As a way of introducing myself, let me introduce my favorite place on earth, MY GARDEN!!
Welcome! This is the view as you pull up in your car. It is a pale comparison to its summer glory, but I’ve been trying to add a few more evergreen perennials and things to give it winter interest. All the pictures in this post, except the last one, are the things you would see as you walked from your car to my front door. Every picture, except one, was taken the week of Christmas. Of course you would have to really slow down and look around to notice it all (you should always do that).
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On the right as you step from the driveway to the sidewalk you see this pretty combination. The lacey foliage of artemisia (Artemisia ludoviciana ‘Powis Castle’) blends nicely with the large, fuzzy, silver leaves of this salvia (Argentea ‘Artemis’). (I grew a dozen of these from seed last spring, but the armadillo dug up all but this one.) The dark foliage of black mondo grass (Ophiopogon nigrescens) and kale add a nice contrast. ********************************************************************
To the left is this path into the woods.
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Take a closer look at the plants just before the path splits. I love the rounded form of the dark leaved coral bells (Heuchera ‘Obsidian’) with the spiky texture of blue fescue (Festuca glauca ‘Elija Blue’). The juniper (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Star’) is growing slowly, and I’m getting a little impatient, but the color harmonizes nicely.
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The left fork of the path leads to the hammock. The dried flower heads of sedum ‘Autumn Fire’ can be seen on the left. I leave them standing until spring to provide winter interest.
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The right fork leads to a wooden arbor and the woodland garden beyond. The woodland garden is more of an idea than a reality, but I’m working on it.
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A little further down is another path to the left. This one is lined with my middle daughter’s favorite plant, the evergreen perennial, ajuga. Some sources list it as invasive, but I just think of it as providing lots to spread around or give to friends.
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I love my little pond and the fishing dog. The silver and purple plant combination here is very similar to the second picture. I used the same black mondo grass, a different variety kale, and artemisia (Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’). The artemisia looks pretty rough in midwinter.
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I wanted to post how spectacular the ‘Silver Mound’ looks in midsummer. This is the same plant, but the picture was taken from the other direction. The big white blooms are phlox ‘David’.
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Just before you step onto the front porch is this really cool lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ducanni’). I’m hoping it does better than the last one. It won’t be hard, considering that one died in less than a month. This time I planted in fall instead of spring, and I’m trying a different location.
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As you step through the front door you can look back on my front garden.
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Once inside the house you’ll probably want to look at the view from the back deck. I’ll show you more later.