Mary’s squirrel-friendly garden in Florida

Today ’s photograph are from Mary Laughman in Florida . She says,“Over the last eight twelvemonth , my husband and I have transformed our backyard into our own personal haven . It started out with nothing but St. Augustine grass and throughout the years we have laid flagstone paseo and formed garden beds that not only the bee , butterflies , and wench enjoy , but also an abundant amount of squirrels . My creative husband has made a identification number of birdhouses in plus to a squirrel feeder . We have key out that if squirrels have their own intellectual nourishment author , they result the bird bird feeder alone .

Because of the eminent humidness and estrus of the Florida summer , I have planted quite a number of drought resistance plant such as cannas , azaleas , Knockout rosiness , taro , agapanthus , and sedems throughout the flower beds . As a focal point we create a garden shoulder where a thirteen - foot - marvellous white - flowered chaste Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grow , and below it put up an holy person statue that is surrounded by creeping Jenny .

My married man also create an espalier using fuzz pipe and telegram which is threaded on the diagonal , which support a Bougainvillea that blooms in other spring . We have notice that one can never underestimate the power of green in the garden . It is soothing , powerful , and pleasing . ”

Lovely , Mary ! We so rarely see gardens in Florida on the GPOD . Thanks so much for submitting photos !

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