Highlights of a growing season
Today we ’re off to Gig Harbor , Washington , where Peggy Fox is elude the winter blues by search back at some favorite photo from last year in her garden .
Spring foliage ofPodophyllumpleianthum(Zones 6–8 ) , variegatedConvallaria(Zones 3–8 ) , and flowers from a breakstone ( ca n’t remember which one ) made a dainty combination .
The weirdly nerveless but very smelly flowers ofPodophyllum pleianthum
A simple but pleasing combination of chives(Alliumschoenoprasum , Zones 4–8),Euphorbia(Zones 6–9 ) , blank out - me - nots(Myosotissylvatica , Zones 3–8 ) , and nigella(Nigelladamascena , annual ) , withGeranium× magnificum(Zones 5–8 ) andstachys(Stachys byzantina , Zones 4–8 ) in the background .
Geranium × magnificum
Nigellais such a free seeder , but I love the drifts ofblue .
Pink on pink from astrantia(Astrantiamajor , Zones 4–7 ) andFilipendularubra(queen of the prairie , Zones 3–8 )
A huge star jasmine(Trachelospermum jasminoides , Zones 8–10 ) turns our front entry into afragrant , enclosed quad to view the garden from .
My peachy David Austin rise is grow into the sweetheart . I lose the tag for this one and have been attempt to identify it .
I love the red root word and grim berries of the large timber perennialDiphylleiacymosa(Zones 6–9 ) .
I bed the combining of the foliage ofRhododendronpachysanthum(Zones 7–9 ) andHakonechloa‘All Gold ’ ( zone 5–9 ) .
The same area of the garden later in the season include the bronze foliage and cum heads from rogersia(Rogersia podophylla , Zones 5–8 ) , and Lord’s Day shining through the purple - leaved grapevine(Vitisvinifera‘Purpurea ’ , Zones 6–9 ) on thefence , turning it scarlet .
Fall colorstarts to show from potted geraniums(Pelargoniumhybrids , zone 9–11 or as annuals ) , ginkgo(Ginkgobiloba , Zones 4–8 ) andTetrapanax(Zones 7–10 ) , with Japanese maples(Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9 ) andconifersbehind .
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