Our second garden on the first day of the Fling was Christopher Mello's garden. The dominant foliage color is burgundy. I love burgundy foliage plants, my eye is always drawn to them. Welcoming us at the gate was a lovely Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius. This native shrub was a dark foliage variety. It could be 'Diablo', or 'Seward' or 'Summer Wine' or something completely different. I have 'Coppertina' in my garden.
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| Physocarpus opulifolius |
This magnificent sculpture was just inside the gate...winged baby heads....brilliant! The rust elements compliment the burgundy foliage....the blue heads...well, they go well with the color of some of the blooms and of course the blue bottles.
This is a Purple Leaf Birch, it is just beautiful.
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| Betula |
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| Purple leaf Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corylus avellana Contorta |
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| Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' |
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| Cotinus coggygria Smoke Tree |
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| Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate' |
So many burgundy foliage plants!!! But wait, there's more----
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| Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon' |
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| Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red' |
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| Campanula punctata 'Cherry Bells' |
These beautiful plant choices shine in this garden. There is one blooming plant that really has the spotlight, Mother of Pearl Poppy. Christopher is doing some selective harvesting, letting those that are blue reseed.
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| The bees seem to like it! |
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| Doesn't this look like crepe paper? What a great poppy! |
And I did mention rust and blue bottles....the 'bones' of the garden.
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| Old shovel heads on re-bar. |
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Center focal point in the garden....the dumptruck circle or
Shovelhendge |
and finally....blue bottle trees, all over the garden.
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| Blue tree, love it! |
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| Use any tree...add color! |
Stay tuned for more Spring Fling events .....these last two posts were just the first morning!!!
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