Arianne is letting us into her beautiful garden today.
I want to share my Zone 4B garden with you. This is a mixture of both perennials and annuals, mostly planted from seeds.
The low evening light brings out the magical colors of this garden. In the foreground, bright red impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri, Zones 9–11 or as an annual) grow with purple vinca (Catharanthus roseus, Zones 10–11 or as an annual). People often choose light flower colors for an evening garden, but these darker rich colors look fantastic.
In another view of the evening garden, the purples of stock (Matthiola incana, annual) and gomphrena (Gomphrena globosa, Zones 9–11 or as an annual) in the foreground look moody and magnificent.
In the daytime, the red of a coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides, Zones 10–11 or as as annual) in the foreground picks up notes of red from flowers and the door in the background. You can see that this is a small garden, but there is so much beauty and interest in this space.
There is so much diversity in this garden, from conifers to perennials to the bold leaves of a canna (Canna hybrid, Zones 8–10 or as a tender bulb).
I love the patio area and the walkway back to the garage. What a wonderful space to share a meal.
At night, a well-placed garden light highlights the incredible flowers of a coneflower (Echinacea hybrid, Zones 4–9).
This corner is mostly about foliage, but the wide range of colors and textures ensures a lot of interest and contrast. Hanging baskets and taller shrubs make use of the vertical space.
The gold-leaved coleus in the two containers seem to glow almost as bright and welcoming as the windows of the house.
Cheery pink coneflowers, a great native perennial, are as good for birds and pollinators as they are beautiful.
Arianne shared a lot of beautiful photos of her garden, so we’ll be back tomorrow with more!
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Comments
Arianne, what a stunning garden. I love how it shows in the twilight. Just delightful! Well done.
A very nice job of making use of the space that you are afforded . Keep up the good work , always thinking of , "What's next ? " Peace from the Mohawk Valley in central NYS .
One of the best that I have seen on the GPOD!!!
Wonderful use of your space. Your photos make it easy to understand your layout and help us walk around your garden with you. I would love to see this in different seasons.
So very pretty.
Love that flagstone patio and curved path in your garden- nice choices on flowers too! I love a garden in twilight!
Beautiful garden. I love that you showed the overall view showcasing the layout of the garden space. It looks so peaceful and inviting. Thank you for sharing and inspiring.
I love it! Very beautiful!
Great job Arianne. Absolutely beautiful. I love the colors, selection of plants and your creative design. Thank you for sharing.
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