Very rarely do I have an opportunity to visit my favorite aunt in the spring when her rock garden is in full bloom, so today year when I got lucky I took a ton of pictures. I will post them piecemeal over a non-specified period of time.
This is the outside view of her house and the garden. You can already see the multitude of shapes and colors.
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And to start things first a picture of a small pond with water lilies. They are not blooming yet, so just a little anecdote to amuse you: When I was a little kid, I liked to play in this garden by running and jumping on the rocks. My aunt did not mid as long as I did not damage any plants, which I somehow managed. But she did warn me to not do it near the pond because I could fall in it. So of course I ignored that instruction and one summer day I did indeed fall into the pond, butt first. There was laughing and Itoldyousoing on my aunt’s part and wailing and gnashing of teef on my part. Luckily I did not hurt my self nor the water lillies.
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How beautiful! All the mature shrubs and evergreens are very well done. So many of the plants suited to rock gardens bloom in early spring. I too enjoyed jumping from rock to rock as a child, and now design my gardens with permanent stepping stones.
It gives me a spot to stand on for gardening, and my children (and now grandchildren) also love to run down the paths and jump from rock to rock. It’s a practical method to teach children to take care to avoid stepping on the flowers and compacting the soil.
Even the dog learned to stay off the growing beds.
Lovely. I love blooming front yards. there#s nothing worse than the plage of split gardens that is running here.
The colours and shapes look promising.