Hello GPODers!
A few weeks ago, at the beginning of August and the end of summer, we had the pleasure of visiting Cherry Ong’s beautiful gardens in Richmond, British Columbia (Cherry’s August Garden). In today’s update, she shows us her garden in stunning fall colors. I could go on and on about Cherry and her amazing designs, but today I’ll keep it short and take a look at her and her beautiful photos.
The garden this November was damp, cold and dirty, but very colorful. Indeed, thanks to the wind and rain, the fruits of the Profusion Beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’, Zones 5-8) are shining in the landscape.
Especially when the leaves of the Moonfire maple (Acer palmatum ‘Moonfire’, zones 5-9) fall on the all-gold Japanese forest grass (Acer palmatum ‘All-gold’, zones 4-9), the red leaves are the most ever. Make beautiful confetti.
Another view of the small garden. In a few months, your 16-year-old Kingston Cardinal hellebore (Helleborus ‘Kingston Cardinal’, zones 4-9) will produce luscious raspberry flowers.
The planted bulbs are still full of leaves. I think that’s a lasting benefit. I believe these are Georgia Peach Heuchera (Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’, Zones 4-9) and Saxifraga × urbium ‘Primuloides’ (Saxifraga × urbium ‘Primuloides’, Zones 7-10).
A view of the backyard from a distance. Acer palmatum ‘Beni otake’ (Zones 5-9) is the last Japanese maple to shed its leaves. There’s even more wonderful botanical confetti on top of the golden Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra aureola, zones 5-9), and more importantly, mulch for garden flower beds.
‘Mountain Madness’ Japanese mint shrub (Leucosceptrum japonicum ‘Mountain Madness’, zones 5-8) is still fresh this season. It is a perennial that I originally planted like the Japanese maple in my backyard.
A big thank you to Cherry for sharing more garden photos (and many others she sent us. Stay tuned to GPOD in the coming weeks. Many great posts will be published soon!). And thank you to everyone who responded to my call to action and submitted amazing photos of their gardens and garden visits. I hope more people will continue to feel inspired and share. We love receiving updates on familiar gardens, but we’re equally excited to see new names pop up in our GPOD inbox. Follow the steps below to email your photo or send a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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