Take a peek into some of the unusual and rare plants tucked into this shady urban pocket garden
Container garden designerDerrik Gagliardi ’s garden in Minneapolis , Minnesota , is a morsel of a hide out gem . walk past the property , you would n’t even notice the secluded side yard shielded from busy traffic by thick vine . But once you enter , you are spirited aside into a semitropic Shangri-la take to the brim with vivid , counterpoint plant . From a rarefied cactus with leaves instead of spines ( ‘ Godseffiana ’ Barbados gooseberry ) to old garden stalwarts ( ‘ Aureola ’ Nipponese forest sess ) to native plants from across the res publica ( American agave ) , this garden has it all and makes a memorable notion despite its small footprint . Here are just some of the many plant growing in Derrik ’s garden .
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