Visiting John’s Beautiful Gardens Again

Blooms, blooms, and more blooms!

Today we ’re revisiting John Blair ’s beautiful garden in Michigan .

I thought Garden Photo of the twenty-four hour period might enjoy seeing some updates on the progress of my pollinator gardens since my old submissions(John ’s Butterfly Garden in MichiganandMore From John ’s Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden in Michigan ) . After filling all useable cheery space in my original southeasterly Michigan garden , my married woman and I settle to move to a beautiful rural area with nine acres in the middle part of southern Michigan in former 2019 with lots of room for new gardens . Since then , we have make three largepollinator gardensfocused on blendingnative plantswith our favorite foreign-born ( and noninvasive)nectar plants . The first garden we made in 2019 , the Back garden , is outside of our walkout cellar . In 2020 , we made the Front garden inside of our driveway circuit , and in 2021 , we create what we call the “ Monolith ” garden . There is a sandstone mine about 10 mi away , where we pick out a 10 - foot - tall monolithic stone and had our landscaper rear it on our property to be the centrepiece of the novel third garden . It has been fun seeing the gardens get more beautiful as they maturate each year and thought folk here might like to see .

There is a wide mixed bag of plant used in the three garden . Here are some of the highlights : Native plants let in Joe Pye weed(Eupatoriumdubium , Zones 3–9 ) , swampmilkweed(Asclepias incarnata , Zones 3–6 ) , butterfly weed(Asclepiastuberosa , Zones 5–9),Rudbeckiaand goldenrods(Solidagospp . ) of several kind , purpleconeflower(Echinacea purpurea , Zones 4–8 ) , liatris(Liatrisspicata , Zones 3–8 ) , cardinal flower(Lobeliacardinalis , Zones 3–9),Monarda , asters(Symphyotrichumspp.),garden phlox(Phlox paniculata , zona 4–8 ) , and others . foreign-born darling used areZinnia(California Giant , State Fair , Profusion , and Zowie Yellow Flame ) , Mexican sunflower(Tithoniarotundifolia , annual),Verbenabonariensis(Zones 7–10 or as an one-year ) , ‘ Victoria Blue ’ salvia(Salviafarinacea‘Victoria Blue ’ , Zones 8–10 or as an yearly ) , cleome(Cleome hassleriana , annual ) , Shasta daisy(Leucanthemum× superbum , Zones 5–9),Sedum , pitch-black and blue salvia(Salvia guaranitica‘Black and Blue ’ , Zones 7–11 or as an annual),Veronica , and others .

We are proud of to see numerouspollinatorsvisiting throughout the time of year , including butterflies , moths , bees of all sorts , and also hummingbirds ! We depend forward to increasing and exposit the garden more each class as we are able . We have include a survival of the fittest of photos from each of the three garden for you to see . We hope you enjoy !

The monolith in the new front garden makes a striking instruction , wall by clouds of flowers .

The dramatic light at the beginning and destruction of a day turns any garden in a magical space .

A hummingbird come in to nectar at a old maid bloom .

A burblingwater featuretakes center stage , surrounded by low - growing zinnia hybrids and tall black and blue salvia .

A tidymulchedpath leads through the lucullan displays of bloom .

No wonderpollinatorslove this garden . Look at all the blooms !

It ’s severe to beat good - oldzinniasfor their ease of growth , beautiful colors , and popularity with pollinators .

This discussion section is all shades ofblue , purplish , and mauve flowers , anchored byVerbenabonariensis , Salvia‘Victoria blueness ’ , and cleome .

A rainbow over the garden

A morning coat butterfly nectar on the flowers ofVerbenabonariensis .

A four - legged garden house physician sip at the H2O feature of speech in front of a blazingly bright clump ofbutterfly weed .

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