Happy Friday, Gpoders!
It seems that many of you are celebrating the spring of banners this year. From amazing flower flashes to growing big, bright new leaves, to even early seasonal season edibles, we’ve seen everything a spring garden has to offer. We will continue the theme with Idaho’s first contributor, Susan Buckley. Susan’s garden is at an altitude of 5,500 feet, so she handles a rather harsh winter, but it makes the spring even more exciting and adoring. This year’s particularly impressive spring exhibit was something she encouraged us to eventually send some photos.
Hello. I have enjoyed your magazine for years and have never submitted any photos. But this spring was so beautiful and I thought I’d send some.
Gardens in Zone 5B, Idaho. The altitude is 5,500 feet. There is three months of snow and temperatures below zero, then slowly thaw, followed by a spring of riots. Summer brings intense sun, drought and cool nights.
Our home is located in an area with forests not too far from the river. We are surrounded by large cottonwoods, aspen (Populus tremuloides, zones 1-6), choke cherries (Prunus Virginiana, zones 2-7), and native dogwoods (horny Florida, zones 5-9). I have built and maintained these gardens for 15 years. Marvel at the beauty that nature has created and adding some of the sparkling pockets of non-native gardening is a real joy.
Elk and deer are frequent visitors, so they take note of their plant choices. I have about 120 peonies (I can’t help myself), lots of daffodils, helleborgs, bleeding hearts, nepeta, Monarda, Salvia, Spireaa, decorative grass, and dogwood. If I bump into deer repellent once or twice, the lily works. Several times a year, we have one or two mousses. They can eat whatever they like. I won’t ruin them.
Here are some recent photos.
– Susan Buckley
“Gold Heart” (Dicentra Spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’, Zones 3–9) and his shady garden, his calm, low-maintenance garden ❤️
This year it’s “Merry Mayshine” Peony (Paeonia x Lactiflora ‘Merry Mayshine’, Zones 3–7). I love mostly fern-like leaves.
Blooming pink champagne currant (Libeslubram “Champagne Pink”, Zones 3-7) is often reproduced with purple hellebore, round dark leaves of “othello” ligraria (Ligraria denata “Othello”, Zones 3-8), and red stems of neon burst red stems (Colnewal Bawood). Brings colour to your courtyard year-round.
These are the emergent leaves of young “north wind” maples (Acer x Pseudosieboldianum ‘Islnw’, zones 4-7) and are hybrids of Japanese maple and Korean species. Its leaves are bright red in spring. Elks need this barrier until tree branches are out of reach. Trees are well worth the wait.
I love Spire. They seek only the sun and occasionally water, and throw pink, white, or red flowers against the leaves in green, blue, red, and gold tones. This bed was only a few years ago and needed a pop of yellow. In the foreground there is a reliable “gold frame” (S.×Bumalda ‘Goldflame’, Zones 4–9). In the center on the left is the Double Play Big Bang (S. Japonica “Tracy”, Zones 3-9).
Thank you Susan, for sharing our fun spring plants with us! This was a great introduction to your garden, but I sincerely hope that your first submission will not be your last, and we can see more from your garden this year.
Now that Memorial Day has left, we are on a fast path to summer, and the last flowers of spring disappear before we know it. While enjoying your spring garden this weekend, consider taking photos to capture this fleeting beauty and sharing them with photos of the garden of the day! Follow the instructions below to send a photo by email or DM via Instagram: @girlherdogandtheroad.
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