Study in Green
The vegetables may not like the cool damp weather but leafy perennials sure do. I was amazed at the shapes and colors of the various green perennials on my walk around the garden this week.
From the dry shade garden:
Hosta Great Expectations – it is a bit fussy and hasn’t grown a lot
Hosta Patriot – I love how the white edges brighten the shade
Hosta Sum and Substance – this one is huge. I’d hate to see how big it would get if we fertilized it. Hosta love fertilizer
Here is the whole plant
Salomon Seal – It doesn’t run much in our dry garden but it can be invasive
Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’ – I love the leaves of this plant although it does like a bit more water than the hostas
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis – the white flowers come up in the spring before the leaves but I find the shape of the leaves just as interesting as the blooms
From the sunny dry front garden
Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Wilmots Ghost’ – now this can definitely be a pest. It seeds like crazy but fortunately, very easy to weed out.
Golden Spirit Smoke Tree – it would probably appreciate a bit more shade
Gunnera tinctoria – sometimes called Dinosaur food or Giant Rhubarb. A native of Chile that is a favorite of the tropical garden look. We finally figured how to mulch it to make it through the winter. It does prefer lots of water also.
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