We'll finish out our garden tour today with a few more pictures from Phillip's Garden. I have to tell you I was as interested in this 1928 house as I was in the garden. It was a beautiful house and decorated so creatively inside. I love houses that have character. Here there is an arbor over the sunroom window. I believe the vine growing over the arbor is pipevine, though Phillip and I did not specifically talk about this vine. It is supposed to be a wonderful habitat vine, but not so hardy in my part of Tennessee.
Phillips' frontyard was a perfect no mow yard. Here there is more mondo grass, gravel, and flagstones as well as plants. This is the front of the house and the road is just to the left of the shrub hedge in this picture. You can't even see the road. Many gardeners go for privacy in their paradise and Phillip sure achieved it here. This is my kind of gardening!
Another view of the frontyard looking from the opposite direction. It is so natural and flowing. I really liked the whole effect. Phillip felt like the crepe myrtles (the tall trunked trees) were a bit too much but really they and the mature Japanese maple in the center bed added a wonderful vertical element to the garden.
This stone was a wonderful stone and used so nicely. It caught my eye right away.
Now we are coming to the side of the house and the tour is almost done.
'Til next time.....
in the garden....
I remember when Phillip planted the front garden with mondo grass. It is a beautiful way to invite one in. I love to see his garden through your eyes. I feel like I know it so well from his posts. It is fun to see it from another's eyes. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say? Your tours are always A1, top notch. Many thanks, that was a visual feast.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
A wonderful tour you have sent us on this week! I love the idea of no grass to mow especially during such steamy summers in the South....
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed touring Phillip's garden through your blog (and his). Would love to visit him someday. I need a road trip!
ReplyDeleteThank you. That was a wonderful tour. Cute house. I hope you're putting lots of character into your new place. Love the leaf in the stone too.
ReplyDeleteI SO agree about houses with character...and what's NOT to love about no-mow lawns?!?
ReplyDeleteReally loved these views and I love the house...love anything from the 20s
ReplyDeleteI'd love to peek into his house, too; it looks as charming as his garden. Phillip has truly created a sanctuary here. Thanks so much for taking us along, Tina!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Tina -- love old houses. Dutchman's pipe should grow well for you. I grow it at my house and have seen it as far north as Pennsylvania. I noticed a pipevine swallowtail hovering around our vine just this morning. Sounds like we missed a good trip to SF, but it must have been really hot, judging from some posts I've seen about the Fling. Stay cool! DJ
ReplyDelete