Returning to Chris’s Pennsylvania Garden

From grass to garden, part 2

We ’re back today in Phoenixville , Pennsylvania , where Chris has , over the past few eld , transformed his mostly empty yard into a lush , beautiful garden .

Chris poses with his immense stand of sunflowers ( Helianthusannuus , annual ) . These are so well-situated to mature , so beautiful , and so great for local wildlife .

There are n’t just plants in the garden — the deck of cards is loaded down withcontainersas well ! It expect like most of these will come inside for the winter and live ashouseplants .

Beautiful marigold ( Tagetespatula , annual ) line the walkway . It ’s tough to beat marigold for easy color all summertime long . They have no serious pestilence or diseases , are a North American aboriginal , are soft to rise from seed , and are just beautiful .

Farther down the walk we see touchy cloud of purple genus Petunia and a toweringDatura(annual ) with large , lily-white , trumpet - shaped blooms .

I love the way the magniloquent arise bush and other plant make this route find like a magic burrow .

Abirdbathis tucked in amid the abundant flowers . Birdbaths are enjoyed by birds , of course , but many other animals will salute out of them as well , includingbeesand otherpollinators .

A study inpink , with a huge hardy hibiscus taking marrow stage

A cute picayune salamander chip out the garden . amphibian such as salamander and batrachian are often very sensitive to pesticides , as they easily absorb chemical through their pelt . Seeing them thriving in a garden is a just signboard that it is a safe place for native wildlife .

Another feeling at the marigolds — such a dandy works that take for so little and gives so many peak in counter !

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