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Late September View –Yeah, I realise its now almost mid- October
Posting this now on Saturday of the Columbus Day weekend. Even though the clematis flowers were pummeled in last week’s much needed rain, I enjoyed this view for weeks. Below is what I wrote but didn’t have time to post as September-October is very busy for landscape designers. I’m inspired each morning when I see…
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Clematis, Rose, Sedum Carry the Color
The recent tropical deluge pummeled the flowers from the clematis shown in this photo. I’ve been enjoying its white starry mass’ contribution to the fall garden for weeks now. But the dark pink-red “Knock- Out’ rose and the pink sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ continue with the additional of the changing leaves of the oakleaf hydrangea now turning carmine. You…
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Clematis Frame the Mid-September Garden
The laceleaf maple leaves are turning a lovely crimson. Makes a nice contrast with the starry white clematis ‘Sweet Autumn’ climbing the fence and deck post. The gold and blue hostas and purple ligularia may be a bit scruffy from the dry summer but still carry form and color to contrast to the also white flowered blooming…
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Late Summer & Early Fall Welcoming Combinations
I took this photo when I returned from vacation in late August. Today’s the first day of fall and the same blooming combination welcomes me daily. The only change since then are the mums I planted in the lower containers. The purple alliums, dark pink sedums, and pink roses are still going strong! That’s the…
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Early September Combination
The “Fairy” rose, the sedum ‘Rosy Glow’, and the Blue Oat Grass helictrichon greeted me as a chorus of color and delight when I returned from New Hampshire’s ferny woods and lake filled views. I was glad to see the new flush of pink flowers on the “Fairy” rose. She had a rough summer with the…
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My Favorite Deck Planting
Every year I plant summer annuals on my deck, I think this is my favorite combination. In the right corner note the dark pink petunia. It surprised me as it just popped up out of the side drain hole of the back right planter. Who knew it would survive, prosper, and add the missing element I didn’t know…
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Green Fronds and White Trunks on an August Afternoon
Is it the oxygen in a fern woodland that makes it feel so special? Do the fronds soften and reflect sound to offer a ‘soothing silence’? It may be a combination of silence, oxygenated air, or the relief one gets from leaving an open hot sunlit field to enter a shady woodland. Whatever ever it is, as…
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Oregano and Mint Underated Flowering Groundcovers
Part of what makes this garden space and path wonderful is the lavender spikes of mint that have been flowering abundantly all summer long. See them at the bottom of the photo. The white flowering oregano spills onto to fieldstone step (out of view) so that I brush past them and release their fragrance with each descent. The…
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Gaillardia and Allium, August Stars
The yellow’s the long flowering Gaillardia ‘Lemons and Oranges’ and the Allium is a August blooming ornamental onion. The variety’s a mystery to me. I tried to identify it on the web, but the photos chiefly display the round flower head without reference to scale. Reading text descriptions on other websites, I’m at a loss for this plant’s…
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Prettiest Tree Stump You’ll Ever See
Best looking rock , stump, and plant combination ever! While wandering the charming grounds of the amazingly good Jacob’s Pillow Dance in Becket, MA, I found this shady corner. The perennial geranium (probably a geranium macrorrhizum) meanders and cascades throughout the bed to showcase the stump as a special and sculptural object d’art. A couple of hosta and good sized rocks…