Right this moment we’re visiting with Yvonne Tsikata.
My previous backyard was beforehand featured in GPOD. In 2017, we moved from that home to a brand new one. Whereas unhappy to depart my previous backyard, I used to be excited at tripling my backyard house and receiving the chance to begin a brand new backyard from scratch. Retiring a few years in the past gave me much more time to backyard. I had spent a variety of time serious about what I preferred from many visits to gardens within the UK, Eire, and France. I noticed that I truly like a bit of little bit of all the pieces: formality and symmetry, woodland shade gardens, meadows, and Japanese gardens! So the backyard has a number of “rooms,” with a unique really feel in each. It’s nonetheless a piece in progress and might be 5 years previous in March. After doing a few of the hardscaping within the previous home, I received skilled assist with the stonework and walkways on this one, because it was past my capabilities. This set of images exhibits some early summer season and winter scenes to distinction three of the “subgardens.” I really like construction and stone and have used a number of evergreens. Roses are an enormous ardour. Within the rising season, I spend a minimal of 4 hours within the backyard day-after-day. It’s actually my comfortable place.
The brand new backyard within the early days—actually a clean slate
Formality within the rose backyard: Buxus ‘Inexperienced Velvet’ and ‘Inexperienced Mountain’ (Zones 5–8), climbing roses (‘Eden’ on left and ‘Zepherine Drouhin’ on proper), assorted David Austin roses (‘Geoff Hamilton’, ‘Darcy Bussell’, ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’, ‘Charlotte’, and ‘Golden Celebration’), Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ (Zones 3–8) and phenomenal lavender (Lavandula ‘Phenomenal’, Zones 5–9) below the fountain.
A wider view of the formal rose backyard
The rose backyard wearing white for the winter
The green-and-white backyard: Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ (Zones 3–9) and Salix integra ‘Hakuro-Nishiki’ (Zones 5–8) requirements, underplanted with Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ (Zones 5–9), Mazus reptans ‘Alba’ (Zones 5–9), Dicentra spectablis ‘Alba’ (Zones 2–8), Agapanthus africanus ‘Alba’ (Zones 7–10), Hosta ‘June’ (Zones 3–9) and‘Mount Hood’ daffodils (Narcissus ‘Mount Hood’, Zones 3–8) and Galanthus elwesii (Zones 4–7) within the spring.
In winter, it turns into the white-and-white backyard.
Japanese-inspired backyard: Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis ‘Torulosa’, Zones 5–9), Spirea ‘Sweet Corn’ (Zones 4–8), Acer ‘Orangeola’ and ‘Crimson Dragon’ (Zones 5–9), Hakonechloa ‘Aureola’ (Zones 5–9), Nandina (Zones 6–9), and thriller hostas (items).
And the Japanese-inspired backyard in winter
