Plants bring a garden to life by connecting with nature, reflecting regional character, and speaking of the history and passions of people. You may need only a few carefully chosen plants, or you can tend whole communities of plants related by climate and soil. Principles of composition – line, color, contrast, and repetition are essential to every memorable garden and the right plant for the right place is fundamental for success.
Plants
Evergreens add structure to garden, anchoring transitory perennials.
Evergolds – Golden Threadleaf False Cypress and Skylands Oriental Spruce- Dwarf Pine and low Juniper – choice for small gardens.
- Gold Cone Juniper - one of the good junipers!
- Fall symphony with Hemlock, Hosta, Larch and Pine.
- Small & hardy evergreens for pots.
- Japanese Maples - smaller tree for special places.
- Four season Spokane gem - Mountain Ash.
- Canadian Hemlock and Torulosa Beech add weeping forms to garden.
- Powerful round forms.
- Horizontal sweeps lead the eye; Verticals punctuate!
- Small vertical accents - Helmond's Pillar Barberry and baby Arborvita.
- Fine and bold foliage create captivating garden texture.
- Tapestries of texture engage the senses.
- Sun tapestry/ shade tapestry
- Two scales of textural composition.
- Borders of shrubs and perennials boast texture, color and lush layering.
- Subtle beauty of foliage color
- Willow, Witch Hazel, Ninebark, Sumac - large colorful shubs
- Choose plants for autumnal explosions of fruitfulness and senescence.
- Fernleaf Full Moon maple in fall atire.
- Asters brighten shadows of September
- Extra early bloomers - Hepatica and Star Magnolia
- Flower color in clouds or bowl-size blooms dance through the spring and summer garden.
- One a day July daylilies
- Who needs flowers?
- Maybe just one rose
- Candy shop of Heuchera foliage!
- Grasses add movement, unique texture and come in many colors and sizes.
- Cool planting palette
- Warm planting palette
- Gold Heart Dicentra and Magic Carpet Spirea gild the garden in spring.
- These plants with golden foliage add the Midas touch.
- More gold – Daub's Frosted Juniper and Kerria japonica.
- Limey Full Moon Maple anchors shady border.
- Low growers for shady spots with morning sun: Saxifrage x arendsii, Epimedium rubrum, Hosta June, Heuchera Caramel.
- Plants offer surprises.
- Exuberant annuals vs stunning single specimen.
- Annuals tucked into pots and open spots between shrubs and perennials.
- Annuals + perennials = WOW!
- Containers elevate annuals into focus.
- All season freeze-resistant pots add color to garden all season!
- Garden harvest
- Summer memories
- Hoarfrost tapestry
- Winter survivors
- Seed heads with snow caps
- Winter wonders
- Sheepdog heaven
- Harbinger of Spring – Diane witch hazel
