Today’s photos are from Pat Cassidy.
I have been gardening in this space for 30 years now just outside Ottawa, Ontario. The first couple of years, as it is for everyone, it was a challenge. My biggest challenge was that my garden is all sun and my favorite plant is a hosta!
Some of my favorite hostas here are ‘Popcorn’, ‘June’, ‘Island Breeze’, ‘Orange Marmalade’, ‘Fox Fire Palm Sunday’, ‘Liberty’, and ‘Whee’. Unfortunately, the tree above, which gives minimal shade, has been slowly dying over the last couple of years. The huecheras are ‘Cherry Cola’ and ‘Pear’.
This is another part of my garden, with Hosta ‘Sagae’, lupins (Lupinus polyphyllus, Zones 3–6); Allium (Zones 5–8), which have been planted here for about 15 years; a few iris (Iris hybrid, bearded group, Zones 3–9) that escaped my last removal, and a peony (Paeonia ‘Felix Crousse’, Zones 3–8) that has not yet bloomed.
This is another angle, with ‘Morning Lilac’ Itoh peony (Paeonia ‘Morning Lilac’, Zones 4–8) in full bloom in the foreground.
Pink cleome (Cleome hassleriana, annual) is dotted about in the front of this view of the garden in full summer bloom.
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Comments
Oh, my. This is fabulous!
Lovely! I'd love to see more photos. Also, could you comment on your garden art in the last photo?
Thank you for sharing!🍃
Thank you for posting your beautiful garden. So well cared for. I love cleome and your alliums look great are they from seed. Just a lovely garden.
Beautiful gardens!
Lovely and well cared for garden.
I have many hosta but ‘Liberty’ is my favorite. Not sure I’ve ever seen it for sale in a nursery/garden center.
Such beautiful healthy hosta and love the garden art. How long is the blooming season in Ontario?
PG20: Liberty is my favorite too. Have been lucky to find it in nurseries near me. Close second is Paradigm hosta.
Luckily for hosta lovers, they divide like a dream:)
Pat, really like your combinations!
Re: a few iris... that escaped my last removal
Ha! How dare they!
I love your garden...in your photo with the ‘Morning Lilac’ Itoh peony it is just perfection! Great layout and plant choices!
Beautiful garden and I can't help but "root" for the escaped irises! Apologies to all for the bad pun...
Just a beautiful, delight filled garden! Love the hostas too.
How do the hostas look so healthy and beautiful with minimal shade? I have a few under a tree that gives decent shade but yet the sun seems to be strong enough to burn many of their leaves! ):
So lush there ! Beautiful!!!!
Beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing your garden :)
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