Designing a Garden Around an Antique Shed

A Missouri gardener brings her love of old architecture into the garden

Today ’s photo come from Sharon Weiser of St. Joseph , Missouri .

Mine is a res publica garden at inwardness . In Zone 5 , my garden is a mix of sun and shade , trees , bush , perennials , annuals , and bulbs . It includes a wooded garden , a vegetable garden , a cutting garden , and an herbaceous plant garden on an urban spate . I have been garden for close to 40 years but have had to leave a couple of beautiful garden behind due to moving . This is a untried , three - year - sure-enough garden . One of the reasons I buy this house was because the building was here and I know it would make the staring “ she shed ” to hold my antique garden collection .

For the Garden Photo of the Day , I have decided to focus on two sides of my she cast . I have always been drawn to old architectural piece . Notice the arch on the shed and the iron porch piece at the corner . The walkway is lined with lamb ’s ears(Stachys byzantina , Zones 4–8 ) , while the day lily ‘ Autumn Minaret’(Hemerocallis‘Autumn Minaret ’ , Zones 3–9 ) , yellow blooming tropic milkweed(Asclepias curassavica‘Silky Gold ’ , Zones 8–11 or as one-year ) , Yucca ‘ Color Guard’(Yucca filamentosa ‘ Color Guard ’ , Zones 5–10 ) , and globe blue spruce ( Picea pungens‘Globosa ’ , Zones 2–7 ) are high spot .

I also have a small greenhouse made of previous windows , which is surrounded by ‘ Angelina ’ sedum(Sedum rupestre ‘ Angelina ’ , Zones 5–9 ) . In other areas of the garden , I apply a variety of old grate as my stepping stone .

I believe one ’s personality should reflect through in the garden . I desire my sense of humour is recognized in small touches such as the necklace on the Garden of Good and vicious statue ( see bottom photo ) and the “ goldfish ” in the birdbath ( above ) .

I have it off the playfulness of how the mirror reflects the garden back to me .

The east side of the walk to the she exuviate is anchored by a Japanese maple(Acer palmatum , Zones 6–8 ) , withGeranium ‘ Rozanne’(Zones 4–8 ) , gaillardia ‘ Mesa Yellow’(Gaillardia × grandiflora‘Mesa Yellow ’ , Zones 4–9 ) , andEvolvulus‘Blue My nous ’ ( Zones 9–11 or as an yearly ) at its feet . I receive treasure such as the one-time bird bath and old birdhouse at service department cut-rate sale and flea markets .

The entrance garden to the she shake off has a expectant disconsolate peck as a focal percentage point . The pot is planted with canna ‘ capital of South Africa ’ ( Zones 7–11 ) , ‘ Kirigami ’ decorative oregano ( Origanum‘Kirigami ’ , Zones 5–8 ) , andCalibrachoa‘Superbells Red ’ ( Zones 9–11 or as annual ) . Coleus ‘ Ruby Slipper ’ ( Plectranthus scutellarioides‘Ruby Slipper ’ , Zone 11 or as annual ) and variegate tropic silkweed ( Asclepiascurassavica‘Monarch Promise ’ , Zones 8–11 or as annual ) surround the deal . The coleus pick up the hue of barberry ‘ Orange Rocket ’ ( Berberis thunbergii‘Orange Rocket ’ , Zones 4–8 ) on the opposite side of the paseo .

Salvia ‘ Black and Blue ’ ( Salviaguaranitica‘Black and Blue ’ , Zones 7–10 ) , Siberian larkspur ( Delphiniumgrandiflorum‘Diamonds Blue ’ , Zones 4–7 ) , and Pacific Giant delphinium ‘ Blue Bird ’ ( Delphinium elatum‘Blue Bird’,Zones 3–7 ) echo the blue sky of the mickle ; the perfect hydrofoil is heliopsis ‘ Burning Hearts ’ ( oxeye helianthoides ‘ combust Hearts ’ , Zones 3–8 ) . Other featured plants in this garden are feather reed sens ‘ Karl Foerster ’ ( Calamagrostis × acutiflora‘Karl Foerster ’ , Zones 5–9 ) , Little Lemon goldenrod ( Solidago‘Dansolitlem ’ , geographical zone 5–8 ) , and boxwood ‘ Green Velvet ’ ( Buxus‘Green Velvet ’ , zone 5–8 ) .

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