Irises

Everyone should have one of these. It has completely naturalized. jc

House tour

These are images of work that I did at a private home in Chatham. It was on a garden tour several years ago. Click on the labels for more photos. jc

Irises

Another beautiful day in my neighborhood. Actually it was a cool, gray day, but these gardens looked lovely. The stream and pool are practically naturalized. The lilies and variegated irises live in the muddy bottom of both pools and act as natural filters. Other plants are growing in the stream, which is lined the entire length with rubber.
The Siberian irises need to be divided this year. Pretty spectacular now though. Behind them are double knockout roses with pink Bonica in the middle. New plants in a new raised bed which should get nice and full. jc

June 1

Not quite as much color as I expected for June 1. The last two weeks have been a bit cool, but things are healthy. It will make July 1 all that more impressive. jc

Early flowering circles

In the sculpture garden I have iris cristata flowering. The circle also shows some ferns and dwarf hosta. The iris have spread a lot and I will remove some after flowering. In the circle with the birch I have sea thrift and perennial verbena. The verbena don't necessarily survive the winter, but here they have flourished and are seeding themselves. jc

Ruined Steps

This work, like much of what I post here, is at the Pleasant Bay Village Motel in Chatham. I needed to make steps up this bank. I was going to make stone steps right up the face, but it would have been too steep, so I made ruins/remnants of steps from stone and made landscape tie steps that back track up to the left. (out of the photo)