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Monday 28 May 2012

Front Garden Parade : )

I took some pictures a few days ago of the front garden plants ..
 They were fresh looking and very appealing !
So appealing I was totally distracted taking pictures until I downloaded them and saw a great BIG fat WEED smiling at me in some of them ..
That weed thought he had it made .. but as soon as I saw it ?
I plucked that saucy sucker OUT !
On with the parade !

 My first Japanese Maple "Bloodgood"

I love different colours and textures all jumbled up

Beautiful Bleeding Hearts, Astilbe, Heuchera, Campanula, Tiarella, Lamium, Pulmonaria  .....

Barberry, Sedum, Weigela,Hosta, Brunnera ....
I'm working on a "trench" planting below the stones ... I just couldn't help myself  ?


In the mean time ... can anyone tell me what this little winged wonder is ? I think it is some sort of moth , rather than a butterfly as husband thought .. tell me I am right ? LOL

9 comments:

Linda said...

Those darn weeds that pop up in the photo why don't we see them when we click the photo? Probably because we are so focused on the plant.
I think that is an 8 spotted forester moth.

Karen said...

Your garden is coming along great! I think it's a Spotted Forester moth...

Lisa at Greenbow said...

Joy your garden is gorgeous. I can only dream of all of those textures. So many of those plants get too hot here in summer.
That is a moth. I can't remember the name of it. We had one in our garden a couple of years ago. It is a beauty too.

Gatsbys Gardens said...

Joy, I just love the mix of colors rather then patterns. It is always interesting to use different plants that blend together.

Eileen

Nadezda said...

Joy, your garden looks very well-kept, I like the combination of the colors and your Japanese maple is just lovely!

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Hello Linda girl : )
Those naughty weeds have an invisible clock until we download the pictures!
Thanks for the ID on the little moth .. I don't remember seeing one before!

Karen girl hope you are feeling good!and thank you girl : ) for complementing my garden and the ID on the moth you and Linda were .. spot on !! hahaha

Lisa girl thank you : )I have an idea this is going to be a hard summer with heat and humidity .. a BIG yuck to that from both my plants and I ! haha .. yup a moth!

Hello Eileen girl .. I love all of your roses !!! they are fantastic!
I have a few years to wait for mine to come into that type of growth.
Thank you girl .. I am a crazy gardener ;-)

Hello Nadezda and thank you : )
I love Japanese Maples .. and now with the purple corkscrew hazel it makes for more of a contrast : )

Unknown said...

Joy, I love all the different colors and textures you have in your plants....beautiful. Email sent.

GRACE PETERSON said...

You are such a great gardener, Joy Dear. I had to laugh when you used the word, "weed." It's never used in the singular in my garden. Rather, it's always "weeds." Beautiful textures and colors, girl. I love it all. Thanks for letting us see your front garden. I don't know that I've ever seen it before. Hugs.

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Thank you Darla girl : )
I can't wait to see my goodies girl !!

Gracie girl the front is in transition .. and a bit of rumpling because of the new AC/Heatpump to be installed .. but it is at the back behind my yews .. so hopefully not too conspicuous ? eeekk !