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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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