Ligularia othello5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() The right side of the steps to the lower terrace: ‘Katherine Adele’ hardy geranium, yellow corydalis, and ‘Blue Waterfall’ campanula. The other end of the main perennial bed: yellow corydalis, allium, ‘Magic Carpet’ spiraea, and ‘Caramel’ coralbells. Looking from the front door towards the dovecote: ‘Minnie Pearl’ phlox, ‘Goldheart’ bleeding-heart, and ‘Caradonna’ salvia. The main perennial bed by the front door on the middle terrace. ![]() Clockwise from upper left: Hosta ‘Shiro Kabitan’, ‘Dew Drop’, ‘Hi Ho Silver’, and ‘Country Mouse’. This is a new container that sits on the steps to the side door. ![]() Miniature hostas are available mail order. Looking down the front steps on the west side of the house across two of the three terraces to the dovecote at the bottom.Īs you walk down the steps, you pass my many miniature hosta containers, including this strawberry jar with 16 different hostas-one for each pocket. My house is on a south-facing slope, and this post includes the gardens on the west side in the order in which you would encounter them. I have also included some long views of the gardens to give readers a sense of place. It has taken me over two years to find the time to do a similar article for another season, but this post and the next will show pleasing plant pairs for early summer. One of the most satisfying posts I have written is called Pleasurable Pairings for Spring and profiles plant combinations in my garden in April 2011. ‘ Westerland’ rose and Lagerstroemia ‘Delta Jazz’, a new crapemyrtle with beautiful burgundy leaves and pink flowers which I am trialing for the Southern Living Plant Collection. For catalogues and announcements of events, please send your full name, location, and phone number (for back up use only) to Click here to get to the home page of our website for catalogues and information about our nursery and to subscribe to our blog. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature hostas. Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. ![]()
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