Year-Round Garden Interest

Diverse perennials and shrubs keep this garden looking good

My name is Keri Shinault . I populate in Northern Kentucky , Zone 6a , and have been gardening for about 12 years . I am an artist and am just as happy picture with flowers as I am with pigments ! Photography is also one of my passions , so I charge the prime and then use them in my paintings . I work full - clip and have three kids , so the garden are my oasis and stress reliever .

These picture are of my rear garden , which is planted to contain year - beat interest .

The evergreen plant particular are westerly arborvitae(Thuja plicata , Zones 5–7 ) , laurels , three different types of holly(Ilexsp . ) , and a weeping Norse spruce(Picea abies , zone 3–7 ) . Deciduous items include a ‘ Bloodgood ’ Japanese maple(Acer palmatum‘Bloodgood ’ , Zones 5–9 ) , ash trees(Fraxinussp . ) , a burnt umber mimosa(Albizia julibrissin‘Summer Chocolate ’ , Zones 6–10 ) , and a tears bald cypress(Taxodium distichum , zone 4–10 ) . The bushes are oakleaf hydrangea(Hydrangea quercifolia , Zones 5–9 ) , hibiscus(Hibiscushybrid , Zones 5–9 ) , and butterfly(Buddleia davidii , Zones 5–9 ) . There are also a muckle of dissimilar perennial peak that total up every week from April through September , so it ’s kind of like Christmas every week ! last , I ’m a huge succulent fan , so I constitute them in the rocks in my creek and around the property and then fetch them in to overwinter during the cold month .

A view of the garden from above , with oakleaf hydrangeas and a big stand of Orange River lilies dominating the view .

A petty later in the season , the hydrangea bloom have faded to brown and green , but butterfly bush and hardy hibiscus are beginning to take over .

A butterfly bush provides a nectar treat for a hummingbird moth . This little moth really does look like a hummingbird in escape . The caterpillars that grow into this beautiful moth are big , dark-green , and hungry — but be certain to leave them alone so they can grow up into these beautiful adults !

Tender succulents want to come deep down for the wintertime , but they look great growing outside during the warmer month .

A wistaria ( Wisteriasp . ) just come into bloom . This expect to be one of the U.S. aboriginal species ( Wistera macrostachyaorWisteria frutescens ) , which are better selection than the extremely incursive Asian coinage .

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