A Garden Evolves Year After Year

Revisiting a GPOD favorite

Today we ’re taking a paying back visit to Adeline Kong ’s garden in British Columbia , Canada . We’vevisited her gardenseveral timesover the years , and it is such merriment to see how it has changed and germinate over time !

Again , another yr has pop off by . I ca n’t believe growing time of year for 2019 is about to set about .

Since I last partake with you , the garden has progressed . Most of the perennials have take in , and many are hold back to be fraction and sum to other portion of the garden and , of course , divvy up with friends and family . This stand for that I did n’t have to total in many filler annuals , which rival more time for other garden undertaking .

The garden is unquestionably flesh out . I will be toil up more beds again to accommodate a vegetable garden and perhaps a little rose patch . I ca n’t await ! It ’s definitely grow to be a jungle out there !

The following photo are of 2018 ’s summertime garden .

This twelvemonth , masses of unfolding perennial are acquire over from the abundant annuals that have been a centerpiece of the garden in years past . Here bee balm ( Mondarda didyma , Zones 4–10 ) and shasta daisy ( Leucanthemum × superbum , Zones 5–8 ) command , satisfy the garden with blooms .

A welcoming terrace in the midsection of a cloud of daisies .

This red chair echoes the colors of the bee balms .

Seating is an crucial aspect of a garden . You have to have someone sit and savour the beauty you ’ve created .

royal notes from a cloud of grandiloquent vervain ( Verbena bonariensis , Zones 7–10 or as annual ) in front of a mass of zinnias ( Zinnia elegans , one-year ) .

More tall verbena , mingling with dahlias .

A quiet spot in the garden to sit and enjoy .

A view showing the tenacious bender of the garden , with the same plant repeated throughout the planting . Using the same plants multiple times serve draw a garden together visually .

Bee balm and daisies glowing with the sun behind them .

What a wonderful garden ! I ca n’t look for Adeline to institutionalize us picture of what it look like this year !

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