Rock Village (around home)

June 2014

We haven't posted any pictures from around the house recently, and I have a specific request for some. So here are some pictures of the Snaps on our deck. This is one of two containers with them; the other looks just about identical. Next to the flowers is a hot pepper plant.

Two deck containers planted with dark red snapdragons and a dark-leaved hot pepper plant beside the wooden railing

Close view of a dark red snapdragon bloom hanging over the edge of a deck planter

Our shade garden is doing well. Here is a picture from earlier this year (May 12th).

Shade garden in early May beneath the maple tree with curved stone edging and stepping stones, before the plants filled in

And here is a picture from July 11, 2014.

Shade garden in July beneath the maple tree with ferns and other plants filling in around the stone edging and stepping stones

The large flowering plant on the left of the picture was supposed to be a Doll's Eye, but was mislabeled. It is actually an Actaea racemosa. It's a great plant, except it is a bit too tall for where it is. No matter, since it is spreading soon enough I will have some closer to the tree as well. And I might transplant one to the other side of the tree to balance out the garden a bit.

Updated April 2026