We’re in Northridge, California today, visiting with Terry Sanders:
I live and garden in a very ordinary suburban neighborhood. This is a photo of part of my front yard with roses and butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii, Zone 5- 9) in bloom.
This is a photo of one of the parking strips in front of my house. During the Covid lockdown I removed all of my grass and installed drip irrigation and mostly pollinator plants. The pink flowers are gaura (Oenothera lindheimeri, Zone 5 – 9) and Penstemon digitalis (Zone 3 – 8).
The parking strip in summer. A red rose blooms with a blue salvia that looks like Salvia uliginosa (Zone 6 – 9)
I am very lucky to have very good soil because I live on a creek that used to flood during the winter before it was cemented in. Pretty much everything grows.
My front yard. I like to collect old wooden chairs and paint them
My front yard from the street with everything overgrown
Intricately patterned tiles add even more color.
A wicker sculpture forms a focal point in the lush greenery.
An array of perfect pink roses.
Cheerful marigolds (Tagetes patula, annual) covered with flowers.
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Comments
Beautiful! I'm your neighbor to the north, in Santa Clarita... and I'm new to California. I love your yard and garden! Thanks for sharing, for me, it is inspiring!
Great BoHo garden style- I love the brightly painted chairs, the fully packed beauty of so many front yard flowers!
Fabulous!
Such exuberance! The talavera tiles speak the same vibe as the garden plantings.
I'm looking out at falling snow so this post with your very colorful flowers is most welcome this morning. Such a beautiful contrast to the plain green lawns visible in the background of one of your photos.
Loved looking at all the colorful flowers today - and seeing the lovely blue of that chair. Thank you for sharing!
Extraordinary garden in an "ordinary" neighborhood! Hopefully your place will inspire others to garden as well. Thanks for sharing this loveliness.
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