Summer Images – Tree Pictures BLog

Palm Tree Wood

Cross section of the wood grain of a cut down Palm Tree.

Alternate view of Cross section cut Palm Tree wood grain.

Rose of Sharon?

Rose of Sharon, pretty in a lilac purple color!

The Rose of Sharon is deciduous flowering shrub, is botanically known as Hibiscus syriacus.
Rose of Sharon, pretty in magenta. Referred to pink red color for it’s pink petal and red inside pattern!

When does the Rose of Sharon Bloom? Rose of Sharon blooms in mid to late summer. A single flower lasts one day. Flowers best in full sun with slower growth in part shade.

Gardeners favorite shrub pick with a variety of color: Red, pink, light blue, lilac and striking brilliant white flowers.

P.S. Rose of Sharon Scrub can be shaped and the height, width and thickness controlled with aggressive pruning. Rose of Sharon makes an excellent taller garden background shrub!!!

Self Seeding Garden Plants?

List of Different Types of Self Seeding Plants

Featured is a Self Seeding Fox Glove, which offers a great variety of different colored flowering plants.

Excellent place to start gardening with self seeding plants!

Photographed in early summer.Shown is a purchased “garden center Fox Glove” plant which produces lots of flowers over several weeks with the assistance of multiple flowering stems.

In the fall, it will self seed, let your garden do the some of the natural rebirth work! You can harvest the seed pods over the summer. Replant Fox Gloves else where or give extra seeds to family, neighbors and friends.

Below the photos is handy a list of self seeding flowering plants that can save you some money when at the garden center.Got to plant them before summer comes!

Here is a list of different self seeding plants, the pictures above are an example of foxglove flower, scientific name is (Digitalis purpurea)

Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)

Borage (Borago officinalis)

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

Honesty (Lunaria annua)

Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)

Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis)

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

Verbena bonariensis

Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica)

Self Reeling Garden Hose Reel

The old Garden Hose Reel meant you had to do the work of winding the water hose back on the reel.

Good News! New designed Hose Reel versions are available, Pull the hose out to where it is needs, then with a tug, the spring loaded reel will draw in your hose and align it like you would have done manually.

Well good water gardening news!

This Flow Master hose reel will do the reeling for you with it’s heavy spring which pulls the hose back in for storage.

Hose Reel is great for the elderly and those who do not want to fight 50+ feet of heavy hose back onto the reel.

Auto Reel makes the need to water the flowers, pots, filling the pond, hot tub just a lot easier!

Oak Lawn Chairs

Example of a pair of Classic Craftsman designed solid oak wood chairs. Wood Chair’s condition and finish are protected by being underneath a covered veranda.

Great relaxing chairs to enjoy a warm Summer day.

Tree Garden Design

No Rules Garden Design!

Here an Old tree has been cleaned up and trimmed up .. adds visual interest and center piece to this relatively small garden.

Just got to find that narly bent tree and mount it securely in your garden.

P.S. Driftwood could be another possibly simpler alternate?

Fountain Decoration?

Problem with a dead lack luster area in your garden? Scruffy shrubby path area or need to dress up an entrance … to impress for business or the family Simple Garden Idea! Works great with any bird bath with a few water colorful lily flowers as shown below.Landscape Notes:

A. Square Patio stone underneath the bird bath helps stabilize the bird bath level.

B. Scotts brand deep forest brown mulch creates a base of ground cover.

Tree Sunset Anyone?

Evening Sky Proverb!

Is the old proverb always true?

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.”

P.S. Beautiful evening red sky is a peaceful way to wind down!

Maple Tree Lane

Landscaping for a sizeable estate requires serious pre-planning to get the impact one wants to create.

Highlights are a 1. continuous row of mature maples following the lane in .. 2. contrasted with the painted black cedar post fence with 3. wrought iron entrance gates.