Hello, it’s Peggy Fox from Gig Harbor, Washington. I’ve been a GPOD contributor a few occasions over the previous few years. (Try Peggy’s articles right here and right here.) Right this moment it’s sleeting out in our western Washington backyard, and I’m trying longingly at backyard photographs via the yr. Listed here are some photographs of the backyard from spring to fall in additional nice climate.
That is the wild space underneath an previous apple tree in mid-April with Narcissus (such a pleasant perfume—most likely the range ‘Flower Drift’, Zones 3–7), Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica, Zones 3–8), double-flowering Kerria japonica (Zones 4–9), white Lunaria annua (honesty, Zones 5–9), and Leucojum aestivum (Zones 4–8).
Stunning Leucojum—so contemporary and promising!
Tiny and candy Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Starry Eyes’ (Zones 6–9) in mid-Could, with Rhododendron ‘Shrimp Woman’ (Zones 5–8) behind
Wild marguerites (Leucanthemum vulgare, Zones 3–8), Iris ‘Gerald Darby’ (Zones 4–9), Iris douglasiana (Zones 7–9), and Iris pallida ‘Variegata’ (Zones 4–9) on the finish of Could
Iris douglasiana
Excessive season within the entry backyard on the finish of June, with Alstroemeria (Zones 8–10), Centranthus ruber (Zones 5–8), roses ‘Attractive Rexy’, ‘Newport’ and ‘Evelyn’, phlox (Phlox paniculata, Zones 5–8). Blooming within the background are Schizophragma hydrangenoides (Zones 5–8), Astilbe (Zones 4–8), Geranium ‘Rozanne’ (Zones 5–8), Filipendula (Zones 4–8), Rodgersia (Zones 5–8), and Orkney Cherry cranesbill (Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’, Zones 5–9).
Delicate ‘Newport’ rose
Verbena bonariensis (Zones 5–9 or as an annual) and Cerinthe main (annual) at first of October
A bit fall coloration from Cornus florida [the cultivar ‘Cherokee Brave’, I think, Zones 5–9], and Darmera peltata (Zones 5–7) in mid-October
Japanese maples (Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’, aka coral bark maple, within the again, with an unknown selection within the entrance, Zones 5–9) beginning to coloration in mid-October towards the greens of a number of conifers, Tetrapanex papyrifer (Zones 8–11), and the final of the dahlias (Dahlia variabilis, Zones 8–10 or as a young bulb).
