Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Veronica pectinata, A blue spring carpet

Spring gives a carpet of  purple mixed with green.  Years ago I picked up a couple of little starts of Woolly Speedwell, Veronica pectinata. It is one of the first blue carpets that cover the gardens.
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Next to my little pink and yellow little garden house is this little area. I catch water in the containers seen on the left. Sweet Woodruff,Galium odoratum with its little white flowers is the ground cover in the center.
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This little spot carpets next to the just leafing out roses. Woolly thyme is to the right.  The cement steps I made from left over construction cement, sea shells and some disposable cake pans.
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This is from the front yard
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Lining the front sidewalk. After the blooms fade the plants still look great. They are grey-green and drought tolerant.

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The first flowers
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Our spring has been cool. We still have tulips, the crab apples are blooming about a month late, and the lilacs are almost open. But, it all looks so clean and green and filled with promise.

13 comments:

  1. It looks beautiful, Gloria. Every time I see your garden, it makes me smile. It's a very comforting place.

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  2. Don't you just love the freshness of spring. The carpet of blue looks wonderful.

    Eileen

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  3. Beautiful! This is our first week of consistently nice weather in ND. We're relishing it by fervently planting our farm fields and gardens. Our lilacs are a week away from blooming, but it's wonderful to finally see the apple tree blooms.

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  4. Once again, i stand in awe of your garden. jim

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  5. Wonderful! I love the blue carpet amidst the stones, accented with tulips and other flowers. It is a look I am trying to achieve in my Lady Garden, but the going (growing!) is slow. I am glad spring has finally come to your part of the country!

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  6. Hey! We're growing the same perky red and white tulips! I'm with Annie's Granny... every visit to your blog puts a smile on my face. You have such a sweet cottage garden theme going on. I love it. Hope all is well in S.D.

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  7. Hi Annie, I am looking forward to tomatoes! Hope your gardening plans are a success

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  8. Hi Eileen - I am excited about spring. Gloria

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  9. Hi Kirsti - We have had a couple of years of good rain and the lilacs and beautiful!

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  10. Hi Jim, you are too kind. This year for our anniversary I didn't ask for Buffalo Poo but we bought supplies so that we can set up some automatic irrigation. Gloria

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  11. Hi Deb, I'm sure your Lady Garden is wonderful! These plants love the dry gardens

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  12. Hi Kate, all is well around here. I am anxious to get my tomatoes in the ground. I have potatoes coming up! Remember, if you come this way, you have to stay here - Gloria

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  13. Gloria, Now that school is done and I'm back in Maine, I'm finally getting a chance to get caught up with blogs. When you blogged about this groundcover Veronica last year, I thought "I should plant this in my garden." This year, I've made a note of it! It really is lovely. -Jean

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