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breathebeast's In Progress: Perrenial Terrace garden
Plantings (43)
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When the previous owner of our house, which is situated on a ridge near the Farmington Valley in Connecticut, had his front yard dug up to change the cess pool to a septic tank complete with leaching field, a student landscaper came up with a mildly terraced garden as his student project. So, when I came on the scene 9 years later, there was this fabulous perrenial flower garden that I’m still coming to know. The site was dug up again to replace the septic tank, so I’ve snuck in some herbs and even some strawberry plants, tomato plants, and a blueberry plant (and a mulberry tree across the driveway), and I’m ready to see how things evolve (as I love having edibles in my garden!).
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Borage, white
Borago officinalis
Sown on 30 Jul 09 Planted a borage plant because I didn't know wh...
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Ostrich fern (edible fiddleheads!)
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Transplanted on 30 May 09 I planted 2 ostrich ferns in the shady part of ...
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baby's breath
Gypsophila
Planting Out on 16 May 08 Would love to have some baby's breath to cut an...
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rock cress
Arabis arendsii
Sown on 04 May 08 This plant is supposed to do best in rocky area...
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Forget-me-not
Myosotis
Planting Out on 30 Apr 08 I love the name, and the flowers are quite fetc...
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Sicilian Honey Lily
Allium bulgaricum
Kindof a weird flower, like a clown of the gard...
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Lilyturf
Liriope
thought this was grape hyacinth, but got help w...
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hibiscus
Hibiscus
Big beautiful flowers in August, with the grape...
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Camassia
Camassia quamash
This was a lovely surprise! It grows in partia...
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Small pink magnolia
Magnolia liliiflora
It was already in the garden. I loved the earl...
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Creeping phlox
Phlox stolonifera
I love how long this blooms, and the graceful s...
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Bleeding Heart
Dicentra spectabilis
I think these are such beautiful plants and flo...
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Hydrangea
Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris
I have about 3 of these total in the front yard...
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Balloon Flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
Wish I'd gotten a better picture of a flower be...
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Periwinkle
What a fabulous groundcover for shady areas! I...
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Weigela
Weigela florida
This has to be pruned HARD during the winter - ...
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Centaurea
Centaurea cyanus
Grew leaps and bounds over the summertime - sta...
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Low Yellow Sedum
Sedum kamtschaticum
Never been a fan of sedum, but I gotta admit, i...
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Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Lovely fine blue-green foliage, and it has smal...
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Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus
It's kindof a leggy bush, because it's right ne...
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Roses....
Rosa
I used to rent an apartment in a house that had...
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Rhododendron
Rhododendron
Story doesn't do justice to the big clumps of p...
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Lilies
Lilium
There are also some of the tall lilies (hidden ...
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Lemon Thyme
Thymus citriodorus
See that clump in the second photo? That was f...
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Echinacea
Echinacea
Other people say this can be aggressive, but it...
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Black-eyed susan AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Rudbeckia hirta
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Bee Balm AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Monarda didyma
Spreading like a weed, the greenery smells fain...
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Iris AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Iris germanica
These are fragrant irises! They bloom fabulous...
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Wild geranium
Pelargonium x hortorum
It doesn't do well at all as a cut flower, but ...
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painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
My favorite ferns! I think they are from Japan...
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Pink Yarrow AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Achillea taygetea
I love yarrow, it reminds me of the wild plants...
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Cabbage Rose?
Rosa
The smell is SO intense, it's almost overwhelming!
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Rosa rugosa - beach roses?
Rosa rugosa
These are planted down by the road, where their...
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coral bells
Heuchera
These are beautiful. I'd never seen them befor...
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Coreopsis AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Coreopsis
Beautiful bright color after the azaleas have b...
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Holly
Ilex
Two holly plants, one female for the pretty win...
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Hinoki
Chamaecyparis obtusa
This little tree is around 20 years old, and ju...
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Clump of daisies
Bellis perennis
There they are, looking wild and happy!
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Lupine
Lupinus perennis
Bloomed, but now has dark brown spots on some l...
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mugo pine
Pinus mugo
The previous owner had this in the garden for, ...
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johnny walking stick tree
Corylus avellana
What a fabulous little tree! The leaves are al...
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Spirea
Spirea
Lovely slightly fuzzy pink flowers.
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lady's mantle
Alchemilla mollis
Was prepared not to be impressed with this plan...
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