Pond Garden

High 81 F
Low 50.4

The pressure is on to finish and fine tune the smaller gardens.  I have left this garden because it is one of the less visible from the house although I do like to sit on this bench ( picture taken before cleaning) and drink coffee in the morning.  There are many frogs in the pond but no fish.  I have trouble keeping the pump running.  With all the ledge around lighting has fried the wire on several occasions. So, the frogs  keep it interesting and it is a pleasant place to sit. As you can see, Tucker likes it and will often take a dip when he thinks no one is looking.  There are three Spirea 'Magic Carpet' on the left and the grasses in the background will reach five to six feet.   There are three Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' and one 'Prairie Sky'.  On the near side of the pond there is one Miscanthus s. 'Gracillimus and three Miscanthus purpurea and also a few Pennisetum alopecuroides.  I love the sound of grasses in the breeze and often wish the bench were softer and longer so I could recline in comfort.  The small tree is a crabapple which was planted last year.  It was covered with lovely white flowers this spring.   Beneath it is Scilla siberica in the spring followed by Ceratostigma plumbaginoides or blue plumbago which is just emerging and will flower in late August.  There is  also a small rose bush and a perennial geranium pictured here. It is a very nice plant but since it is a passalong, I don't have a name for it.  Tomorrow I can sit and drink the coffee without fretting about the weeds...at least for a day or two. Thank you for sharing this garden with me today!