Its front yard is sloped down to a newly built wall (2013) and was re-landscaped 10 years ago to include boxwoods, dwarf alberta spruces and mountain laurel. Soapwort runs alongside the stairs and blooms in the early summer. Daylillies bloom at the bottom of the stairs mid summer.
The side yard is approximately 50 feet long by 30 feet wide. Its flat until the edge by the neighbor's driveway. It is bordered by a Norway Maple in the front and the perennial garden in the back. There are several weigela bushes, a forsythia, snowball bush, butterfly bush and a spirea bush which occupy this part of the property. Spring on this side of the house is beautiful, and sometimes the weigela reblooms in the fall. The light pink weigela's smell like fruit loops! These bushes take poundings during the snowfall in the winter (or late fall) and keep on going. Sometimes we are also suprised by wild strawberries that grow under the spirea.
Once summer hits, its
time for the three hydrangeas on the side to bloom - typically blue or
dark blue, followed by the snowball bush and lastly the white butterfly
bush.
The perennial garden is located off the patio, where the side yard becomes the backyard. Its contains blooming flowers from the crocus in late March, to the monkshood in early November. It contains a butterfly bush (purple), two azaleas (pink and red), rose bush and the following plants: veronica, catmint, russian sage, wild geraniums, coreposis, gooseneck, tall campanula, balloon flowers, bell flowers, creeping phlox, foxglove, stargazer lillies, asiatic lillies, day lillies, sedum, echinecea, allium, baptisia, peonies, poppies, tall phlox, forget me not, spiderwort, siberian iris, bleeding heart, wild bleeding heart, bee balm, centurea, clematis, black eyed susans, oneothera and I'm probably forgetting the others.
Right outside the sun room and next to the perennial garden is the patio. Built by us in 2004, the bluestone patio is our own little entertaining and dining district. Once its over 65 degrees, our meals move outside to enjoy the fresh air and pretty surroundings. Blocked on one side by rhododendrons and the other by the butterfly bush and snowball bush, once you sit on the patio, its like being separate from the world. Watching birds, butterflies and sitting in the sun while working on the laptop is definitely one of the perks of working from home. At night, we enjoy a glass of wine or some ice cream as we look at the stars, watch fireflies, listen to crickets and sometimes light the fire pit and roast marshmallows. Also just beyond the rhodies are two more butterfly bushes.
The backyard is a slight slope - maybe a rise of 3-4 feet over the 100 feet or so it runs. Its main features include the tall pine tree by the patio (with hosta underneath), gorgeous rosebush, forsythia, dogwood, hope garden, pussy willow, vegetable garden with raised beds, playset, shed, blueberry bush, blackberry bushes, hydrangea, raspberry bushes, lilacs, peonies. In the hope garden (garden with the pussy willow), there are turtleheads, spiderworts, rose bushes, columbine, siberian iris, asiatic lillies, campanula plants. Along the shed are more turtle heads and a clematis. The back of the yard is marked by arborvitaes, but in front of them is a fence with a garden which includes wisteria, hydrangea, shasta daisies, sweet peas, bleeding heart, butterfly bush, rose of sharon, hibiscus, mint, and more that I'm forgetting (again).
You can find more pictures of the plants on the property at https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6AjAdP
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