Gardens come in all shapes and sizes, colours and textures.
Even though most of my gardening is done for other people I still like to have some flowers out on the balcony of my apartment.
The theme this year is blue/purple, orange with a touch of white and yellow.
In two corners of the balcony are big orange clay pots from Peru. This year they are home to dwarf globe cedars. In the fall I'll take them out and plant them in one of the gardens I maintain.
The orange-flowered black-eyed Susan vine is doing well this year...lots and lots of flowers.
A small challenge for the blue jays.
The eyes sockets in the skulls are another great place to stash peanuts.
I planted lots of purple/blue-coloured violas this year and they all have a heavenly fragrance...especially in the evening.
The small lime-green tree in the lower-middle of the photo is a Monterey Cypress. When the foliage is brushed it smells like lemons. In the afternoon when the sun is high and shines through the die-cut table top the sun-ray like pattern appears on the balcony floor.
Just a note...all of these plants were available at the local garden centres this spring.
I hope you enjoyed the garden.
Photographed on July 9, 2019.
Little Johnny-jump-ups have always been one of my favourite garden flowers!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Our balcony is suffering from neglect (not ours - but that of the building maintenance people). Ours doesn't have an open railing but it's a sheet of metal with the paint peeling off in layers. A disgusting mess and not inviting to want to use it for anything. A work order is in for a new paint job....and we wait. In the meantime can't plant anything because they'd just trample it. Maybe next year!
ReplyDeleteThat's so sad to hear. Hopefully the maintenance people will get it done this year so you can start fresh next season.
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