A Bloordale Village front garden renovation and new plantings
This front yard garden is located near Bloor and Dufferin in the Bloordale Village (or simply Bloordale) neighbourhood of Toronto. I say it is roughly 15' by 30', faces south and receives full sun for the entire day. Weeds seem to thrive here!
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| Garden clean up Bloordale before |
Other than a few hosta clumps, the raised bed is entirely infested (the best word I can think of) with creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides). After a long day digging out the fleshy bellflower roots, adding 8 bags of composted sheep manure, transplanting and mulching, I was able to transform the above weed field into this:
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| Garden clean up Bloordale after |
Sure, these baby perennials (1 gallon containers) look small but give them 3 years and we should have nice clumps. New additions include Liatris, "Autumn Joy" sedum, "May Night" perennial sage, purple coneflower, "Ruby Glow" barberry, "Franz Schubert" summer phlox, Agastache rugosa, and "Raspberry Ice" Heuchera, All love full sun and most attract pollinators.
Did I say I hated creeping bellflower?
Here are more before and after pictures:
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| Garden cleanup Bloordale before |
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| Garden cleanup Bloordale after |
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| Bloordale garden cleanup before |
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| Bloordale garden clean up |
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| Bloordale garden cleanup before |
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| Bloordale garden cleanup after |
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| Bloordale garden clean up |
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| Bloordale garden clean up |
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| Bloordale garden cleanup before |
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| Bloordale garden cleanup after |
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