This is my favourite time of year for the back Shade Garden! Lots of spring blooms happening at the moment. There's pink bergenia, yellow leopard's bane, white anemones, and orange geums. BTW that's a new gate in the back corner - the previous one was old and incredibly ugly so I always cropped it out of pictures. Now you can enjoy a wider view!
To see this garden at other times of the year, click here and scroll down.
Beautiful! Love that bergenia!
Posted by: Sheryl @ Flowery Prose | June 11, 2013 at 08:47 PM
How do you get your bergenia to bloom like that....mine just doesnt seem to grow at all?
Posted by: Christina | June 14, 2013 at 06:46 AM
Absolutely gorgeous garden - I am just really getting into gardening and working on our back yard. Seem to be addicted to hostas - wonder how big they can get in the Calgary climate and our short summer.
Posted by: raina | June 18, 2013 at 08:16 PM
@Christina - Honestly, I don't do anything particular at all! Bergenia is pretty tolerant of all conditions- sun, shade, wet, dry, but the extremes of any of those might be too much. The other possible problem is soil - I throw a little compost on top of this patch every few years, do you you have good soil?
@raina - thanks! Hostas can reach a reasonable size here - it more depends on the variety and how much sun, moisture they get. Hostas can tolerate sun as long as they get moisture, but I generally grow them in the shade because I don't want to have to provide extra water. More water would probably help though. Perhaps grow them near a downspout!
Janice
Posted by: Calgary Garden Coach | June 19, 2013 at 05:58 AM
I saw some monster hostas when I was in Victoria last year (some were 6 feet wide!), but they can get quite big here too.
Posted by: plantman | June 19, 2013 at 11:56 AM