It has been dry, but this garden still looks great
Ellie Gilbert of Plymouth , Massachusetts , broadcast in these photos sooner in the summer , when she said that they had been having awfully dry conditions and the garden was struggle a bit . You for certain ca n’t tell that from these photo ! I think gardener often only see what is amiss with their gardens — the plant they wish they had moved , the weeds they wish they had pulled , or the shrub that is n’t flowering quite as much as last year . That ’s one of the thing I sleep with about the Garden Photo of the Day . share your garden and hearing other people respond to it can be a great way to appreciate everything thatisgoing great , not just everything on your to - do listing that you have n’t gotten to yet . So if you are on the fencing about apportion your garden on the GPOD , I hope you ’ll take the plunge . We ’d all love to see it — and believe me , we ’ll happily focus on the flowers and not the flaw !
The hillside and gardens around the patio . you may see here one reason why this garden is holding up well despite the hot , wry conditions : plenty of mulch . Mulch influence admiration to keep land most and help flora fight drought .
Another corner of the garden around the patio , with everything search practically perfect !
Dealing with drouth in the garden can be a affair of choosing the right plants , and this over-embellished coneflower ( Echinacea purpurea , Zones 3–9 ) is a great option . aboriginal to the prairie , coneflower have inscrutable root system that help them keep on keep on when other plant have given up . To maximize drought tolerance , plant them properly ( we ’ve got a guide here)and keep them well water their first season as they are getting established .
Shasta daisy ( Leucanthemum × superbum , Zones 5–8 ) is another reliable perennial that performs in less - than - idealistic conditions .
And of line , if you want a garden that will always look dependable , it is hard to go wrong with a nice daylily ( Hemerocallishybrid , Zones 3–9 ) .
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