My Shrub Crush - Hydrangia

White flower farms Hydrangea arborescens Incrediball™ An amazing improvement of the well-known Hydrangea arborescens'Annabelle', this Mophead has flower heads four times the size on sturdy stems that don't flop. Blooms progress from lime green to white and back to green. Incrediball™ truly adds heft to bouquets, fresh or dried. A Proven Winners®/Color Choice® variety. 'Abetwo' PPAF limelight Hydrangea is a valuable genus of some 100 species of shrubs and vines grown for their large and very showy flower heads. Hydrangeas are at their best in summer and fall – a quiet time for most woody plants -- and are worth having for that reason alone. For information on Hydrangea care, click on "Growing Guide & Tips". limelight Both plant varieties prefer well-drained, loamy soils. The snowball white hydrangea thrives in fully sunny locations, while the viburnum needs partially shady to fully sunny planting sites. Quick Facts Common Name: Hydrangea Hardiness Zone: 4-8 S / 4-8 W Height: 3-5' Exposure: Full or Part Sun Blooms In: July-Sept Spacing: 4-6' Ships as: One Gallon Pot Read our Growing Guide lime light and little lime light hydrangia and this one!!!  I love this one!!  Junr to Sept, part shade 3-4 looks good Quick Facts Common Name: Lacecap Hydrangea Hardiness Zone: 5-9 S / 5-9 W Height: 3-4' Exposure: Part Shade Blooms In: June-Sept Spacing: 3-4' Ships as: One Gallon Pot Read our Growing Guide

Front Gardens

Front Garden -  midway

 

needs to have areas filled in, need all summer, seasons interest- needs hot spots filled in 

needs shade area - more plants, hosta, other

bare spots

planter in front.

needs work- to add, white impatiens, variegated hosta,  ground cover, ferns,
add lime green spilling   Marguerite sweet potato vine add to pots in front

entry before

house after 

Inspirational gardens layers and selections?

this is not my garden- it is my dream garden

love these inspirational gardens

have - 5 hydrangia - forever blooming blue, Rhododenron 6 - purples
catmint .  lilly .  lavendar .  lambsear .  mums .  lavendar .  salvia .  succulants

ivy  .  hostas  .  juniper  .  blue fescue .

russian sage

add veronica, salvia ?  
phlox?  Nastursium

Coreopsis, 
seeds- use cosmos
nasturtum
shaded areas  -  add fern  .  lily of the valley  .  hosta
columbine  .  ladys mantel  .  coral bells
? impatiens  .  hostas  .  geraniums
colius  .  begonia  .  sweet potato vine

Notes to Self- the garden1

plan and inspiration- this is my garden study page,   for the painting of my garden- see before, a blank canvas, below.
Patio Garden- midway                         

- before

midway through the garden painting

part sun and shade-

1. large oak tree
2. mugo pine  *****
3. red? Wegilia 
4. Wegilia? wine colored leaves with pink flowers? background plant
5. annebelle hydrangia *****
6. hydrangia- white blushing bride- blue non stop***
7. annebelle viburnim  *****
8. EuonymusMoonshadow  ***
9. lime spirea  ****
10. evergreens boxwood, holly *****

shadyside to full sun
cedar  - growing too big?

• hostas- variety   *****
• -boomerang butterfly bush - purple  ***
• -salvia  *****
• -blanket flower *
• -sedum  *****
• -lavendar  *****
• stella dora ager *****
• Pachysandra *****

added-

Salvia Veronica, impatiens, lambsear
coreopsis lavendar   (died in drought)

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sunny side
yellows

• stella dora  *****
• black eyed susan *****
• yellow abrovitae*****
• 
  
• Yarrow- white
• moore grass- died
• sedum
• lambsear replant
• purple phlox or white?
 

 
• loosestrife? veronica salvia  ***
• cosmos  in pots
• coreopsis  (planted, need more)
• digitallis - would like to plant

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beautiful inspirational garden
mixed greens- not my garden, from pinterest

by garden room     

1. box wood  *****
2. planted sedum   *****
3. heather died
4. euonymus ******
5. added sedum small/ Pachysandra - doing well  *****
   
6. creeping jenny  *****- in pots
7. spirea  *****

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knoll

1. tiger lilys orange *****
2. lilly stellladora- yellows ******
3. purple loosestrife- purple**
4. iris- purple blue
5. sedum*****
6. peony - pink******
7. yellow daisy - died
8. heather died
9. evergreen- blue spruce - ok has mites? Bought ladybugs
10. russian sage- *****
11. spirea lime green *****
12. plant vibernum annebelle next to sage and loosestrife?
13. add phlox
14. box wood structure or sedum?
15. yarrow -white
16. med height moregrass?
17. tall grass behind?
18. need something to give russian sage structure and color behind. 
19. need a tall green mounding prairie grass behind? or an evergreen

add annebell hydrangea

love this grass!! from pinterest (not my garden)

chive and onions
lily from church
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white yarrow
cosmos
veronica
juniper

Coreopsis Sienna Sunset  ??   died

inspirational gardens below

structure 

Yellow foliage really stands out and contrasts well against green plants. Try such stunning options as the Sea of Gold Juniper, with its dramatic golden-yellow foliage; the Sunsation Barberry, which maintains its golden color with an orange cast most of the season; and the Limemound Spiraea, which has bright lemon-yellow leaves that turn orange-red in the fall.

Increasingly popular are plants that offer dark foliage in reds, purples and maroon. The Diabolo Ninebark has intense reddish-purple leaves, while the Heart of Darkness Foamy Bells has fascinating heart-shaped leaves that are cool mint-green with a slight dark burgundy center. Sizzling Pink Fringe Flower is an excellent choice for burgundy foliage. This easy-to-grow plant has rich pink flowers that appear throughout the year against wine-colored leaves. The Cordyline Festival Grass has graceful, strappy leaves that are such a deep burgundy, they nearly appear black.

Blue foliage - yes, blue - can look very striking in the garden. Lots of easy-to-grow and water-wise conifers have a blue tinge, like the Dwarf Alberta Blue Spruce, Icee Blue Juniper and French Blue Scotch Pine. The Eola Sapphire Hosta has large, thick-puckered leaves that get bluer and bluer as the plant ages.

Another hot trend is variegated plants. Variegation means there is more than one color on the leaf. Some stunners are theCanna Tropicanna®, which has huge burgundy leaves striped with yellow, orange and red. The new Tequila Sunrise Mirrorplant has jewel-like foliage that is highly glossed and bright colored. The Variegated Red Twig Dogwood has lovely mint-green leaves edged in sparkling white and it provides the added bonus of blood-red stems in winter, providing spectacular color all year long.

lace leaf maple

dogwood- kousa

lace leaf weeping japanese maple have one- this is not my lace leaf maple

prune only in summer

Best Long-Blooming Perennials: favorites?

Best Long-Blooming Perennials: favorites?

ladys mantel

Creeping Jenny takes over - use only in pots        

garden inspirations

Top Left to Right: Gaillardia 'Goblin',  Liriope 'Variegata', Heuchera 'Palace Purple/Bottom Left to Right:Coreopsis Zagreb', Salvia 'Maynight', Astilbe'Sprite'

Liriope

                                   

Coreopsis  June to July that last throughout August on 12-18 inch fern-like stalks. complemented by either salvia and nepeta.

Salvia

 Daylily 'Stella D'Oro'

http://landscapedesignbylee.blogspot.comresistant.  It can be grown in full sun to partial shade  and forms round compact mounds.  This perennial goes well with coreopsis, daylily and heuchera and is hardy in zones 3-8.

sew seed cosmos and nastursiumgeranium and and african daisy, easy to grow - full sunpetuniasmed low and pink purplesfull sun
 Cosmos ferny light airy asperagus like bright green follage annual?sow from seeds.  - watermellonpumpkinlettucezinniacosmoscoreopsis?sunflower?perennials1. Beginners should start with those perennials that are easiest to grow from seed. Try black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), catmint (Nepeta), perennial geranium, centranthus, aster, purple coneflower (Echinacea), armeria, snow-in-summer (Cerastium), or yarrow (Achillea).Large Blue Fescue (Festuca amethystina)and Blue Fescue(Festuca ovinia var. glauca).Fescues are mound-forming, semi-evergreen perennials used as accent and specimen plantings in the foreground of borders and in rock gardens. Large Blue Fescue is hardier than blue fescue and should be considered in zone 4. Fescues are grown for the blue gray foliage.grasses

My Summer Garden 2 ~ Landscape

Before, In the Middle...

After to come.

my Painting from the studio window.
It is interesting to look at my yard like it is a painting,
What should I add next?

 2012

getting ready for a wedding shower.
White tablecloths, lights and mason jars filled with spearmint on the table

Large pots in front of the house add color
2011

Doug and the Bob Cat Digger
(landscape before- grass)

Before Landcape
Grass only

Annabel Vibernum
Hostas divided from the front yard.  Will add more texture
greens ~ holly and boxwoods to come

view from my window
 ~each year I will add more color and texture~

This remodel is our 100 year project

We like to call it Astro-Retro

Next up? 

a pond and a waterfall in the back

 near the studio windows

this is the plan  ; )

~my husband created a pond with a fountain for under $25.00

I'll share it this spring.