Summer in Wendy’s Garden

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Today we ’re visiting Wendy ’s garden in Cleveland Township in northern Michigan .

Inhigh summer , profuse greenery is sprinkle with flowers , and there are lot of places to sit , look out , and delight it .

A beautiful sun vagabond its glow over peacock butterfly gladiolus ( Gladiolusmurielae , Zones 6–10 or as a attender bulb ) . This beautifulbulbused to be sort in its own genus but has been moved into gladiolus . Unlike typical gladiolus , the refined bloom are stronglyfragrant , specially in the evening . They tend to bloom at the end of summer , send the season out on a beautiful note .

Every column inch of this garden is planted , give it a full , wild look , andminimizing the chances for weedsto establish .

A multifariousness of differentrosesare in fullsummer bloom . Thick plantings around the roses help show them off . Some rose assortment tend to have uneasy , bare bottoms to the plants , so this style makes them take care their best .

Squashandcucumbersjoin the flowers to give intellectual nourishment as well as beauty . And aMandevilla(Zones 9–11 or as an annual ) in ahanging baskethas climb up the rope supporting the field goal to make a chromatography column of bloom .

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