Today we’re taking a look back at Angie’s garden in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Angie’s yard is small, so she uses a lot of pots to add extra color and diversity to the garden, and they allow her to change things up seasonally. Here, in high summer, heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens, Zones 10–11 or as an annual), marigolds (Tagetes, annual), and wax begonias (Begonia semperflorens, Zones 8–10 or as an annual) fill a container with color.
In the garden beds, coneflowers (Echinacea hybrid, Zones 5–9) show off with tons of warm, salmon-colored blooms.
For fall, mums (Chrysanthemum, hardiness varies by cultivar) in containers give a classic autumnal display.
More mums really put the fall display over the top, joined by a few pots of summer annuals that are still going strong.
Tall, orange coleus (Coleus hybrid, Zones 9–11 or as an annual) make a backdrop in this bed, with shorter blooms, including dwarf dahlias (Dahlia variabilis, Zones 8–10 or as tender bulbs) and clouds of white sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima, annual) in the front.
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Comments
Love all that color.
You made the most darling Autumn/Halloween display ever!
So cheerful and seasonal looking with the scare crows and pumpkins in amongst the mums and other flowers!
I also really like your garden area with the Virgin Mary and all the Tall, orange coleus and big Sun Flowers!
I hope this year I have better luck with my coneflowers and hope they are as healthy and beautiful as yours!
Blessed Mother garden has a nice layered look. And the echinacea colors are so pretty.
Just lovely. Thx for showing us.
Your garden is a wonderful kaleidoscope of color!!
I join the others who were awake before me in applauding your bold use of color and form. I just love the hot colors you have combined and can almost feel the summer by looking at those warm shades. What I would add is how delighted I am with the rail fence peeking out in some of the pictures and in its full vintage beauty in the last shot. Understated perfection!
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