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| Tis the season for daylilies! Hemerocallis 'Ruffled Apricot' |
Showing posts with label perennial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perennial. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 08, 2015
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Design Decoded 2.24.2014
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| sarah price landscapes via Pintrest |
This modern take on a prairie or meadow garden is a brilliant combination of structure and softness. The formal, clipped hedges of evergreen boxwood (Buxus spp.) add just the right amount of contrast and stability to a very loose and organic perennial planting. Although shown flanking stairs on a moderate slope, this design style would be equally effective on a flat ground plane. Many of these native plants would work well here but, for our dry, sunny climate I'd switch out the boxwood with green lavender-cotton (Santolina rosemarinifolia) or English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Happy Autumn!
Here are just a few scenes from my garden today, the first day of fall:
Here's wishing you a beautiful, bountiful fall!
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| my all-time favorite combo: blue oat grass and Autumn Joy sedum |
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| what bees want: sedum and more sedum |
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| Miscanthus strictus in its prime |
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| despite some recent hail damage, the grapes are ripe and sweet |
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Friday, August 03, 2012
Missing June
Do you miss your June garden? Wishing you could turn back the clock and enjoy all your lovely flower faves again? Well, you can! All you need to do is head up to Colorado's high country. Last weekend we took a day-trip from Denver to Fairplay / South Park (yes, that South Park), on through Breckenridge, and home via Frisco.
In Fairplay (elevation 9,953 feet), a tiny unpaved corner of the old stone county building has a spunky display of delphinium, alpine poppy (Papaver nudicale), columbine, Campanula spp., and snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum). The discovery of this little pocket garden was almost as exciting as the llama races!
The historic district of Breckenridge (elevation 9,600 feet) puts on a beautiful show for the summer tourists with gorgeous hanging baskets and flower boxes dripping with color (I was too stunned to take photos? Doh!) Cottage style gardens are tucked into any little space available. This garden includes blooms of cat mint (Nepeta spp.), larkspur, globe flower (Trollius spp.), foxglove, Veronica spp. and Dianthus spp.
Delphinium, lady's mantle (Alchmilla mollis), and Lilium spp. as well.
Gardening at high elevations is challenging: the growing season is very short, the nights are cool, and the sun is intense with a capital I ... but the rewards are huge.
(Frisco is on the shore of beautiful Lake Dillon, an important reservoir for metro Denver and the home of one of our favorite BBQ joints: Q4U.)
In Fairplay (elevation 9,953 feet), a tiny unpaved corner of the old stone county building has a spunky display of delphinium, alpine poppy (Papaver nudicale), columbine, Campanula spp., and snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum). The discovery of this little pocket garden was almost as exciting as the llama races!
The historic district of Breckenridge (elevation 9,600 feet) puts on a beautiful show for the summer tourists with gorgeous hanging baskets and flower boxes dripping with color (I was too stunned to take photos? Doh!) Cottage style gardens are tucked into any little space available. This garden includes blooms of cat mint (Nepeta spp.), larkspur, globe flower (Trollius spp.), foxglove, Veronica spp. and Dianthus spp.
Delphinium, lady's mantle (Alchmilla mollis), and Lilium spp. as well.
Gardening at high elevations is challenging: the growing season is very short, the nights are cool, and the sun is intense with a capital I ... but the rewards are huge.
(Frisco is on the shore of beautiful Lake Dillon, an important reservoir for metro Denver and the home of one of our favorite BBQ joints: Q4U.)
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Wordless Wednesday 7.18.2012
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| Waves of summer color — the perennial trials garden at Colorado State University |
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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