The Gardens of House of Beor

The Gardens of House of Beor are my method for getting a break, some exercise, and creating a nice place to live. All coding and no play makes Beren a grumpy and unimaginative fellow. At our current house I’ve had a lot of fun with the gardens because my son has been helping me and we pretty much had a clean slate. The previous owner only did some things in the front yard – and I’ve replaced most of that.

This year has been quite dry, but with that all the plantings are coming in pretty nice. My roses – in their 3rd year of life are coming in strong and our blueberries are incredible this year.

Killer cherry tree!

Zinnia, Marigold, and more annuals make for great deck boxes.

I think this is a begonia – looks tropical!

Same as the variegated hosta – reminds me of home.

These are probably my favorite plant in the yard. Reminds me of our Schoolhouse Rd. home in Old Saybrook, CT where I grew up. Ethan and I planted these.

Yellow knockdown roses – I love the pastel yellow color of the bloom.

Elephant Ear hosta – this is a huge hosta. Love it!

Connecticut Mtn. Laurel – reminds me of where I grew up. Flowers are really interesting on this one.

These small roses are great for a nice low bush with color.

I forget what this bulb is called, but the blooms look interesting.

Yum! Blueberries are coming in nicely.

I forget the breed – but I like the red color. No smell to this one.

White Owl rose is a great bloomer and does not need dead-heading. Japaneese beetles love this guy.

I forget what this is called, but the yellow flowers really bring in the bees.

Fireworks roses – they have prolific blooms. There’s about 70 buds on this one bush.

These orange roses smell great – from heirloomroses.com

Well that’s crookedy…oops

Peonies – these guys love the heat and sun near teh mailbox.

Red and yellow broomstick in the front yard.

These lillies were part of an Easter bouquet – I salvaged them. They look great!

Tiger stripe grass.

This is a mixed bed of zinnias I use to make weekly bouquets for Luthien.

I don’t remember what these are, but they love the heat out in front of the house.

Day lillies are a great green field with good colors during most of the summer.

I don’t remember what this is called, but the bees go crazy for it.

I got this lilly from Walmart for $7. Not too shabby!

One of my all time favorites – Phlox come back every year and are super easy to care for

Hope you enjoyed the pics.