This buttery yellow house on Rankin Place is located a stone’s throw from Tate Street and Greensboro College.  The 1,500 +/- square ft. house, built in 1900, is found in historic College Hill where houses are known to have distinctive personalities. The flowers and greenery in the front are typical of late summer gardens in older neighborhoods. The plants are spindly and leaning in all directions– a picture of wild abandon.  It is as if plants and flowers are having their last hurrah before the weather turns cold. Just beyond the camera’s view, the yard has a garden of edible greens growing on the left, near the cinder blocks. The yellow paint on this home is slightly different than the yellow house on Hendrix!

Walking  around Greensboro’s historic neighborhoods is a great way to get ideas for plants and foliage that look nice into autumn. Before you know it, maple trees and blueberry bushes will be putting on quite a show. Pumpkin patch and corn maze time is just around the corner…. It is hard to be patient and enjoy soaking in this last few weeks of summer knowing the delights fall will bring!