Apart from being a little dryer in the summer, my garden stays pretty much the same year round, just needs extra watering. I try to stick to native plants as they are more tolerant of the weather changes.
Do you have a summer and a winter garden? Are they very different, or are they pretty much the same except for a few plants?
Here in east Texas, even though we have change of season, the winters are relatively very mild. We are surrounded by pine trees
in the back pasture and in the front of our home we have huge live oaks and magnolias....
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What great climbing trees you have Jeannie, I bet the kids love them.
If you're in the south of the US and we are in the north of Oz our temps should be pretty much the same only at opposite times of the year.
Bilby.. I'm afraid I'm past the 'kids' stage..... *chuckle*
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Bilby, what a gorgous garden! Jeannie, what a pretty yard!
Our front yard has two huge oaks, one on either side of the driveway. My *garden* is pretty much seasonal, and most of it is in containers on my carport. I have one small patch of ground in front of the house, with some petunias in it, but they will bloom probably up til October. There are also some gallerias and some kind of succulent...both of which will stay in the ground all-year long, altho the gallerias won't bloom. Out in the yard we have two rose bushes, a pink and a yellow, and in the backyard, at the end of the carport, I have hostas that will come back next year. The houseplants on the carport will come in the house about October, before the first frost, and the petunias, dianthus, and impatiens will bloom until about October, also, but will end up dying after the frost. I don't do anything thru the winter months here...excuse me, I do put in pansies, and I have a mum plant that is trying to bloom now, and needs to be split and re-planted. I think I'll re-plant it in the ground this time.
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jb.. the side is the pasture... we just bailed the hay....as you can see....*s*
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Our house is in a relatively new area under 10yrs, and we just don't have the big old huge trees you have. YOur house would be lovely and cool in the summer with the shade there Jeanie, kids or no kids
There are a couple of big trees in the park about 80yrs old, huge moreton bay fig trees.
JB, I don't think we have oak trees here, maybe down south. I love pots of colour in petunias, daisies etc they are easy to keep and always put on some beautiful displays.
You can have some great gardens in the tiniest of areas. I like to watch those garden makeover shows on tv.
Bilby... the house is surrounded by shade trees.....It does help to keep things cooler but we still need to run the air conditioner because of the humidity here.... this will show you the back of the house with the cross fencing.... and the shade as well......
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