Small-Space Gardening in Texas

Flower-forward gardening

Today we ’re off to Texas to visit a nurseryman who makes the most of asmall garden space , satiate it with a solicitation of lovely , bungalow - style blooms .

A small garden space does n’t mean it ca n’t be beautiful and filled with flower . This garden leans heavily on Graeco-Roman favorites likerosesto make a romantic place .

A little sweetness ofearly drawers , picked before a recent freeze , include Narcissus pseudonarcissus ( Narcissushybrids , Zones 3–8 ) and hyacinths ( Hyacinthusorientalis , Zones 3–8 ) .

In the summer , the rose bushes furnish romanticist bouquets as well . This one includes the blooms of the rose ‘ Quick Silver ’ and ‘ gamey Girl ’ , both of which have flowers in that elusive lavender color that is so rare in roses . Notrue bluerose exists , but these come up close .

Gardeners know that unassuming start like thisbareroot rosebush , look burry and cruel , can turn into the most beautiful parts of a garden .

Dahliasare a favored too , admit this dinner party - home potpourri , ‘ Belle of Barmera ’ ( Zones 8–10 or as a pinnace bulb ) , which produces genuinely enormous , lusciously colored flower .

Dahlia‘Pennhill Dark Monarch ’ is another arresting , Brobdingnagian - flowered kind , with informal flower petal in a intermixture of colors .

blossoming quince ( Chaenomelesspeciosa , Zones 4–8 ) is an earlyflowering shrub . This one produces huge number of three-fold red flowers to get the gardening season run short with a hit .

Here ’s another garden bouquet , this one including Oriental poppies ( Liliumhybrid , Oriental group , Zones 3–9 ) , which give it a full-bodied , powerful fragrance .

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