A garden with a view
My name is Myrna Mahon . I live on a mountain top at approximately 4700 feet elevation in Cullowhee , North Carolina . I have been garden for about 20 year but only one year full - meter at this localisation . This year I had four goal : ( 1 ) Make the garden feel enclosed ; ( 2 ) produce a formal introduction ; ( 3 ) have a balance between magniloquent , medium , and inadequate plants ; and ( 4 ) add interestingness through garden art .
An overview of the garden up the Alfred Hawthorne with a umbrageous seats area at the top .
A cast - smoothing iron gate is the formal entryway to the garden . View our guide to creating an engaging entryway to your garden .
Wisteria ( Wisteriafrutescens , Zones 6–9 ) climbing the stair rail to the front porch .
On the right side of the garden , shasta daisy ( Leucanthemum × superbum , zone 5–8 ) , tick-weed ( Coreopsissp . ) , yarrow ( Achilleasp . ) , oriental lilies ( Lilium , oriental group ) and native Turk ’s cap lilies ( Liliumsp . ) put on a show .
These annual impatiens ( Impatienswalleriana , annual ) were planted between two log left when the land was net . “ Plate bloom ” enhance the back .
A endocarp path leads the way to a unexampled potting shed . ‘ Endless Summer ’ bluish hydrangeas ( Hydrangeamacrophylla‘Endless Summer ’ , Zones 5–9 ) grow in front .
Garden prowess rabbits among the digitalis ( Digitalissp . ) .
Since this area is God ’s country , we created a appeal garden with Jesus the in effect Shepherd view over shade - loving perennials .
Decorative metal chickens add together whimsy among the aboriginal fern and lily of the vale ( Convallariamajalis , Zones 3–8 ) .
Nature ’s garden , the mountain view from the porch .
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