An early July tour of the back garden

The evening of July 8th I walked into the back garden at just the right moment, the sun was low and shining into the garden from the west, working it's golden hour magic. Naturally I started snapping photos, and so I'm sharing a rare summer garden tour...

Walking in...

Looking to the left.

And to the right, along the back of the house.

What initially caught my attention was the bromeliad bowl, it's visible in the first photo at the top of the post. I've not seen the plants backlit like this before.

This weekend marks a year since this low metal bench came home with me. I bought it at VanLierop Garden Market during the Puget Sound Garden Fling, I'm so glad I did!

Panning to the right, the orange wall is the neighbor's garage...

Looking at the back of the house now, due east. It's crazy how much the light changed from the last photo. 

Looking south now, at the side of our garage, the orange wall is behind me. I've stepped back and I'm using that crazy iPhone feature where you can pan out for a wide angle photo. 

The Metapanax delavayi (tall lacy shrub/small tree to the left) is looking so good this year! It's gotten really large. Also, I must share my frustration over how much the process of uploading these photos to the Blogger platform degrades their quality. I noticed it on Monday with the photos of Ann Nichols' garden and it's really evident here too. Bummer!

Southwest now, towards the shade pavilion.

Zoomed out.

Some of the vertical plantings on the trellis next to the garage.

And turned around now to look back at where I'd been, roughly northeast.

This area is an odd mash-up of agaves that have been there for a long while, and shady characters that I've planted over the last couple of years.

The ferny bits I planted last summer when the Nolina hibernica 'La Siberica' died...

I'm down on the patio now, looking up at Sammy (the tall Yucca rostrata) and friends.

The table planting on the stock tank base is holding up well.

Turning to look south towards the shade pavilion.

The stairs and pathway up and out of the garden...

Southwest corner of the patio...

Closer views of the shade pavilion and all the plantings on the fence...

The tall pedestal planters in the southwest corner...

And the back of the garage.

And looking down at the patio...

I hope you enjoyed this tour. Some of the photos had better light than others, but it was nice change from the cloudy day photos I'm usually forced to share for a tour, since sunlight means crazy harsh shadows.

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