When we first moved into this house, there was a small flower bed at the back of our property and a small hedge. But no fence in the back yard.
I enjoyed seeing the perennials in bloom, though their blooming season was short, ending in early July.
Around that time, I visited a neighbour who had created a lovely “English country garden” in her back yard - after taking a course on flower gardening at the nearby college.
The secret of creating a garden like that was to plant flowers close together - with mixed colours blooming all summer long.
I would regularly visit her garden throughout the summer and was taken by the cheerful brightness of flowers called phlox, that come in a variety of colours.
I immediately set out to find some - and over the years I’ve divided the plants and moved offshoots to other parts of the yard.
The phlox I have are light and dark pink, white and red.
I’ve noticed that other types of phlox bloom earlier and later in the season. I’d get some - but I’m not sure where I’d put them! My flower beds are quite full.
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