Hello GPODers!
‘Tis the season for backyard reflections, and at present now we have one other improbable spherical of standout scenes from a stunning 2025 backyard. Marty Oostveen shared her backyard in Douglassville, Pennsylvania (Zone 7a), for the primary time final summer time (try that put up, when you missed it: Marty’s Backyard from Scratch in Pennsylvania). Her beautiful panorama is a formidable creation, particularly contemplating that the whole lot was constructed from scratch after they moved to the brand-new property in Might of 2016. As Marty prepares for the tenth rising season on this now spectacular house, there’s a lot to understand and rejoice.
The north aspect of the home turned dwelling to my hostas after we first moved. Then I discovered extra—many extra!
A favourite hosta, known as Wheee! Sure, Wheee! (Hosta ‘Wheee!’, Zones 3–8)
Hostas and ferns play nicely collectively.
An overachieving miniature hosta (so far as flowers are involved) grows within the shade of a a lot bigger cousin.
On “Galápagos peninsula,” miniature hostas share house with tortoises.
A raised mattress in the back of the waterfall is dwelling to quite a lot of shrubs and perennials.
Yellow allium (Allium moly, Zones 3–8) turns this nook right into a beacon.
The entrance backyard turns right into a sea of blue with grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum, Zones 4–8), which unfold… and unfold.
Hellebores are an enormous a part of my late winter/early spring backyard.
An unimaginable entry into the backyard, after which the trellis fell over in a storm.
After all, these aren’t Marty’s solely backyard highlights from final 12 months. Verify again in to Backyard Picture of the Day tomorrow to see fabulous photographs of this backyard through the latter half of 2025.
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