Last Year in Angela’s Garden

Revisiting favorite moments

My name is Angela O’Brien - Ruff , and I experience in Seattle , Zone 8b . I have contributed to GPOD a couple of time over the last few years.(Check out her previous articles here , oneandtwo.)We have thawed out from a nearly 8 - inch snow that came at the end of December , and as I survey some of the damage around my garden I enquire how and if some of the works will emerge in the leap . Below are a few picture of our garden from last yr . I have essay to let in botanic names where possible .

I confess to having many failures on this sliver of space on the Frederick North side of our house . However , this new combination of planting seems to be happy here . The pavers are Montana argillite and stones salvaged from my neighbour ’s thou redevelopment . Top of the exposure to bottom : Japanese woodland grass(Hakonechloamacra , Zones 5–9),sword fern(Polystichummunitum , Zones 6–9),Polygonatumodoratum‘Byakko ’ ( Solomon ’s cachet , Zones 3–8 ) , Wallich ’s wood fern(Dryopteriswallichiana , Zones 6–9 ) , cervid fern(Blechnumspicant , Zones 5–8),Brunnera‘Jack Frost’(Zones 3–8 ) , spleen wort(Asplenium genus Trichomanes , zone 3–9),Japanese anemone(Anemonehupehensis , Zones 4–8 ) , child rip background cover(Soleirolia soleirolii , Zones 8–11 ) , hardy fuchsia(Fuchsiahybrid , Zones 7–11 ) , andHydrangea(Zones 5–9 ) .

Podophyllum‘Spotty Dotty ’ ( Zone 6–9 ) , Lenten uprise ‘ Cotton Candy’(Helleborus× hybridus‘Cotton Candy ’ , Zones 4–8),Epimediumversicolor‘Sulphureum ’ ( Zones 5–9 ) , Japanese forest grassesHakonechloa macraandH. macra‘Aureola ’ ( zone 5–9 ) . This domain is a oeuvre in progress .

Hardy ground orchidBletilla‘Yokohama ’ ( zone 6–9 ) in the shade garden next to Japanese timber grass(Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola ’ )

Mature Otto Luyken laurel shrubs(Prunuslaurocerasus‘Otto Luyken ’ , zone 6–9 ) in bloom in the spring withViburnumplicatum tomentosum‘Mariesii ’ ( Zones 5–8 ) and seat rock beyond , Sedum‘Angelina’(Zones 5–8 ) andSedum ternatum(Zones 3–9 ) below . The Otto Luyken were originally belittled , one - gallon plant life that have outgrow their stated matured height , but they are a welcome mint in the wintertime with their dark , evergreen folio . The mountain containsAgapanthus‘Storm Cloud’(Zones 7–10 ) and hardyGeranium‘Rozanne ’ ( Zones 5–8 ) that will eventually cascade down over the pot .

A fellow gardening friend give me thesesweet pea(Lathyrus odoratus , annual ) seeds she saved from her garden . I love the fragrance and colour but did not know the name . Thanks to an article in the February 2022 subject ofFine Gardeningmagazine , I ’m jolly certainly these are ‘ Indigo King ’ .

Nothing can lift my tone on a cold February day more than a bouquet ofhelleboreblossoms drift in a bowl . The bootleg ones areHelleborusWinter Jewels , ‘ Slate Double ’ . The pure clean one tinged in raspberry isHelleborus‘Spring Bright ’ . I ca n’t identify the green and royal ones .

Camelliasasanqua‘Apple Blossom ’ ( Zones 7–9 ) with beautiful pearlescent blossoms in November . It can be a nice evergreen bush or espaliered against a fence .

Amazon lily(Eucharis amazonica)is a tropic lightbulb that commonly arise outdoors in Zone 10 or in high spirits , but I have it off it as a houseplant .

beldame hazel ‘ Jelena’(Hamamelis‘Jelena ’ , Zones 4–9 ) bloom during our recent snow . Most Wiccan hazel are grow for their fragrance , but I was drawn to this one ’s burnt orange blossoms that seem in winter .

I discovered this ginkgo tree(Ginkgo biloba , Zones 3–8 ) in a dealings circle on a walk in the neck of the woods near my house . The dividing line of the lemon tree - yellow leaves against the bright blue sky was arresting .

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