Today’s photos are from Ruth Barker.
I love all flowers and plants, and I love to try new introductions with my existing plantings.
I prefer to have lots of pollinators. I also prefer a more natural and wild look. I live in Ohio, Zone 6a. This year I will be planting dahlias. I have planted small border ones in the past. This year I’m going for a BIG impact. I have also ordered several new irises. I just love everything about gardening!!
Nothing delivers big impact like poppies! (Papaver orientale, Zones 3–8).
Countless ornamental onions (Allium, Zones 4–8) fill the spring garden with purple.
So much color from foliage! A red-leaved Japanese maple (Acer palmatum, Zones 5–9) complements the golden color of the heuchera (Heuchera hybrid, Zones 4–9) under it.
A double-flowered azalea (Rhododendron hybrid, Zones 5–9) covers itself with blooms in the spring.
The hanging pot of red geraniums (Pelargonium hybrid, Zones 8–10 or as an annual) absolutely glows against the white wall behind it.
Lupines (Lupinus hybrids, Zones 2–8) are hard to beat with their tall, dense spires of purple flowers.
Stopping by the pond to feed the fish
This planting is all about pink, from pink phlox (Phlox paniculata, Zones 4–8), echinacea (Echinacea purpurea, Zones 3–8), and a lily (Lilium hybrid, Zones 5–9).
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Comments
Your love of flowers shows, you lupine are fantastic! What a beautiful garden..well done!
What a wonderful garden. I can’t wait to get home from wintering in Florida to see my garden. Exciting time is when my garden is cleaned up ftom the winter and I caa a n see ehst I need to move etc. Your garden is fab.
The mass of lupines are beautiful, one of my favorites!
So very lovely.
So nice. I especially love the pond. We made a pond at all 3 places where we lived before. But where we are not we don’t have one unfortunately.
Your garden is lovely. And those Lupine! Eye candy. Congratulations.
Oh wow! Your garden is full of gorgeous flowers!
Your Lupines are super and so is your pond, and oh that group of purple flowers with the sundial!!!!!
Perfection!!! Those poppies, those lupine, that koi pond! Another case of garden envy for me!
Those lupines! Lovely garden. Thanks for sharing,
You most definitely have surrounded yourself with waves of beautiful plantings and magnificent, colorful blooms. I am in awe... you must smile every time you gaze upon your summer gardens. Heck, I'm grinning just looking at the photos! Question... do you have to bring your Koi inside for the harsh winters in Ohio? You have created perfection in each and every section, Well done, my fellow gardener!!!
Hi from papa's pizzeria: that's so beautiful garden.
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