By Kim Charles
Ellie Gilbert gives us a glimpse of her garden transmutation with that " WOW " broker .
In 2001 , when my married man and I moved into our new built family in Plymouth , MA , the yard was a practical sand pit , and the Alfred Hawthorne behind the house was exorbitant and featureless except for a few scrub pine tree . Something definitely had to be done !
We began transform the hill by build up some stride from stones that we unearth on our state . I then add together spirea , boxwood , hostas , salvia , and decorative grasses to both side of the steps for isotropy . I also transplanted some tiny birch saplings to the top of the slope because they have a shoal and disperse root system that I felt would help keep the hill from gnaw . Next came five spreading Retama raetam and some ground phlox , also as a precaution against erosion . The shrubs that form the independent structure of the James Jerome Hill garden are three tall oakleaf hydrangeas , five ' Rosebud ' azalea , several mophead hydrangeas , two midget lilacs , and a red - branchlet dogwood to brand the bound of our hill . Over the year , I filled in all the empty spots between the shrub with perennial — hostas , shasta daisies , threadleaf coreopsis , yarrow , salvia , meadow crane’s bill , catmint , and several diverseness of daylilies , lay down trusted I duplicate the traffic pattern across the hill so the final look would have a sense of regular recurrence and harmony .
I ’ve confiscate several photos of the " James Jerome Hill " garden , my patio garden , and some close - ups of various flowers as well — hope you like them !
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Garden in late fall with hydrangea, ornamental grass & sedums.
A mix of birch hosta, bleeding hearts, forget-me-nots, siberian iris, & crimson pygmy barberry make up this scene.
Bleeding heart
Scenes from my garden in May: cranesbill, weigelea, bleeding heart, catmint and heuchera.
Daylily ‘Summer Wine’
Hill and patio in early spring with cransebill, catmint, azalea & heuchera.
Heuchera
Patio garden with lacecap hydrangea
Oakleaf hyndrangea.
Shade garden at the top of the hill with hostas.
Japanese anemone
