We’re in Yorkville, Illinois, visiting with Anita Drendel once more. We noticed some photographs of her backyard within the GPOD lately, and he or she’s again to share extra of her favorites from the previous few years.
I’m seeing a pink theme right here—vivid pink Mandevilla (Zones 10–11 or as an annual) in a pink pot within the foreground, echoed by pink flowers and foliage from shrubs within the distance.
What a good way to show a harvest of greens and herbs from the backyard! They’re as stunning to take a look at as they’re scrumptious and nutritious.
Right here’s the place a few of these greens come from—a productive raised mattress. This mattress is stuffed with cool-season greens like lettuce and cabbage, little question to be switched out for summer time crops like tomatoes and peppers because the climate warms.
A statue helps to water the backyard.
Purple native columbines (Aquilegia canadensis, Zones 3–8) look stunning with a deep reddish-brown bearded iris (Iris hybrid, Zones 3–8).
This weigela (Weigela florida, Zones 5–9), in peak spring bloom, is paired with the tall spires of lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus, Zones 3–7).
How’s this for a stupendous backyard customer? A scarlet tanager rests in an oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia, Zones 5–9) in Might, simply because the hydrangea is beginning to leaf out.
Spring within the shade backyard
Deep purple blooms from Clematis ‘The President’ (Zones 4–8) on the high, and one other double-flowered clematis selection on the backside
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