Summer 2003
It is winter-hardy in zone 5 and fragrant.
A special bonus is that Japanese beetles prefer other plants, given a choice.
June
26. The White Bed.
Plants in flower are Lilium, Verbena (in the pot)
and
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium 'Snowball.')
Foliage plants with white in
the background are Hosta 'Night Before Christmas'
and Japanese Painted
Fern (Athyrium goeringianum).
June
26. The Yellow Bed.
Front of the border plants are Coreopsis grandiflora
'Early Sunrise,'
C. verticillata ' Golden Showers' and 'Zagreb.'
In the
background are Achillea filipendula 'Parker's Variety,'
Centurea
macrocephala, Lilium 'African Queen,' Hemerocallis 'Bonanza,
' Berberis 'Bonaza
Gold,' Lysimachia ciliata 'Purpurea,' (purple leaves with yellow
flowers).
Background shrubs are Smokebush (Cotinus coggygria) 'Royal
Purple,'
and Kerria japonica 'Picta,'
July
22. The Yellow Bed. By now Daylilies and Hosta flowers dominate with the
beginning of Verbena bonariensis which self-seed at the edge.
The
foreground shrub is Spiraea x bumalda 'Gold Mound.'
July
22. Dayliles. Hosta 'Yellow Edger' and Chamaecyparis
Pisfera 'Gold Mop' also contribute to the yellow theme of this bed.
July
22. Birdbath Bed. Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila,' Allium tanguticum 'Summer
Beauty,
' Hosta 'Ginkgo Craig,' H. 'Allen P. McConnell,
'and our native Wild Ginger
(Asarum canadense) complete the picture.
July
22. In the Red Bed. Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Canadian Goose,'
and Bee Balm
(Monarda didyma 'Cambridge Scarlet').