Yearning for Spring in Virginia

Anticipating the color to come

Today ’s photos are from Pamela Stout .

I was very inspired by GPOD posts about yearning for spring and colour . I can relate ! I have my first hellebore bud coming in , so it ’s officially the start of the horticulture time of year for me . Yes , I ’m a four - season nurseryman ! I have a small urban garden in Northern Virginia that I have been work on for over twenty - five yr . It ’s primarily a tincture garden , with trees , repeated bush , and peak add on by annuals and containers . I go big for flowers . You will see that I definitely have a preference for pink , purple , and blue . I ’m not the best lensman , but I do make love to garden !

Firsthellebore(Helleborushybrid , Zones 4–9 ) bud of 2022

Hellebore in full bloom

A winter - blooming camellia(Camelliahybrid , Zones 7–11 )

These mophead hydrangeas(Hydrangea macrophylla , Zones 5–9 ) were transplanted several yr ago and are still go strong .

Every garden needs urine . Our fountain is surrounded by yearly clean impatiens(Impatienswalleriana , Zones 10–11 or as an one-year ) and repeated pink astilbe(Astilbehybrid , Zones 3–8 ) , with camellia shrubs and boxwoods(Buxussp . , Zones 5–9 ) in the background . The fountain attracts lots of garden wildlife , admit foxes , bunnies , chipmunks , squirrels , and skirt .

I like to play with texture in the garden . Here are endearing yearly pinkpentas(Pentas lanceolata)sandwiched between fall - bloomingliriope(Liriope muscari , Zones 5–10 ) and my favorite evergreen plant , ‘ Blue Star ’ juniper(Juniperussquamata‘Blue Star ’ , Zones 4–8 ) .

I ’m in the beginning from California , and this summerAgapanthus(Zones 8–10 ) reminds me of the garden of my puerility .

Summer - bloomingbutterfly weed(Asclepiasincarnata , Zones 3–9 ) with a visitor

I eff the manner this pink orchidaceous plant lamium(Lamiummaculatum , Zones 3–9 ) lights up the shade . It contrasts nicely with the leaves of my pet tricolored hosta(Hosta‘Striptease ’ , Zones 4–8 ) , with its white margins sandwiched between blue - green boundary and celery dark-green interior . In the background are descent - blossom toad lilies(Tricyrtisformosana‘Gilt Edge ’ , Zones 5–8 ) .

Once again , my favorite hosta , ‘ ecdysiast ’ . I embed my hostas with the rest of my plant instead of group them together in a ocean of hostas . I only have about a dozen varieties , but I do favour hostas on the blue side ( glaucous hostas ) .

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