Rosa Easy Going is just that; easy going. It exploded this year with so many flowers you might think it was a new Knock Out variety. It produces large 3 to 4 inch blooms with a light fragrance.
Strike It Rich, a 2007 AARS Winner, has great color and a nice fragrance. We had one that grew quite large but the voles ate the roots out from under it. This one is in its second season and doing fine.
We loved our Grace Smoke tree so much we had to have the Cotinus coggygria Golden Smoke bush. Its foliage stays chartreuse which stands out against darker greens. It doesn't "smoke" as heavily as the burgundy variety but its a nice accent specimen. I still say the Grace variety has the best foliage color.
Rosa Oktoberfest in all its glory. Its a very tall and robust rose with large flowers.
A closeup of Oktoberfest to show the size and form. Classic symmetry.
The dainty poofs of the Gold Flame Spirea stand out over the lime green to chartreuse foliage.
A nice shot of purple Campanula finally blooming!!!!! It has taken years to get this far because it always gets eaten by voles. For some reason these escaped detection and crawled through the solomon seal and hosta providing the effect we were going for. Click the image for a larger view.
A group of while calla lilies. We started a large bed of calla this season so we expect quite a show next May.
This is Cytisus Pomona in full bloom. They started selling these at Home Depot this year. Easy to grow and quite showy. They claim it likes neglect and dry conditions but we water it and planted it in compost. Looks happy to me!
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