2023 Junk Garden Tour, the Closeups!
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The center plant in the nicotiana tub is a Persian Shield, (a foliage plant). It worked, but it was not a perfect choice.
I really liked this container garden combo stuck in my front flower border.
It consisted of a laundry tub planted with nemesia magenta, covered with a big round wire basket, and topped with a watering can planted with deep pink trailing verbena.
This end of the flower border was such a disappointment. At least where the lilies were concerned. The deer ate most of the flower buds. Luckily they haven't bothered the purple coneflowers or black eyed Susans.
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The red calliope buckets on top of the new (old) bench were gorgeous as were the wax begonias in front of the bench.
This year I had two barrels with a Kimberly fern bucket inside.
Around the bucket are Dragon Wing Begonias and Golden Creeping Jenny.
The other fern barrel was surrounded by two fuchsia hanging baskets from Menards. I removed the plants from the plastic containers.
While the ferns were spared in both barrels, the begonia and fuchsia had deer issues.
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Grass would never grow under this spruce tree by the deck so I turned the space into a small garden with hostas and sedums in the the ground and pots of shade annuals in and around them.
I love planting herbs in old cooking pots!
I found this little sawhorse for 50 cents at a garage sale several years ago. After attaching a screw bin/hardware drawer to the top and a hook to the wood, it became a great planter.
Adding farm stencils to old farm items is super fun in the junk garden.
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Beautiful Angelonia spikes in a bucket by the stepladder.
A six pack of marigolds in small buckets in a rusty wire basket (with an old license plate) adds so much interest to the deck.
An old picket fence section combines with an old table, and wooden toolbox, along with other rusty garden/farm decor.
Don't buy the wave petunia! If you want this rounding growth habit and no deadheading necessary petunia, purchase Supertunias.
This one is Proven Winners Picasso in Purple.
The Kong coleus continues to overflow the laundry tub.
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Junk strategically placed around the garden shed.
It's hard to believe that the Iwarenge succulent started out so small back in May HERE.
I will definitely add more succulents to the junk gardens next year!
There were pretty care free!
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Absolutely gorgeous! - Briana from Texas
ReplyDeleteYour junk gardens are beautiful! I laughed when I saw the sign in one of your pictures that said “ Bed and Breakfast! At least the deer didn’t take you up on the invitation!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful, beautiful, every one of your little junk gardens! Mine never materialized this year but I haven't given up! Next year, for sure. What do you do with all the lovely arrangements during Winter? Do you live where it gets cold and snowy? I do and it kills me to have everything freeze and die, but you can't bring everything inside although I do winter some things over. I did that with a geranium last year and replanted it this Spring. Some things, like the pansies and petunias I just save a few seeds. Anyway, thanks for sharing the fruits of your labor, Carlene!
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