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Summer garden tour in the Carolina’s

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Hey there!

Thought I would share a quick little summer garden tour of our Carolina home.

Note…

not a lot of flowers, because

as many of you know…

I am not a green thumb.

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It’s actually hard to believe my window boxes are still alive, or I should say the flowers planted are still alive.

I suppose with all this rain it has helped.

That is Jasmine btw growing up the middle.

Been there for about 6 years and it really loves the full sun.

I let nature take it’s course.

My husband has to trim it some.

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Japanese Maple, doing well.

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The IVY in the URNS have been planted for at least 3 years.

Stuff won’t die.

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These urns were originally black and I painted them with Annie Sloan chalk paint a few years back.

Another paint job holding up pretty well.

This I believe is called creeping Jenny. I planted it around 4 years ago, and this is what it is doing today.

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Carolina outdoor home tour

You may remember my garden bench that I spray painted.

It was originally black, then this yellow

and now currently blue, which is my favorite color.

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I am thinking it needs a refresher soon.

Just not sure on color choice yet.

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Out the back here,

we planted these cyprus trees last year…

those too, doing well.

{Yes, that is  a diy pizza oven}

I do OK with green stuff, can you see it’s a pattern…

all things green I can do!

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BBQ anyone?

back yard

It has been a few years now since we have done the Stamped concrete.

Holding up pretty well.

Although we do need it sealed this Fall again.

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I bought two of these cute solar knomes at the drug store.

I believe for 12.00 a piece.

They work pretty well too.

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We will be restaining this side deck here shortly.

Hoping to try the new Rust-oleum Deck and concrete restore.

Heading to the top deck now…

The petunia’s, well, they’re OK…

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not dead yet, but not great either.

Sorta thinking I should have not gotten a green umbrella too this year…

this is a whole lotta green.

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you enjoyed my Carolina outdoor garden tour.

without many flowers:)

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  1. Pam @ diy Design Fanatic says

    July 29 at 7:59 pm

    Your garden looks great Debbie! Good luck with your deck…Hopefully the majority of the rain is over and you can get it done. We are mostly finished with ours. I just have the stair railing to finish up.

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  2. Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage says

    July 29 at 8:05 pm

    My fav part of the garden tour was the spray painted bench! Does that make me a bad person? lol. My poor flowers… not getting the attention I usually give them. They are doing okay, but sort of under appreciated with tools taking over their normal home.

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  3. Cindy says

    July 29 at 8:12 pm

    Hi Debbie!!!
    Your garden looks beautiful! We need to redo our deck too, one of the MANY things on our to do list. I believe your climber is Creeping Fig. We have some growing on the brick around our screened porch, I love it!
    Hope you have a great week…
    Blessings,
    Cindy

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    • debbiedoo's says

      July 29 at 8:13 pm

      Could be you are right on the fig, I know it is creeping something LOL!

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      • Amy Davis says

        July 29 at 9:32 pm

        That is for sure creeping fig.

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  4. Barbara F. says

    July 29 at 8:16 pm

    Your home exterior is lovely, and so is your yard. Those little gnomes are so cute. xo

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  5. Poppy says

    July 29 at 8:33 pm

    Absolutely beautiful! What a fabulous outdoor space you have, Debbie! Love it! The urn overflowing with the ivy is looking sooo pretty! Everything looks so lush and green and the pretty blue bench is a perfect spot to sit and enjoy your outdoor space. Wonderful post! Have a great week ahead! Hugs,Poppy

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  6. Carlene@Organized Clutter says

    July 29 at 8:44 pm

    Debbie, fabulous curb appeal. I love your deck, and all the plants look very healthy!

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  7. Kim says

    July 29 at 8:54 pm

    Looks green and lush. That jasmine has really gotten huge over the last few years. Fun watching it change from year to year. Love the creeping Jenny climbing the house. I love when homes have greenery growing on them. Hubby, not so much.

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  8. Anne@DesignDreams says

    July 29 at 9:10 pm

    So beautiful! Love that you painted your urns with chalk paint! and that yellow bench is gorgeous.

    Thank you for sharing xox

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  9. sonny says

    July 29 at 9:25 pm

    looks great Deb.. I love the creeping jenny and will be looking for some to add to a wall here. thanks for the tour

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    • debbiedoo's says

      July 29 at 9:33 pm

      It is creeping fig the girls just said:)

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  10. Debbie says

    July 29 at 10:18 pm

    You’re Debbiedoo and I’m Debbietoo! Well, I just couldn’t resist that. I love your blog, projects, home and yard. Is that a pizza oven on the patio? Did you build it? If so, would you share directions? I’m dying to build one.

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    • debbiedoo's says

      July 29 at 11:51 pm

      https://www.debbie-debbiedoos.com/2011/09/diy-outdoor-pizza-oven.html. Thank you:)

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  11. shirley@housepitalitydesigns says

    July 29 at 10:45 pm

    Debbie…I always so enjoy seeing your beautiful yard!….i love all of your wonderful potted plants and the urns that you painted…Looking forward to your color decision on the bench…it is so very pretty!! Have a great week Debbie!

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  12. Martina says

    July 29 at 10:59 pm

    Debbie your gardens look so pretty…I LOVE the Creeping Jenny you have growing up the house! Love the look Cyprus trees too near your patio! Hope your having a wonderful summer:)

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  13. Kris says

    July 30 at 12:51 am

    Debbie,
    Your home is lovely, and welcoming! I would love to sit there on that patio and sip some tea with you.
    XO Kris

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  14. Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says

    July 30 at 8:22 am

    You’ve got lovely gardens, Debbie! The greens are important, too! Love your Japanese Maple. I’m looking to have a round bushy evergreen taken out by our front entrance and I’d like to get a small Japanese Maple to put in its place. It will not come onto the cement like the evergreen is doing, plus I’m hoping it will give us a little bit of shade down the road.

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  15. Lisa Palmese says

    July 30 at 9:10 am

    Debbie,
    Your property is Amazing!! You have a Lovely Home Inside and Out. Except for the Scary Gnome!! I had inherited a bunch of them and sadly they went in the yard sale because then I found out the ones from the 50s and those are the ones I had the one with the tall red had is worth something like $50,000 So now I really don’t like them lol.
    But it sounds like your apologizing for not having flowers? Yet you do have some scattered about your grounds, if your too busy ,your too busy that’s fine. You are doing 3 million things but if you do like the look of flowers in your property, and by the way love your Japanese Maple We had one growing up in NY and it was My Mother’s Prize possession her Red Japanese Maple and Her Lilacs. Just some tips I learned along the way if you don’t have the time and Gardens do take time. To have a Formal Look Cleaner Look, stick to two colors. And to have the flowers you long for but don’t have time. Instead of having allot of smaller containers scattered about for color. Get a couple of really large containers and put all the smaller ones in it along with something that trails ivy, sweet potato vine. . Then you only have to water a couple containers and you get a Big show!! And I think you would be happier and proud of your flower show!!! Just Love Your Home it’s Beautiful and The Bench came out Amazing!! The gnome has to go!! lol xoxo Lisa

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  16. Shelia says

    July 30 at 9:16 am

    Well, Debbie Dear, I so enjoyed my tour around your gardens. Now don’t sell yourself short – everything looks good in green! You have some lovely plants and vines. That Japanese Maple tree is so pretty and frilly and I love the little girl statue under it. You had to have a little girl somewhere. You have such a wonderful large space. I’ll bet your boys love it and that pizza oven! Woo Hoo! When can I come over? 🙂
    Thanks for popping in to see me.
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;0

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  17. Angela says

    July 30 at 10:28 am

    Your yard looks fabulous! Love the idea of a pizza oven!!! Hmmmm…..got me thinking! LOL!! I love your urns out front! I have the very same urns (only black) and I’m thinking the white is a great change, especially with the holidays coming! Thanks for sharing, Debbie!!

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  18. Mary says

    July 30 at 10:36 am

    Your yard is lovely. I just wanted to warn you about the Deck Restorer from Rustoleum. We put this on our deck floor last summer. It is all peeling up. About $200.00 worth of product that I now have to scrape off.

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    • debbiedoo's says

      July 30 at 11:47 am

      We only really need it for the rails and our side mud room entry. I hope that does not happen. We still need to do more research before we take that chance though. Thank you for the info.

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  19. Pam @ House of Hawthornes says

    July 30 at 11:28 am

    Flowers are over-rated. I like all the shades of green you have going on. And that little gnome light is too cute.

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  20. Jane says

    July 30 at 11:42 am

    I don’t think you give yourself enough credit, Debbie! Everything looks neat and healthy and pretty! Gardening is not easy and you have done really well, I bet you get lot of compliments. I just love seeing pictures of your home, it’s beautiful inside and out!

    XO,
    Jane

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    • debbiedoo's says

      July 30 at 11:46 am

      Thank you Jane, the green is certainly green, but I don’t have anything to do with that LOL. I appreciate your kind words.

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  21. Leena Lanteigne says

    July 30 at 1:30 pm

    Your yard looks so lush and relaxing! I think I’ll just hang out on the patio for a bit. You don’t mind, do you? LOL Hugs, Leena

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  22. Angelina-JoJo and Eloise says

    July 30 at 2:47 pm

    Your garden tour was so Lovely and Inviting!! I must admit I am a bit envious of all your LUSH greenery. The bench is Adorable and I love all the colors it has been, especially the YELLOW : ) I’m thinking RED should be it’s next color 🙂
    Thanks for sharing your space with us!
    xoxo

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  23. Penny @ The Comforts of Home says

    July 30 at 3:36 pm

    Things are looking good in your garden Debbie! Your gnomes are too cute!

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  24. Debbie says

    July 31 at 7:35 am

    I think it all looks terrific. Ours started out fine this year, but I swear we are totally waterlogged. Nothing like “feast and famine” in Dixie. UGH. I hope you get some sunshine to work on the deck (which still looks great, IMO.) I wanted to do a new stain job or restoration this year, but just like you we have been too wet.

    (And I love the urn washed in white. Just bought one yesterday to do that to so I’m inspired to get my butt up and do it. Mine will be interior, though. )

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  25. Bliss says

    July 31 at 5:30 pm

    Mine are alive too, hanging on by a thread. Next year lets bring plasty back.
    Bliss

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  26. Amy says

    July 31 at 11:52 pm

    Thanks for the garden tour — it all looks fabulous to me! I love the blue painted bench, too.

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  27. Bev says

    August 1 at 2:01 pm

    Beautiful Debbie! I own a home in Wilmington NC but I am currently at my home in FL sweating my B double O T Y off!! I plan to be coming back up in the Fall for a while but if you keep showing photos like that I am not sure if I can wait that long…lol. Your home reminds me of mine except mine is a 1 story. My Mother and Dad bought the home in 1973 and she was a member of the garden club in our subdivision so the yard was lovely for years. I am like you with no green thumb but everything green she planted still thrives (crape myrtles, azalea’s, ivy like yours that grows on the back of the home (as you said nothing will kill it) and dogwoods mostly white but I do have a large pink one which is almost rare to see now. Thank you for giving us a tour of your lovely yard although it does make me yearn to be there in NC.

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    • debbiedoo's says

      August 1 at 4:02 pm

      Thank you so much for your sweet comment. We sure love living in the Carolina’s!

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      • Bev says

        August 4 at 1:09 am

        You are very welcome and thank you for taking the time to reply. I love living in the Carolina’s and the people that live that are so warm and friendly.

        Reply

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