Today’s photos are from Phyllis Strohmeyer in northwestern New Jersey (Zone 6A).
We have a 3-acre lot on the side of Jenny Jump Mountain. We moved here five years ago, planting all along the way.
Kniphofia (Zones 5–9) and Invinciball Spirit II hydrangeas (Hydrangea arborescens ‘NCH2’, Zones 3–9) surround the birdcage gazebo.
A large ash tree (Fraxinus sp.) by the road succumbed to emerald ash borers. When it was removed several beautiful stumps were left, so I made a stumpery.
These two stumps are surrounded by hosta, goatsbeard (Arucus dioicus, Zones 4–8), and Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium caeruleum, Zones 4–8).
Pots of ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum, Zones 10–11 or as an annual) hang by a clump of ligularia (Ligularia dentata, Zones 4–8) in bloom in a wet spot in the shade.
This scene of end-of-summer glory includes blazing star (Liatrus spicata, Zones 3–8), New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae–angliae, Zones 4–8), goldenrod (Solidago sp.), and tithonia (Tithonia rotundifolia, annual).
Fall in northwestern New Jersey
Crystal trees from an ice storm, December 2022
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Comments
Everything is so pretty.
Oh wow! What a beautiful home with all the big glass windows in a setting of a gorgeous woodland garden!
That is the prettiest patch of Ligularia, looks so natural.
Your stumpry is so inspiring- I love it.
The woodland in a covering of snow is gorgeous!
The photo "scene of end-of-summer glory" is a nice combination of plants!
Love, love, love... The ice trees are especially gorgeous. I miss gardening in northeastern NJ - it's not the Garden State for nothing!!
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