Jake and I have been busy this summer renovating the garden which was dominated by a few large junipers. I added rock borders to the beds and we rescued a fountain whose reservoir was under a large granite rock. The raven came from the Tesuque flea market.
The new plants in the garden are primarily native, although not entirely. I succumbed to a beautiful "Wealthy" apple tree, but also planted native mountain mahogany, Apache plume and New Mexico privets. Herbaceous plants include pineleaf penstemon, fringed sage, poppy mallow, a Mexican salvia, daylilys, giant sunflower, 'Moonshine' yarrow, Shasta daisy and catmint. The garden by the dining room window has sage, another kind of penstemon, Mexican hat, veronica and blackfoot daisy. There's even a little cactus nursery growing chollas, hedgehog cactus and prickly pears. These will be planted around when we replace the lawn with gravel and plants.
If you're wondering about the labels - Jake actually wanted those so that future tenants would know what not to dig up! I did put the common name and latin name for educational purposes ;)
1 comment:
What a wonderful job you guys have done!! Love the raven and the cactus nursery.
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