The Rest of the East Bed

A recent post showed the part of the east bed next to the house.  This is the area I left off with.  The fence to the right is where the back yard is.

Jenny from Morning Glories in the Round Rock asked me to show a close up of the helenium.  First, I'll show a shot of a clump, then, an individual bloom.

Here's a broader view of the area to the north of the house, and east of the back yard.  You can also see a bit of the back yard.  The morning glories took over some of the space on the lattice that belongs to a few clematis plants.  Our deck is on the other side of the lattice.  Larry and I are determined to only let 2 or 3 vines grow next year.

I was hoping to get the tub sunk into the ground to keep the bear's breetches from spreading.  I didn't realize when I planted them that they have a tendency to spread.  When I went out to see if I could dig a trench for it, parts of the tub chipped off.  I realized that the whole thing would decompose if I sunk it.   I'll have to figure something else out.  I planted this the spring of 2009.  It hasn't bloomed yet, but it is much larger than it was last summer, so I am thinking it will bloom next year.  The bare spot to the left of the tub is where a daffodil was.   Last year, I left the seed heads on the lovage, which is between the tub and the downspout.  I liked how tall they were.  I don't remember why I took them off this year.  I think they were falling down or something.  Maybe I was trying to keep a whole bunch of little lovages from coming up.

There are a few blooms coming on shorter stems of the lovage.

I am thinking this is pitcher sage.  I got it at a plant sale put on by our community gardens.  I hope it spreads a little next year.  It's just been blooming a few weeks.

Here's one of the volunteer asters that came up in a good place.

Heading north, the agastache and veronica blooms have faded.  I don't remember how many times I cut the amsonia back this season.  It seems to be shaped pretty nicely, even though it's pretty large.

Here's a closer peek into the back yard.  I didn't keep up with deadheading the false sunflowers on the east side of the fence this summer, but there is still some color.

Another clump of asters behind the agastache:

The false baptisia behind the amsonia and chicken holds its own in that spot.

I think the aster here is a volunteer, too.  The black and blue salvia has grown so big, I couldn't find the purple milkweed last I looked.  I hope it's still there.

I can't remember what this annual is right now.  I'm glad to see it's blooming.

The pincushion flower still has some blooms.

This is the same area as 3 photos above, a higher view.  You can see the morning glory on the light Larry's dad put there when this was his place. 

I like the black eyed Susan vine on the ladder.

I wish I remembered what kind of goldenrod this is.  I planted it on the other side of the shed when Larry's dad lived here.  I moved a clump of it to this spot when we had the shed repaired.  It seems to like it here.  The grasses were planted to block the view of the garbage cans.  I was not a fan of grasses, but Larry wanted them, so we planted them here.  They have grown on me.

I like to grow this annual helenium.  It has a long bloom time.

I had a hard time staying awake when I was posting these photos.  Believe it or not, I deleted some that were similar to each other, as well as some duplicates.  Still, I'm showing some different angles of the same plants. 

I need to cut down the spent stalks of the hollyhocks.

The cleomes are volunteers.

A 'Spooky' Dianthus is blooming again.

Just on the other side of the wheelbarrow, in the lower right corner, is a plant that won't be shaded by its neighbors in the spring.

I look forward to seeing the hellebores bloom.  There are others hidden by their neighbors in these beds, too. 

Yes, I'm acknowledging it's fall, and a nice one so far.  I hope to spend most of the last week of this month outside, since I will be off of work then.  I am only able to be out an hour or so at a time these days.