Fantastic Foliage Follow Up

First time for me to participate in the foliage postings that are hosted by Pam at Digging.  I love foliage variation in the garden.
The walkway to the front door is lined with Acorus gramineus 'Ogon', Sweet Flag Grass.   It is in bloom right now.

Many of the shrubs around the house are Gardenia 'Frost Proof'.  The deer leave them alone and I love the blooms.  Hoping it blooms a lot more this year.

 Many of the plants along the lower side of our property have color and foliage interest.    We have no neighbors now, but I imagine there will be someone in the future.  It is my intent to have as many mature evergreen shrubs and trees along the property line as I can.    One of the newest additions is Callitropsis glabra 'Blue Ice'.  Great blue foliage and red stems, gorgeous!   At maturity should be about 25 feet tall and 10 feet wide.

 Nicely complementing the Blue Ice is Loropetalum 'Ever Red'.  I shared the flowers in the last post, check out this burgundy foliage!  Such a win win plant. It should be about 6 x 6 feet. So far the deer have left it alone, hope that continues.

Another blue foliage tree flanks the other side of the Loropetalum.  This one is Cupressus Arizonica var. glabra 'Carolina Sapphire'.  A small tree now, but will be a light feathery blue pyramid.  It will grow 30- 40 feet tall and about 6- 10 feet wide.  Both blue trees are about 4 feet tall right now and kind of thinly branched, but give them a few years.

Another colorful plant is the Chameacyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold'. Similar to Gold Mop cypress but this one is supposed to stay about 3-5 feet tall.  The foliage is more finely cut than Gold Mop.  Since this is along the open side, if it grows taller, it is fine, there is plenty of room.

Another yellow hued shrub is Thuja plicata 'Goldy'. It is supposed to get 15- 20 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide.  When all these plants are young, the line of them looks a little sparse.  I am giving them all the room they need to be a full glorious specimen.  Goldy has had a bit of burn (winter? or dogs?) but am hoping it will take off this year.

Looking from 'Goldy' back along the line you see lots of color.  Most of the color is foliage.  Gotta love it!

Our property line is at the edge of the 'wild' on the right.  The more these trees and shrubs grow, the better defined our side yard will be.

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Lots Blooming On Garden Blogger Bloom Day for March

I think I have uploaded the most photos for one posting in a looooonnnngggg time.  Today is the 15th and that means Garden Blogger Bloom Day.  Carol hosts this every month --be sure to go over to her blog, MayDreamsGardens and say hi.
I want  to start my walk with a great sighting from the other night.  We had a Luna Moth flutter down and land on the driveway, I offered a stick for her to walk on and carried her to a nearby bush to keep her safe.

And now on with the garden!! These are in order from the front door, around the house and back to the front.   I will just caption the photos,  and you can walk through at your own pace.  

Osteospermum, from last year, getting ready to open in
a container on the front porch

Loropetalum 'Daruma' 

Phlox stolonifera

Pansies, love them!

Sweet little violas, with Acorus (Sweet Flag) in the background

This white double Daffodil is under the Fringe Tree, white and white

Magnolia x 'Jane' still blooming

Tiny daffodils, Narcissus 'Erlicheer' very fragrant

A pass-along peony from Virginia

Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet' finally got a chance to smell this one, very nice

Hyacinth 'Pink Pearl' still blooming

New Magnolia!!  Thought second 'Jane' was dead, but she wasn't.  Now I need to
figure out a place to plant Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star'

Hostas emerging!  Think this might be early

Edgeworthia losing its blooms.

I have asparagus!!  Thanks Lola  :-)

Native honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler'

Hellebore are still blooming

Fothergilla gardenii 'Mt. Airy' starting to get buds

Amaryllis emerging

Pieris japonica 'Cavatine' just starting to open

Lots of daffodils from the assortment package

Another gift from Lola, Flowering Almond  Prunus glandulosa rosea plena

Osmanthus fragrans, Tea Olive, still blooming since last fall

Muscari 'Sky Blue' with Loropetalum 'Ever Red' behind it

A close-up of Loropetalum 'Ever Red', just love this one.  

Happy Bloom Day to all, hope your garden is full with blooms galore!

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All Sorts of Life in the Garden

I was checking on all the newly emerging growth in my garden and had a bit of a surprise.....look, my 'dead' Ninebark 'Coppertina' isn't dead!!!   I was lazy about pulling it out -really glad I didn't pull it out!  New growth!

Now let's pull the frame out a little bit, another surprise---

I was so focused on the new growth that this little guy really surprised me.  Hello!

His friend was up the driveway...a different kind of lizard, the first one is an anole, not sure about this guy.

 Anyone know their reptiles/amphibians? 

 Thanks to Darla and Skeeter, consensus is that this is a Fence Lizard.  

Thanks ladies!

 There has been a lot of pollinator activity in the garden as well.

With the days warming up there are more and more little critters showing up in the garden.


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