Crabapple 'Prairiefire' 1
Crabapple 'Prairiefire' 2
Crabapple blossom closeup 1
Crabapple blossom closeup 2
Forsythia shrub - early season color
Forsythia closeup
A favorite annual: California poppy
A favorite annual: Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia). I've called it my Most Valuable Annual.
A favorite perennial: Purple Coneflower
Purple Coneflower 2
White Swan version of coneflower
Purple Coneflower 3
A favorite perennial: Lavatera thuringiaca (a kind of mallow). This is my Most Valuable Perennial (MVP).
Lavatera 2
Lavetera 3 with Meidiland rose behind
Hibiscus shrub
Double-flowered hibiscus shrub
Double-flowered hibiscus 2
Delphinium closeup
Campanula (bellflower)
Shasta daisy, large clump
Shasta daisy, small clump
Indian Blanket Flower, Burgundy variety
Indian Blanket Flower
Wildflowers
Muscari
Siberian Iris
Windflowers (Anemone blanda)
Wallflower
We had this roof built over the back deck. It's like an extension of our family room and improves the quality of our outdoor living space.
Arbor straight shot
Arbor with rose hedge and grasses
Looking up the hill a the deck "room"
Looking up the hill 2
Arbor at sunset
Arbor in fall
Arbor in fall 2
Wild rose shrub in bloom
Wild rose hips
Blue Oat Grass
Japanese Anemone
Hostas, with Spotted Deadnettle groundcover in front.
Closeup of purple variety of Spotted Deadnettle.
Closeup of white Spotted Deadnettle
Rocky Mountain Penstemon, a native flower.
Foxglove
Front yard in summer
Front yard in July
Young Goldenrain Tree
Rose hedge
Rose hedge 2
Fruit garden area with bench
Back of house from far back yard
French marigold
Pumpkins
Favorite small tree: Japanese Maple in fall
Closeup of Japanese Maple in fall
Japanese Maple in Fall 2
Brunerra
Pansies - these are planted in fall and live through the snow, providing a great show in the earliest spring.
A fancy tulip
Candytuft - masses of spring flowers
Candytuft closer
Apple blossom
Flowering cherry closeup
Rockcress (Arabis) a flowering groundcover
A favorite: Coreopsis grandiflora
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
Mid spring Coreopsis and Lavender
Lavender, California poppies, and Coreopsis
Lavender, Coreopsis, and Purple Coneflowers
A favorite: Cherries
A favorite: Strawberries
A super-favorite: Apples
Emma and Eliza, after picking apples
Apples on the kitchen counter
A favorite vine: Clematis
Larkspur, a tall, long-blooming annual
A favorite shrub: Meidiland Ruby Rose
A favorite shrub: Meidiland Ruby Rose 2
A favorite shrub: Meidiland Ruby Rose closeup
Bellflowers, Coreopsis, and Indian Blanket Flowers
Spirea shrub - deer proof
Spirea shrub, somewhat close
Closeup of Spirea bumalda shrub
Lily
Crazy exotic flower: Perennial Hibiscus, an eight-inch bloom!
Nice groundcover: hardy iceplant (Delosperma cooperi)
Blue Mist Spirea shrub somewhat close
Blue Mist Spirea shrub
Front yard in snow
Back yard, early snow in October
Temple Square tulips in sun
Temple Square provides some good inspiration
Temple Square lions and tulips
