Today we’re in southeastern Pennsylvania (Zone 6b) visiting Rhonda Molin’s beautiful spring garden.
An arbor covered with the bright orange flowers of crossvine (Bignonia capreolata, Zones 5–9) welcomes you to explore the rest of the garden. Just visible in the foreground at the top is a single white bloom on a sweet bay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana, Zones 5–10) that fills the whole garden with its incredible scent.
Tucked between rocks and backed up by the dark foliage of a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum, Zones 5–9), a white peony (Paeonia hybrid, Zones 3–8) looks incredible.
Roses are loaded down with buds that promise a huge display to come.
The blooms of the first roses of the season are nodding under the weight of their abundant pink petals.
Mock orange (Philadelphus species, Zones 4–8) is a shrub not commonly seen in gardens these days, but anyone who grows it is rewarded by clouds of incredibly fragrant white flowers in late spring.
Another view of these stunning white peonies. Single forms, like this, show off their yellow stamens and tend to stand up better on their own than the heavier double-flowered varieties.
A dark red, double-flowered peony shows off with over-the-top blooms that need a little help to hold themselves up.
Have a garden you’d like to share?
Have photos to share? We’d love to see your garden, a particular collection of plants you love, or a wonderful garden you had the chance to visit!
To submit, send 5-10 photos to [email protected] along with some information about the plants in the pictures and where you took the photos. We’d love to hear where you are located, how long you’ve been gardening, successes you are proud of, failures you learned from, hopes for the future, favorite plants, or funny stories from your garden.
Have a mobile phone? Tag your photos on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with #FineGardening!
Do you receive the GPOD by email yet? Sign up here.
Fine Gardening Recommended Products
Gardener's Log Book from NYBG
Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.
Berry & Bird Rabbiting Spade, Trenching Shovel
Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.
The Crevice Garden: How to make the perfect home for plants from rocky places
Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.
Comments
Those white peonies are lovely. And I love the large
rocks incorporated in your garden. Could you send more
photos? I'm so curious about the stone (?) structure in the
first photo. Thank you for sharing.🌿
Gorgeous gardens! I bet the bees love it there.
Simply wonderful! A pollinators heaven!
This is a really wonderful garden - those peonies!!! I have a mock orange that had it's first blooms this spring - it's small and I'm encouraging it along. Had a large one in my northern NJ garden - smelled wonderful when in bloom. You've done a marvelous job creating this beautiful space. I'm quite envious of your large stones!
What a big beautiful cheerful garden, I just love your arbor with the vine and path and view into your garden!
So very pretty!
That white peony is really wonderful! Maggieat11, I think the stone structure is a fireplace with wood storage on either side of the firebox. (Couldn't figure out how to answer right under your post.)
Log in or create an account to post a comment.
Sign up Log in