Potrero Hill Cottage Garden

 In 2018, I started maintaining this front cottage garden.  It was planted with the typical one-offs that survived our dry summers, that included horrible things like phormiums and loropetalum with the ever present tibochina.   But I took on this space for its potential.   A single story Victorian with stereotypical San Francisco wood details with the white picket fence.  

Now the days have overtaken the night, things have gone boom. 

This was taken last year on May 30, peak bloom.

More stills from May 30, 2023:

Introducing My Newest Cottage Garden

 I have been working this tiny front plot for about five years now.   I have slowing been planting new layers of flowering plants in the Potrero Hill garden.  New addition this spring is the ruby red Ixias in the last couple of photos.

Spring Bulbs in San Francisco

 

Narcissus 'Minnow' in Eureka Valley

Potrero Hill Entry Garden

 Third week of May and full of flowers.  Roses, Gerber Daisies, Asters, Scabiosa, Alliums and much more packed into this tiny garden in San Francisco. 

San Francisco Gardener's Tour - Potrero Hill

Jeannine's Potrero Hill Garden is a spacious double lot with lots of large interesting tree in the neighboring garden looking up the hill.   An exquisite Dymondia margaretae lawn with blue flagstone path.  The building of the raised beds is the owner's project.  It will be a diamond space parterre with five wood raised beds instead of boxwood hedge.  I love the red clover.

Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Front garden on Arkansas around where 20th would be.

Potrero Hill

Yes. A Rose climbing up the loropetalum and lemon in front of the bamboo and plum.  It's a lovely rose but I don't know it's name.

February in Northern California

Shrub Roses with Euphorbia and Libertia.

Potrero Hill Garden

This garden on the northern slope of Potrero Hill is dominated by a neighbor's large green japanese maple and an avocado tree. This is mostly a shade garden with a few patch of full sun.

Large balls of Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' with Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra) in the foreground.


Forest grass with Campanula.



Winter brown color of the Japanese Forest Grass.

Cloches for the Hydrangeas are clearly seen in this winter photograph.



Brugsmania

Potrero Hill Entry Garden

The goal of this garden is to have an ever constant flora display, twelve months a year. It is a challenge at times but the lady of the house loves it.  October is our most flexible month. So much works at this time of year.

Potrero Hill Entry Garden

Spring came early with many sunny days and little rain.