Warmer Days in Peggy’s Garden

The garden from spring to fall

Hi , it ’s Peggy Fox from Gig Harbor , Washington . I ’ve been a GPOD contributor a couple of time over the last few years . ( Check out Peggy ’s articleshereandhere.)Today it ’s sleet out in our westerly Washington garden , and I ’m look longingly at garden photos through the year . Here are some photos of the garden from outflow to shine in more pleasant weather .

This is the wild area under an old Malus pumila tree in mid - April withNarcissus(such a courteous fragrance — probably the variety ‘ Flower Drift ’ , Zones 3–7 ) , Spanish Eustoma grandiflorum ( Hyacinthoideshispanica , Zones 3–8 ) , double - floweringKerriajaponica(Zones 4–9 ) , whiteLunariaannua(honesty , Zones 5–9 ) , andLeucojumaestivum(Zones 4–8 ) .

BeautifulLeucojum — so fresh and promising !

Tiny and sweetOmphalodescappadocica‘Starry Eyes ’ ( Zones 6–9 ) in mid - May , withRhododendron‘Shrimp Girl ’ ( Zones 5–8 ) behind

hazardous marguerites ( Leucanthemumvulgare , Zones 3–8),Iris‘Gerald Darby ’ ( Zones 4–9),Irisdouglasiana(Zones 7–9 ) , andIrispallida‘Variegata ’ ( Zones 4–9 ) at the end of May

Irisdouglasiana

High time of year in the entry garden at the end of June , withAlstroemeria(Zones 8–10),Centranthusruber(Zones 5–8 ) , roses ‘ Sexy Rexy ’ , ‘ Newport ’ and ‘ Evelyn ’ , phlox ( Phloxpaniculata , Zones 5–8 ) . flower in the setting areSchizophragmahydrangenoides(Zones 5–8),Astilbe(Zones 4–8),Geranium‘Rozanne ’ ( Zones 5–8),Filipendula(Zones 4–8),Rodgersia(Zones 5–8 ) , and Orkney Cherry cranesbill ( Geranium‘Orkney Cherry ’ , Zones 5–9 ) .

Delicate ‘ Newport ’ rose

Verbenabonariensis(Zones 5–9 or as an annual ) andCerinthemajor(annual ) at the beginning of October

A slight fall coloration fromCornusflorida[the cultivar ‘ Cherokee Brave ’ , I think , Zones 5–9 ] , andDarmerapeltata(Zones 5–7 ) in mid - October

Nipponese maple ( Acerpalmatum‘Sango - kaku ’ , aka coral barque maple , in the back , with an unknown variety in the front , Zones 5–9 ) starting to color in mid - October against the Green of several conifers , Tetrapanexpapyrifer(Zones 8–11 ) , and the last of the dahlia ( Dahlia variabilis , Zones 8–10 or as a supply ship bulb ) .

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