Calgary Garden Coach

sedum 'Autumn Joy' starting to bloom in the front Welcome Garden

I have been thrilled with my front Welcome Garden this year.  Everything is filling in and the little cuttings of dogwood shrubs I planted a couple years ago are finally looking like, well, shrubs instead of sticks!  And when I walk down this path I really have a sense of being enclosed IN a garden.  

That's sedum 'Autum Joy' in the bottom right corner, just starting to turn colour.  Such a tough plant for being out at the drier, exposed edge of the yard.  

purple bugbane in the front shade garden - Sept 2013

The Actaea racemosa (Cimicifuga ) Atropurpurea (purple bugbane) in my front shade garden is blooming now - and well worth the wait.  What an amazingly sweet scent!  Not to mention its dramatic structure and bonus - the hares never seem to touch it!  I love this plant.

daylily 'Strawberry Candy' blooming in the front Entry Garden

Do you plant flowers to co-ordinate with your house??

You should!!

To see this garden area at other times of the year, click here and scroll down.

the sunny Adventure Garden in early September

What's blooming right now: liatris, roses, sedum, eupatorium (joe pye), perovskia (russian sage), achillea (yarrow) and self-seeded, annual borage.  

To see this garden at other times of the year, click here and scroll down.