Just sowed these seeds in March no idea if I’ll be able to repeat this or I was just lucky. Tried a bunch of variety but the Hungarian poppy is the only one that seems to like my yard -it turned up in the most random spots… here it is thriving on a tiny strip of land between my drive way and those fence.
Some poppies popped up among my garlic. I thinned any that were too close to a bulb but let the others go. Love the mix.
We sadly lost a huge Maple tree in our front yard in late 2024. Not used to all these sun loving varieties filling in but definitely not mad about it! At least it’s helping to deal with the loss of the tree.
Planting a patch of 3ft tall asiatic and oriental lillies—which location would you choose?
West side, bay window (Pros: gets pretty much full sun; visible from both the street outdoors and office indoors. Cons: in the process of redoing this entire bed and not sure what the overall plan is yet. They may look awkward sticking out so tall by themselves for a while.)
West side, south of driveway (Pros: visible from the front of the house. Gets tulips in front in spring and annuals planted in after. Cons: only gets morning sun, sometimes slightly dappled by the purple leaf plum, until 10AM and is then shaded by a maple tree until almost 4PM.)
South side, under small window (Pros: full sun, and this bed is pretty empty since we regraded it last fall. Sunflowers are growing to the left. Cons: We won’t get to see them directly since they’re along the side of the house and not visible from the street.
Lilies are in photo 3, on the concrete pad to the far left. I purchased them with spot #3 in mind, but my husband wanted them to be more visible. He thinks we should do spot #2, but I’m worried that won’t get enough sun.