Hello GPODers!
Right this moment we’re visiting Phyllis Strohmeyer in northwestern New Jersey. Final yr, Phyllis despatched us a superb backyard year-in-review (The Yr That Was in Northwestern New Jersey), and she or he’s making it a practice by sending in a few of her favourite pictures from the 2024 rising season. As we head deeper into fall and winter is slowly creeping up on us, it’s an actual deal with to start out the day with some peak season blooms.
Vintage plow amongst blazing stars, daisies, and dahlias.
Within the 6 years we’ve got lived right here that is the primary time this older hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla, Zones 6–9) has bloomed. We had a gentle winter.
Extra stunning blooms and foliage from the backyard this yr. An attractive, vivid purple backyard phlox (Phlox paniculata, Zones 4–8) brings the colour whereas some numerous foliage offers textural curiosity within the background.
I had by chance left this calla lily within the floor all winter and it stunned me within the spring.
Tumbleweed onions (Allium schubertii, Zones 4–9) are a firework finale for a late spring gardens. With blooms which might be typically looser than different allium, tumbleweed onions present a special form of texture and work in conditions the place the extra frequent globe form would possibly look misplaced.
Our Amish-built cottage—our blissful place!
When flowers begin disappearing from the panorama, the brilliant purple berries of beautyberry by no means disappoint. It’s arduous to inform precisely which sort within the late-season when solely the colourful fruit stay.
Phyllis’s backyard is painterly! There are such a lot of fabulous colours on show, together with this placing deep purple-blue salvia.
Ageratum (Conoclinium coelestinum, Zones 5–10) being visited.
Birdcage gazebo surrounded by kniphofia and Invinciball® hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens ‘Abetwo’, Zones 3–9).
Shade stumpery.
Crystal bushes (ice coated) on Christmas Day.
Thanks for sharing your backyard highlights with us once more, Phyllis! It’s all the time so insightful and provoking to have the ability to see how a backyard evolves over one yr to the following. I actually hope that your backyard reflections develop into a yearly custom her on GPOD, and that we get to see how your house continues to evolve subsequent yr.
For those who’re sitting on a stack of pictures from this yr’s rising season, take into account sharing them with the weblog! Comply with the instructions beneath to submit your pictures by way of electronic mail, or be at liberty to ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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