Kindig Gardens, Part 2

A return to this beautiful Rochester garden

We ’re back for a 2d day in Dean and Pam Kindig ’s beautiful garden in Rochester , New York .

My newly create Oliver Stone way of life direct past the lily-white ‘ Annabelle ’ hydrangea to the right wing , with yellow heliopsis(Heliopsishelianthoides , Zones 3–9 ) and purple coneflower(Echinaceapurpurea , Zones 3–8 ) on the left . It parallels the browned fencing , then turns left to join the cul - de - pocket behind the rhododendron . The new ‘ Mariesii ’ genus Viburnum is just out of view to the right of the movie . The annuals are all ‘ Cut and do Again’zinnias(Zinnia elegans , annual ) that Pam mature from seeds bought at the Dollar Store ! The ‘ Steeplechase ’ arborvitae line the chocolate-brown fencing , while a bay window of flame nettle covers a stump of one of the pathologic spruces that were cut down . The result was a cheery garden — the yin and yang of Mother Nature .

‘ Goldflame ’ spirea(Spirea japonica‘Goldflame ’ , Zones 4–8 ) is especially beloved for its xanthous - atomic number 79 leaf that offers a line to the paramount greens find in most landscape shrubs . It is known for the transfer colors of its foliation , which begin as bronze - loss when they issue in the outpouring , then transition to bright white-livered - green in summertime , and finally reverse an attractive copper - orange tree in fall . I ’ve propagated this bush by layering , so some of them in the thou are my baby .

“ The Brook ” by the dining room windowpane is a dry water feature of speech most of the time , but it carries excess H2O away when the upper gutter overflows . I require a place for rocks that were n’t vapid enough for the stone way of life , and any dug - up small rocks needed a place to be pitch ; this was the obvious answer . The white - flower ground cover I have in there ( bottom left ) is sweet-flavored woodruff(Galium odoratum , Zones 4–8 ) , an excellent choice . Sporting a starry folio shape , it generally propagate faster thanpachysandraor Vinca minor , and it decease all the way back to the background each autumn . This is a mid - May picture . The white blossoms on the perfumed woodruff last until mid - June , and then thehostasbloom in July — mutualism .

Phloxsubulata‘Red wing ’ ( geographical zone 3–8 ) has impress pinkish - deep red flowers with a blue carmine star in their centers . They imprint a lush , dense , carpetlike mat no tall than 6 in and spread nicely each yr . The name is resonant of the Rochester Red Wings , the local triple - A baseball game squad that Grandpa Kindig follow with passion . The colour is intense , making a tremendous wallop that can be experienced from quite a aloofness . I ’ve identify it on the back path near theninebarkand paired it with ‘ awe-inspiring blessing ’ whitecreeping phlox . Once ground , it will tolerate juiceless conditions and will look stunning with purpleness and blues ( veronica , speedwell , over-embellished lupines , delphinium , etc . ) .

This is a hosta(Hosta‘June ’ , Zones 3–8 ) that Pam and I in the beginning called ‘ Claude Monet ’ because it is reminiscent of the Impressionist painter ’s artistic style . This striking plant earlier amount from Hosta ‘ Halcyon , ’ one of the topblue hostavarieties . Like ‘ Halcyon , ’ ‘ June ’ hostas feature artistic blue tints ( which I find out is actually a waxy incubate on the leaves ) teamed up with the Paris green “ base pelage . ” The waxy grain makes it deer and swig resistant too .

‘ June ’ is our favorite genus Funka , and we have placed it front and center in several placement around the Kindig Gardens . It ’s extremely hardy despite its beauty — like all of the Kindig peeress . Eric Kindig ’s wife and their eldest are the lovely models in this pictorial matter . ‘ June ’ hostas grow to a fledged height of 15 to 16 inches and , if not part , form a mound that assess 20 to 30 inch across . Pale lavender flowers deck a stalk about 20 inch high in mid to former summer . The blue - and - chartreuse farewell cater an attractive backdrop for the lilac-colored blossoms . Put these hostas in at least partial Dominicus to bring out that yellow green color , and localize them near some redannuals(coleus is a good choice ) to accomplish that red - yellow - low trilateral that garden lovers lust .

A marvellous full complement to the purplecoral bellsand wide - leafed genus Funka , the lithesome spears of golden Japanese Hakone grass(Hakonechloamacra‘All Gold ’ , Zones 5–9 ) are easy to develop , easy to disunite , and just stunning to lay eyes on . The Hakone smoke is constitute for the Hakone Hot Springs neighborhood near Mount Hakone in Honshu , Japan .

verify you leave at least one batch of the pot alone for several years , as it forms an impressive mound “ bush . ” It requires little care , which spend a penny it ideal for a beginning nurseryman , or a gardener who does n’t want to divide plants all the sentence ! Hakone grasses will tolerate sun , but they ’re mostly a spectre - get laid , glob - form bunchgrass , gradually spreading in perimeter . The stalks cascade in a refined rounded fountain flesh , which will remind you of outpouring . I ’ve put some gang around the pencil holly in the circle on the back course , but I ’m thinking that position them in a three - to - four - tier lasting planter would be an interesting effect .

Note : A sport of ‘ All Gold ’ , ‘ Sun Flare ’ takes it to the next grade . Its vivid yellow folio are tipped with rich burgundy . I do n’t have this variety — yet .

I like the ‘ Autumn Joy ’ sedum(Hylotelephium ‘ Herbstfreude ’ , Zones 3–8 ) here , with pink flowers in September , against the shining chickenhearted flame nettle annual , which was one of the skillful surprises this yr .

Heuchera‘Blackberry chicken feed ’ ( coral Alexander Bell , zone 5–9)After my prospicient addiction to hosta , I was in convalescence for about a year when I discovered coral bells . The colours of the Heuchera ’ leaf were even more wide-ranging than those of genus Hosta . I was hook . The panoply of color and veining adds sake all time of year , while the florets on flimsy stalks rise up from the center with dramatic play , and some smorgasbord make nice press cutting for flower arrangement . They need four to five year between dividings of the rhizomes . These go nicely with hosta , coleus , yellow grasses , and as borders in front of theastilbes .

Per Wikipedia , a “ cairn ” is a manmade pot of stones . Cairns are now often set up as landmarks , a use they have had since ancient meter . They have also been work up as burial monuments — for defence mechanism and hunt ; for ceremony , sometimes relate to astronomy ; to locate buried caches of food or objective ; and to mark trails . In my case , it ’s a tribute . This cairn is at the left remainder of what I call “ Dad ’s Garden , ” and it anchors the back way of life . At the foot of the cairn are hens and chicks(Sempervivum , Zones 3–8 ) and two kinds of Sedum ( Stonecrop ) . My Grandma Greene grow hens and chicks in her kitchen . She kept them on a board in the front window . If she could grow them in her kitchen , I should be able to grow them outdoors in this sunny , protected , affectionate microclimate . At least one of the rocks in the cairn and many rocks in the way of life are from the millrace of my Great - Grandfather Philip John Green ’s flour mill at Oak Hill in South Dansville , bribe in January 1873 .

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