Changing the Blooming June Garden

 

Mock Orange In June

There is one thing in a garden that is constant and that is change.  17 years ago when we moved into this house I went about removing a battered front and back  lawn and replacing the front lawn with flowers. I even removed the sidewalk bit of grass in between the sidewalk and the street.   My inspiration was Lauren Springer's book, "The Passionate Gardener". 

 These pictures are some of the views of the front garden.  In the spring I will show you some of the changes that I am doing in this front garden.  Originally I planted  20 roses and added perennials and self sowing annuals.  A mass of blooming color, that was the plan.  But that was before the deer population exploded, and before I realized that this full sun garden required lots of dead heading in the middle of July.  I have 3 composters and even so the cleaning up of this garden fills a pickup.  In addition, I have also removed most of the grass in the back yard and all the grass in the side yard.  So my goal now  is to plant flowering ground covers and perennials that are water wise and do not require deadheading in the middle of the summer.  I'm leaving a few of these beauties, but not a pickup load.  LESSON LEARNED:  Flowers turn to seeds and finish their cycle.  Keep the hot summer garden low maintenance.