Spring Versus Summer in Dale’s Garden

Watching a garden change through the seasons

We ’re visit with Dale Dailey today .

Our garden is well plant and located in central Michigan near Lansing . It has been feature in the GPOD in the past(Dale ’s Garden in 2020 ) .

Part of the delight of horticulture is to observe plants come forth in springtime and then see as they mature with the seasons . I have included four sets of pictures from last year that show an area in leap and then later in the year .

This domain feature tall ostrichferns(Matteuccia struthiopteris , zone 3–7 ) in the background signal , withhostas , a gnome Alberta spruce(Piceaglauca‘Conica ’ , Zones 3–6 ) , and other plants in the front .

This is the same orbit inlate summerin its full glory . It receives full sunshine for at least two - thirds of the day , but theshade - loving plantsstill seem to thrive .

A favoriteshady areain our garden have a reflective stone statue . In the give , white bleeding hearts(Dicentraspectabilis‘Alba ’ , Zones 3–8 ) and hosta provide a dewy-eyed setting .

Later in the season the same area is heavily shaded , and a marvelous hydrangea(Hydrangea arborescens‘Annabelle ’ , Zones 3–9 ) provide a stunning backdrop .

We have a large garden area , andornamental treesare an integral lineament . One recent accession to ourJapanese gardenwas a weepingredbud(Cercis canadensis‘Ruby Falls ’ , Zones 5–9 ) . This photo show thetree in bloomin the springtime .

As summer plan of attack , the blossoms are follow by cascading crimson - colored leave .

This last brace of photo shows a bombastic area east of our house that have a diverseness of hostas , astilbe , primulas , phlox , and other shade - get it on plants .

Later in the summertime the hosta and other plants have now exploded . The tree in the background is a weeping purple beech(Fagussylvatica‘Purple Fountain ’ , Zones 4–7 ) .

Revisiting these photos has me charge up about springtime even though it is at least three calendar month away !

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