In case your pulse quickens on the sight of a dogwood or peony in full bloom, that is the episode for you. Though a restrained, foliage-focused design is at all times a protected wager, fabulous floral textures and colours provide a stage of pleasure that leaves alone can’t present. For many people, a love of flowers was the gateway that introduced us to gardening. Observe alongside as Danielle, Carol, and skilled visitor Wambui Ippolito focus on a number of the lovely blooms that make their hearts sing.
Skilled: Wambui Ippolito is an award-winning panorama designer, horticulturist, and writer based mostly in New York Metropolis.
Danielle’s Vegetation
‘Bowl of Magnificence’ peony (Paeonia lactiflora Bowl of Magnificence’, Zones 4-9)
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia, Zones 5-8)
‘Mistral Bordeaux’ poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria ‘Mistral Bordeaux’, Zones 8-10)
Pink flowering dogwood (Cornus florida f. rubra, Zones 5-8)
Carol’s Vegetation
‘Storm Cloud’ blue star (Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Storm Cloud’, Zones 4-9)
‘Orange Marvel’ snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus, Zones 7-10)
Stroll in Magnificence™ Watermelon Man prickly pear (Opuntia ‘OP099’, Zones 4-9)
‘Fascination’ and ‘Adoration’ Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum cvs., Zones 3-8)
Carol’s beloved copy of The Golden Egg Guide, by Margaret Clever Brown, Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Skilled’s Vegetation
Wild mullein (Vebascum roripifolium, Zones 5-8)
Threadleaf bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii, Zones 5-8)
‘Mushy Caress’ mahonia (Mahonia ‘Mushy Caress’, Zones 7-9)
