Ginger’s New Washington Garden

A blank slate turned garden in just a few years

My name is Ginger Shields , and although I ’ve been gardening across the United States for 30 years , I ’m now in westerly Washington between Seattle and Mount Rainier , and it ’s a whole new world ! We act into our brand - new home in late 2017 , with a vacuous canvas for our backyard . A vacuous canvas is a wonderful matter for someone who loves colors and paint with flowers . A landscape contractor bring ingood soil , the Tree , and the bigger stone to begin my design in April 2018 . Since then , I ’ve added perennials , shrubs , lightbulb , and garden art . And a lot more rocks ! These are photo from last year .

The backyard is 100x 51 and is design with a pea gravel “ patio ” near the house . A dry brook bottom starts behind the bubbler and helps take any excessive winter rain away from the house to the back part of the property , which has a French drain . A crushed rock path run around the lot , and there are bluestone tumbled step stones in other areas to help with access to planting area . The big perennial layer is on the due north side and gets full - daytime sunlight .

Some of my favorite works in my yard include the ShindeshojoJapanese maples(Acer palmatum , Zones 5–9 ) in the back . They are a endearing pink - red in the spring . Another favorite isBaptisia . I have four different mixture and find they help give the garden a caboodle of anatomical structure . When I clean up up in early outpouring , last year ’s industrial plant are removed to the background , and that allows therhododendronsbehind them to glitter while blooming .

I ’ve found that being part of horticulture radical , attending workshop and lectures offered at nearby greenhouse ( or through Zoom now ) , have an online subscription toFine Gardening , and going to the many botanical gardens in the field have all help oneself me acclimatise to gardening in our new home , and I ’m becoming a unspoiled gardener for it . I ca n’t look to see what my garden does this year .

May in the garden , looking across the dry creek bed .

Morning Lilac Itoh hybrid peony(Paeonia‘Morning Lilac ’ , Zones 3–8 ) .

look from the back of the prop in May , with the Shindeshojo Japanese maples in their fond bound coloring .

The back closed circuit of the path through the garden in June .

Brilliant ‘ Fiamma ’ lilies(Lilium‘Fiamma ’ , Zones 4–8 ) in June .

Scabiosa(Pincushion flush , Zones 4–8 ) showing off in June .

The halfway bottom of the garden in full bloom in June .

In July , Echinacea(Zones 5–9 ) take middle stage in the repeated bed .

Looking across the bubblerwater featureto the perennial bed beyond .

September in the garden is still flowery , with blooms mingling with cosmetic grass(Pennisetumalopecuroides‘Hameln ’ , Zones 5–9 ) .

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