Black & blue isn’t always painful

Today ’s photograph was taken in the garden of Kristin Green in Bristol , Rhode Island . I was walking around her witching , in - town garden late when I rounded the far street corner of the house and was blow out of the water by this combo of dramatic colour , form , and textures . Dreamy !

The plants in this jazz band include : Butterbur ( Petasitesjaponicus , USDA Hardiness Zones 5 - 9)‘Ellen ’s Blue ’ butterfly stroke bush ( Buddleia‘Ellen ’s Blue ’ , Zones 5 - 9)Black Lace ™ elderberry ( Sambucus nigra‘Eva ’ , Zones 4 - 7)Bigleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea macrophyllacv . , Zones 5 - 9 )

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