As the snow falls, it’s such a pleasure to remember summer! These photos were taken in my Corbett, Oregon, garden last May and June. I have been gardening this acre for 35 years and wish I had another 35! I enjoy creating vignettes as well as taking a wider view, and paying attention to structure, lights, and shadow.
A large and very old clump of Trillium chloropetalum var. giganteum (Zones 5–9), planted by the previous gardener (more on trilliums).
The lawn and perennial border. The pink tree on the left is Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ (Zones 5–8). ‘Satomi’ was the first pink-flowered variety of Cornus kousa to be introduced. The Japanese nurseryman who introduced it named it after his granddaughter.
My husband built the gate of my fenced kitchen garden. It was unfenced until the bunny population increased. The roses are ‘James Galway’ and ‘Strawberry Hill’, both English climbers.
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ (Zones 5–8) weaves through a blue platycodon (Platycodon grandiflorus, Zones 4–9).
The rhododendron garden, with red berries on Actaea rubra (Zones 3–7).
A shady spot for iris, astilbe, hosta, heuchera, and ferns.
Centaurea macrophylla (Zones 3–8) contrasts with the juvenile foliage of Cotinus ‘Velvet Cloak’ (Zones 5–8).
Kalmia latifolia ‘Minuet’ (Zones 4–9)
A home for the birds in the Parrotia persica (Zones 4–8).
My Indian Runner ducks keep the garden free of slugs and give us a daily egg for part of the year.
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Comments
Gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing.
Your settings are so artistically done. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Your gardens are lovely! What a great clump of trilliums. Wonderful photos.
Your husband also has a lot of talent...the garden gate is beautiful!
Great tree structure in the rhododendron photo, also.
Your garden is like a treasured necklace where each element shines and sparkles... whether it's seen as an overall whole or the separate jewels are gazed upon with close up scrutiny. I am in love and lust with your continus 'Velvet Cloak'...such an alluring dark eased beauty. Do you prune it hard every spring so it stays so bushy and produces all that awesome color filled juvenile foliage?
This is just a knock your socks off wow! And that clump of trilliums are out of this world. But sad the name of the gardener was not included.
Each photo shows such beauty in comp
Each photo shows such beauty in color, texture, com
Each photo shows such beauty in color, texture, composition;the garden gate and shape of trimmed hedges are beautiful .. but the trilliums take my breath away
I love the juxtaposition of shapes and colors in your lead photo, and those trilliums are showstoppers! You've done a wonderful job of mixing a variety of plants. Thanks for sharing your lovely garden.
Your garden makes my heart sing! Perfection! Your husband's gate for the kitchen garden is so charming - wonderful.
Really beautiful...a little paradise with happy ducks running around!
The hedge like fence with it's graceful curves looks so classically formal and then the naturally arranged groups of perennials, bushes and trees...such a nice combination of a natural looking garden with touches of a classic formal garden!
Wait... this stunning garden is on Earth ?????
All beautiful but the shady spot vignette intrigues me the most. What are the conifers in the background? The vertical beauty behind the hosta, a rounded gold one to the right and then there is something wonderful in the background that is in the shadows. Thanks!
What great eye candy you have given us today! Most of your plants are NOT ones I grow, and you have put them together in such exciting groupings. Truly inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
WELL! You HAVE created a paradise!!! Each photo tells a luscious story. Your vignettes are just perfect!!! I guess we all love the trillium. I've never seen them like that. I've also never seen a yellow Centaurea and paired with that Cotinus and a bit of yellow yarrow, well, you certainly have such an experienced eye. Your trees, your design ideas, your combinations are simply marvelous!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
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