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kightp's Front garden

Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Combination I'm Organic!

The front beds are devoted to bulbs (daffodil, tulip, a few hyacinths, day lilies, saffron crocus and a few tiny native irises) hardy perennials (salvias, lavender, acanthus, clematis, crocosmia), an aging daphne odora and a lone spikey acanthus, plus a glorious antique wisteria that climbs the front of the house, a peppermint-striped camellia and some very scraggly rhododendrons on the west side of the house, where it’s really too hot for them. They’re messy, and often neglected, but still manage to produce handsome blooms nine months of the year.

Plantings

Acanthus

Acanthus spinosus

Sown on 03 Jun 06 Planted in the "problem corner" of the sunny fr...
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Saffron crocus

Crocus sativus

Sown on 01 Oct 03 Before my sister left town, she snuck a few C. ...
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Crocosmia

Crocosmia paniculata

Sown on 31 May 02 Another of the interesting plants my sister, t...
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Ornamental sage (red)

Salvia microphylla

Sown on 01 Apr 02 This vigorous, hardy salvia has a twiggy, spraw...
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Cherry plum 'Thundercloud'

Prunus cerasifera

This massive, purple-leaved plum tree looms ove...
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Flowering dogwood

Cornus florida

Two small dogwoods are planted in the narrow st...
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Ornamental sage (purple)

Salvia officinalis

A gorgeous dark purple sage that dies back each...
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Antique Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

This aging but vigorous wisteria is believed to...
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Spanish lavender

Lavandula stoechas

One of several lavendar varieties planted aroun...
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