Florida Garden Heritage in New England

Gardening with all the colors of the rainbow

receive to Nancy Henry ’s garden !

I ’m excited to share my garden with you . I live in Gloucester , Massachusetts , and have possess this home for only three years . My largest garden bed is where an aboveground syndicate used to be . I come from a family unit of passionate gardeners ; my Florida grandmother developed raw varieties of camellias and daylilies . She had two acres of camellias , and my siblings , first cousin , and I remember what we tongue-in-cheek call “ household fecundate parties , ” during which we wandered her jungly garden shaking fertilizer out of old coffee bean buns .

My mother was the “ Queen of Free ” and could start anything from a cutting . She was never without her scissors and could clip very discreetly !

When I move to New England 35 years ago , I had the pleasure of encountering four distinct season , many new plants , and a unlike gardening environs from my aboriginal Florida . As you may see , I have hug it ! My garden are a little bit chaotic , but I hump them like that . At times I will blend interchangeable colors , like the blue fescue(Festuca glauca , Zones 4–9 ) , dismal repeated geranium , and lamb ’s ear(Stachys byzantina , Zones 4–8 ) ; in other distance , it ’s a “ boxwood of crayons , ” with mixed poppy seeds tossed around for midsummer surprises .

I sow my deck of cards planters with mixed varieties of nasturtiums(Tropaeolum majus , one-year ) . In my shadiness mete , I have tried to create a dumb tapis of foxglove(Digitalis purpurea , zona 4–8 ) , columbine(Aquilegiasp . ) , sugared woodruff(Galium odoratum , Zones 3–8 ) , painter ’s palette(Persicaria virginiana , Zones 4–8 ) , ferns , and oakleaf hydrangea(Hydrangea quercifolia , Zones 5–9 ) .

exchangeable - dyed plants lick together in shades of Ag and blue .

Lime green ‘ Gatsby Moon ’ oakleaf hydrangea flowers are position in a ingathering of refinement - loving perennial .

Cheery motley genus Nasturtium line the deck railing .

Foxgloves stand tall over a rich tapestry of spook - loving perennials .

A admixture of leaf sizes , textures , and shades of green make a lot of interest in the shade garden .

A variegate yucca ( Yuccafilamentosa‘Color Guard ’ , Zones 4–10 ) in full flower dominates this flower bed .

Using all the color in the crayon box create a joyous and bountiful garden display .

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