Lots of Flowers in a Small City Lot

Filling every corner with beauty

My name is Emily Kozie , and I garden in Seattle on a pocket-size metropolis caboodle .

Here ’s a favorite exposure from my garden . It shows myshrub rose‘Lady Elsie May ’ and the lily ‘ Color Parade ’ against the trunk of the birch Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in our front one thousand , but it showcases one of my showiestdahlias . I love dahlias , so my yard is at its best in late summer on into fall . It ’s stretch with textile for crafting nosegay , one of my other favorite activity . I do not know the name of the dahlia ; it has been growing here for many geezerhood . I do not dig my dahlias every year in Seattle . It grows next to an untempting chain link fencing , making it loose to “ jeopardize . ”

The big leaves of a coleus contrast with the narrow leaves of the Nipponese forest grass(Hakonechloamacra , Zones 5–9 ) .

Brilliant dahlia flowers stand out against a background ofpanicle hydrangea(Hydrangea paniculata , Zones 3–8 ) .

Close - up of a delicately tintedrhododendronbloom

The rose ‘ Lady Elsie May ’ blossom against the white bark of a birch(Betula)tree .

The grass in the backyard is artificial — good decision we ever made . It even has “ Edward Teach ” in it .

A birdhouse see through the foliage and ripen hips of a rose .

Cheery sunflowers(Helianthusannus , annual )

This is our paver path from the driveway to the front walkway . Originally it was an region of lawn . We have flummox rid of all of our lawn . It ’s planting beds , pavers , or artificial sward for us !

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