We haven’t messed with ornamental grasses much in the past, but this year, we’re establishing a new garden that is mostly made up of them. Hakonechloa macra “Aureola” This grass forms a low mound of stems that arch gracefully in cascading layers. This is a… Read More
Hostas do well here. I’ve previously posted photos of the phenomenal giant lime green hostas we now have in three places in the garden (and we’re going to split one or perhaps two of them again later this summer). Gradually, I’d like to expand the… Read More
Clematis heracleifolia “Cassandra” is a shrubby, easy to grow clematis – not a climber. It can bloom through the summer and into fall, and it is apparently very fragrant in bloom. We bought one of these (in bud) at Lost Horizons and planted it in… Read More
This year we’ve created a few new gardens and expanded existing ones and we’ve added quite a lot of new plants. Although I’ve been gardening for a long time, my plant knowledge is more basic than I’d like it to be, and sometimes I find… Read More
As you walk up the path to the house, you’re greeted by this little garden, and then the green bench, which faces the stairs up to the front door. This garden is really happy this year!
I like the latest bird mosaic sitting in the garden behind the bear’s breeches because you don’t see it right away when you walk into the gardens. Eventually, those bear’s breeches will expand. We’ve seen them with many spikes. When that happens, the scarlet tanager… Read More
After taking the dogs for their Sunday morning walk, I snapped a few shots of the canoe garden. Strange sky. Is it going to rain? It’s still so humid my camera lens fogs up when I start taking pictures. A few notes on the new… Read More
Most people around here do most of their planting in the spring. Our circumstance is a little different in that this season we have expanded our gardens mid-summer – and added a canoe garden. The new gardens are partially planted but we saved some room… Read More
Two of the new gardens are about ready to plant – the canoe garden and the one on the near side of the new path. There is a third new garden you can’t see in this picture. It’s tucked back in behind the stern of… Read More
The new path and canoe garden are in progress….
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