A year in the garden at 2405 Hawaiian Avenue
The garden has become a pleasing combination of shady trees, sunny garden spots, and perennial flowers with a just enough space left over for a few color spots of annuals. The whole yard and garden is watered with a three station automatic sprinkler system. Below are some highlights of what you'll enjoy throughout the year in this established and easily manageable garden.
The first blooms to appear are the hellebore, or Lenten Rose, in February, and the hardy blooms last well into the spring.
Soon after that the crocuses, daffodils, tulips, and grape and rock hyacinths start popping up.
The apple and plum blossoms cover the trees in spring and appear like lace out the dining room window.
By early May the large, lavender irises are opening, filling their garden patches (and whatever room you choose to bring them into) with a candy-sweet fragrance.
The roses begin their show in the summer and continue to send up blooms into the fall. There are rose bushes all around the property, including hybrid tea roses, floribundas, climbing roses, and a fragrant old English shrub rose. Several still have their Jackson and Perkins identification tags near the base of the plant.
With the long summer days come the daylilies, coral bells, lavender, gladioluses and dahlias.
Late summer brings the harvest. The apple and plum trees usually alternate production years. The purple-red plums become incredibly sweet and juicy as their skins darken.
The apples also sweeten the longer they remain on the tree into the fall, until they turn light yellow with a slight pink blush.
The concord grapes are ready usually in September and are delicious to eat or juice.
