HI GPOD!
Today’s photos come to us from Missouri where Suzannah grows a beautiful array of perennials in heavy clay soil. She says:
I garden in SW Missouri. My garden is the quintessential Midwest garden. I have heavy clay soil and we run the gamut of weather conditions. My garden has to be tough. I like using redbuds, serviceberry’s and oaks. My go-to shrubs are ninebarks, viburnums, yews, and boxwood, and my most used perennials are echinacea, rudbeckia, ornamental onion and iris. I like to try it all, so I do utilize a lot more variety, but the plants that seem to thrive the best in my zone are the ones I’ve listed.
In this shot, we see blue salvia (Salvia farinacea, Zones 8–10), chartreuse spirea (Spiraea japonica, Zones 4–8), oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers,’ Zones 5–9), and a pot of a dahlia hybrids (Dahlia spp. and cvs., Zones 8–11) as well as ornamental oregano (Origanum ‘Kent Beauty’, Zones 6–9) on the right spilling onto the path.
Vibrant pink coneflower (Echinacea purpurea, Zones 3–9) steals the show in this display, surrounded by ‘Millenium’ allium (Allium ‘Millenium’, Zones 4–8), catmint, possibly ‘Limelight’ (Nepeta × faassenii ‘Limelight’, Zones 3–8) and a dark-leaved penstemon (Penstemon spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9), with anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum, Zones 4–8) and a ninebark, possibly ‘Little Devil’ (Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Little Devil’, Zones 2–7) serving as a backdrop.
A pulled back shot of Suzannah’s garden shows us the variety and texture at play in her beds. We love the pops of color from the zinnias and cosmos.
Thanks so much for sharing your garden with us Suzannah! We see the effort and care put into maintaining and designing this special space and look forward to watching it grow in years to come.
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