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| Drops of rain and Iris spuria |
It seems like the gardener putters around for the longest time, trialing new plants and reworking areas, sometimes for years... then one day he realizes that for the moment anyway, this particular spot in this particular garden is just as it should be. This is for me the case in the above photo... it feels right to my eye and gives me great pleasure in its composition. For starters, there are twin Picea glauca 'Pendulas' ... if you look carefully you can see the two
leaders, one tree on either side of the rustic rail fence. The free standing trellis will soon burst into clematis bloom ('Jackmanii' and 'Avant Garde') that works very well with the delphiniums... and the blues of the spruces as well as the Picea omorika to the right having less of a blue tone than the glaucas. Texture is provided by the foliage of Phlox subulata, bearded iris, old split rails, and rusty toned steel barrel rings. So... here for me is a passing moment of joy that I am willing to wait for months to experience anew with the passing years. At the same time, a gardener realizes that plants that are the foundations of a design, such as these conifers, will change drastically over time... a beautiful garden moment may recur for several years, but eventually it will be gone, and the gardener must turn his attention to other moments in his creation, knowing full well that the gardens move on in time and nothing is forever...
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| Lots of sticks and stakes have retained this garden moment despite the damaging storms |
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| For a bit more fun, we combine several clematis of the same 'group' (for ease in pruning) on single structures... the smaller red is 'Niobe' |
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| The effect on the structure pictured previously, is heightened as the blue toned 'Ramona' comes into bloom... |
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| Clematis viticella 'Venosa Violacea' |
The asiatics have begun... lily season is so special here at Oak Lawn and one of the biggest shows of the gardening year... I have some newer purchased asiatic lilies that bring me lots of joy compared to the ones I've grown years ago.... there really is much 'personality' bred into these marvelous new hybrids....
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| 'Graffity' |
There is a marvelous group of hybrid tetraploid asiatic lilies created by Dr. Robert Griesbach and named for his granddaughters .... they are amazing plants... pictured here is 'Pearl Lorraine', a lovely shade of pink orange which is the first to bloom in my gardens...
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| Asiatic lily 'Purple Heart' |
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| Actaea racemosa with Acer palmatum 'Red Emperor' |
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| A patch of variegated Solomon’s Seal |
Thoughts on astilbe... this gardener thinks astilbe works best en masse... I can't tell you how many plants I have worked into the expanded area of what is pictured below, however, I'd say at least fifty or more. This is a garden moment that needs a few more seasons to come into its own... eventually the individual plants will hopefully bump shoulders and the effect will be achieved... I am not a perennial gardener despite having a huge numbers of perennials in the gardens... I like sweeps of particular plants, creating an effect, rather than an ongoing collaboration for the entire season. My attention moves from one part of the gardens to another through the course of the gardening year as each area comes into its own and then passes into a quieter period...
Another garden moment in the making is the clematis tower... Planted a couple seasons ago, the many plants of clematis are living up to their three year rule of filling out after that length of time. There are plants of different 'groups' here which in turn extend the season of bloom...
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| Asiatic lily 'Burgundy Splash' |
Elsewhere in the gardens...
Thanks for sharing in my rainy day... Larry
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