The tornados that devastated many places all around me last week did no damage to the garden or structures, (all my damage was done the week before) but I’m in the mood for pretty pictures.
I try and use things that entertain me for a long time, but I make exceptions for a few of my favorites, and this peony ‘Festiva Maxima’ makes the list. I can’t walk by without sticking my nose in and breathing deeply.
Baptisia was the 2010 perennial plant of the year. He takes awhile to settle in and start looking fabulous, so be patient. This variety called ‘Purple Smoke’ has been here since spring of 2009. His long tap root makes him drought tolerant and also reportedly hard to move. However, I’ve seen several gardeners report success, so I’m going to try this fall. The Clematis in the background is a reblooming variety called ‘Franziska Maria Evipo’. The chartreuse plant in the front is anise hyssop (Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee.’)
The backyard is waking up nicely. The Mountain Laurel is looking good, as is the climbing rose ‘Don Juan’. Juan looked much better last year. I should probably feed him some compost.
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This area of the front yard looks particularly nice now. Everything is so fresh and new. The tall white spires of foxglove in the back are just getting started. (I’m going to write an entire blog on foxglove, because it’s one of my very favorites.) From left to right are foam flower (Tiarella ‘Black Velvet’), a dark coleus, Astilbe ‘Fanal’ coral bells (Heuchera ‘Palace Purple’), kale (I decided not to eat it. The flowers were pretty, but I cut them off before they started dropping seed.), and a few more plants I’ll talk about later.
You probably didn’t notice Helleborus ‘Mrs. Betty Ranicar’ in the previous picture; she’s tucked in behind the Heuchera. The other Helleborus are mostly done, but she’s still going strong after at least 6 weeks. I’m hoping she has some babies this year.
This is just before you step onto the front porch. The coral bells (Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’) in the center really loves it here. He’s about to start flowering. Both of the silver foliaged plants to his left and right moved here this spring from Plant Delights. On the left is Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum falcatum ‘Silver Lining’), and on the right is Helleborus foetidus ‘Red Silver’ (Sorry Ann, I don’t think he’ll bloom until next year.) Along the front is sedge (Carex ‘Blue Zinger’), and the foliage of the foxglove is along the back.