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A wonderful lawn-to-woodland transition

Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor

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I love this layered planting on the edge of the woods at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, New York. A small hosta (perhaps 'Golden Tiara'?) along the front edge gives way to a swath of extravagently blooming rodgersias next, and then comes a row of large ferns before the darkness beyond begins to take over. Beautiful, eh? A large border doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes just a few different plants do the trick, and quite nicely at that!

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Comments (6)

arboretum writes: now , this is sooo cool. Rodgersia foliage is so great and you just rarely see it used except in wet bog areas, so this is a really helpful idea. I can't remember if the bloom/berry sequence is commensurate, but if it were, i'd love to see red berried actaea interplanted here!
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mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/ Posted: 3:40 pm on December 8th

Nano8 writes: Simply beautiful. I would appreciate a source where I may purchase rodgersia. Posted: 1:13 pm on December 8th

sheilaschultz writes: Simplicity at it's best... the rodgersia is gorgeous. Posted: 3:32 pm on December 7th

LynnBay writes: What a delicate way to do this transition, I am truly impressed! It would be nice if a little light pink or yellow was included, but just pale coloration so not to detract from the over all effect. Posted: 1:01 pm on December 7th

stanhorst writes: This really is a nice looking transition. That is something I always have struggled with. Maybe I can steal some ideas here and try them out at my place. :-)

Stan Horst
Publisher: Betterbenches.com Posted: 12:32 pm on December 7th

bamboomary writes: Yes, this is quite nice and a problem I have struggled with in my garden. I really like the stark white flowering rodgersia for sparkling up what is generally a shady situation. Posted: 11:52 am on December 7th

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