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Beautiful Spring Perennials
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Three Dogs in a Garden
(IC: blogger)
Take a tour of this stunning garden in the province of Nova Scotia, on the East coast of Canada and discover some interesting perennials to use in your own garden.
Columbine: If your garden experiences a bit of a lull between spring bulbs and flowering perennials, think about adding some columbine. Columbine come in a variety of pastel shades and bi-colors. The flowers are held on upright stems over a fairly compact mound of ferny, light-green foliage. Columbine like to self-seed. You never know where they will turn up next.
Two perennials with interesting color:
One of the great advantages of laying out a garden on a slope has been the ability to look down on the garden from on high. After the bank was completed, Jacquie found herself looking out her window at the as yet untouched expanse of grass in the backyard:
Jacquie: "Very short bloom time, but so beautiful."
Geum borisii: Forms a low growing clump with sprays of bright orange flowers from early spring into summer. As Donna notes, it may even re-bloom in fall. Part shade and moist soil are best. Height: 30-45cm (12- 18 inches), Spread: 30-45 cm (12-18 inches) USDA Zones: 5-7. Note: Geum borisii struggles with heat and humidity south of zone 7.
Geum rivale: has nodding reddish-brown flowers with a butter yellow bell in May/June. This plant will grow in average garden soil, but it likes moist conditions and some light shade. Bees love its flowers. Height: 25-50 cm (10-20 inches), Spread: 45-60 cm ( 18-23 inches) USDA Zones: 5-9.
This is Jacquie's flower fairy.
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Published April 7th, 2015 2:24 PM
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Marie Alesi Caruana on Apr 15, 2016My husband and I visited Nova Scotia in a camper about 50 years ago--I will never forget that gorgeous place. Wherever we stopped to camp was more beautiful than the last. Even the campgrounds were pristine and kept spotless. This garden reminded me of all that beauty--I'd love to have a garden as spectacular as this one, but will have to make do with some of the plants you highlighted. Thanks for the memories and the new ideas.
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Carol on Apr 15, 2016Absolutely gorgeous! You have put in a lot of work there for sure, and you will probably always keep changing things but then, that's the fun of it, right?
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Three Dogs in a Garden on Apr 17, 2016@Carol Hi Carol, This is a garden I featured on my blog, but its not my own. It belongs to a woman in her 70's. For Jacquie the gardening is a passion. She spends a good part of each day tending it, and yes, she does make lots of changes. That is part of the fun of gardening for sure!
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