Hello GPODers!
Final week we acquired an thrilling submission from long-time GPOD reader, however first-time submitter, Cleo from Washington (Late October in Cleo’s Again Backyard). It’s at all times thrilling to get a first-time submission, nevertheless it’s equally thrilling to get an replace from somebody we haven’t heard from shortly. Right now, we get a fall backyard replace from Wendy Newman in British Columbia. Her backyard was first featured again in 2017 (A Backyard within the Okanagan Valley), showcasing her colourful summer time crops. Seven years later, we get to see how her area has reworked and the way it appears to be like when fall foliage takes heart stage.
Hello GPOD,
Right here’s an assortment of images from my fall backyard.
I dwell in Canada’s Okanagan Valley the place scorching, dry summers and colder winters are the norm. In the course of the spring, the backyard is full of the extra muted colors of unfurling leaves, bulbs and ephemerals, whereas in the summertime the various perennials carry the backyard’s colors into blues, brilliant pinks and sunny oranges. However it’s the fall when the bushes and shrubs take over the present and fill the backyard with the attractive earthy tones of their leaves turning color.
Thanks,Wendy Newman
After all, as Wendy mentions, foliage colours reign supreme through the fall months. Nonetheless, she additionally has some splendid blooms that present extra coloration and contrasting varieties. This enormous planting of guara creates a lovely mist of pink and white blooms.
I completely adore the layers of curiosity that Wendy creates in her beds, and captures so fantastically in her images. The attention can so simply glide from low-growing crops to taller bushes and shrubs.
One other sensational scene filled with glowing fall crops. Enormous ‘Honorine Jobert’ Japanese anemones (Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’, Zones 4–8) completely shine with countless white blooms.
One other mattress that epitomizes Wendy’s sentiments concerning the energy of bushes and shrubs throughout fall. The beautiful purple/pink flowers are beautiful within the entrance of the mattress, however the varied shrubs and small bushes are clearly the actual stars. This picture additionally offers a terrific little glimpse of the hanging Okanagan Valley panorama that surrounds Wendy’s property.
A personal pergola is made much more beautiful with the colourful foliage that surrounds. This needs to be a completely unbelievable spot to host a summer time feast or get pleasure from a light fall afternoon.
The view from the opposite finish of the trail we noticed above, revealing extra of the gorgeous panorama that surrounds Wendy’s unbelievable backyard.
Whereas bushes and shrubs are stars in fall gardens, the proper perennials and grasses clearly do their half. Lavender is offering loads of curiosity with its cool, blue-green foliage and light flowers. A brilliant purple decorative grass—probably ‘Shenandoah’ swap grass (Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’, Zones 4–9)?)—is a beautiful distinction.
Wendy’s property is really picturesque. From her unbelievable plantings filled with coloration and texture to the gorgeous constructions. I additionally love the repetition of purple that may be seen all through the backyard and in all of her images.
Extra late-season flowers placing on a stunning show in Wendy’s backyard below a big spruce. Black-eyed Susan (Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’, Zones 4–8) and white alyssum by no means get previous.
Thanks for sharing your backyard with us once more, Wendy! It was completely definitely worth the wait to see how a lot your area has advanced and the way superb it appears to be like on the finish of the season. However I hope we don’t have to attend as lengthy for the subsequent replace!
In the event you haven’t shared your backyard with us shortly, please think about taking Wendy’s lead and submit images once more. Whether or not it’s your present fall plantings or a mirrored image on peak season, we’d like to see how your area has advanced. Observe the instructions under to submit by way of e-mail or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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