Julie’s Spring Garden in Georgia, Part 1

The slow unfurling of this Southern garden reveals color and lushness after a rare late-winter snowfall

Hi GPODers !

Yesterday we enjoyed some of the earliest fountain efflorescence in Massachusetts from Barbara Owen ( tally that out here if you miss it : Barbara ’s Beginning of Spring in Massachusetts ) , but today we ’re manoeuver south ! Julie Prince has shared an update on her colorful garden in Albany , Georgia . We ’ve only run into Julie ’s garden after month of growth in summertime and twilight ( Check out her previous submissions : Julie ’s Georgia Garden in Summer and Fall : Part 1andPart 2,Julie ’s Georgia Garden , andJulie ’s Garden in Late Summer and Fall 2023 ) , and today we get to see her space as it starts to unfurl in give .

My favourite picture on GPOD are those that show the landscape and layout of the garden rather than individual plant video . I know seeing the layout of the garden and the plant combinations . That being say , I am sharing some individual or small area photos this time .

My garden has slowly unfold . We enjoyed ( ? ? ? ) a rare snow consequence in Southwest Georgia on January 22 . In our yard we appraise 6.5 inches accumulation , and it hung around for several days . I had no idea what would subsist and what would support from the insensate and wet conditions . I have been sunnily surprised ! The industrial plant issue pretty much as they would have otherwise , but it has been one thing at the time , thus the individual pictures .

glad horticulture !

Julie Prince

The hellebore and daffodil issue forth first , along with a few bloom on a new Nipponese magnolia .

Julie ’s novel tree diagram , a young lily magnolia ( Magnolialiliiflora , Zones 5–8 ) , start her season off with bursts of glowing pink .

The white bewhiskered iris(Irisalbicans , Zones 7–9 ) and the Candy Corn spirea(Spiraea japonica ‘ NCSX1 ’ , Zones 4–8)were spectacular !

That spectacular Candy Corn spirea as it first emerges with petite shoots of fiery foliation .

A little later in the season and the spiraea continues to be salient , filling in beautifully with brilliant chartreuse ontogeny .

The creeping phlox ( Phlox subulata , Zones 3–9 ) is begin to cross a very difficult and jumpy blot where a gravel private road once was .

The beautiful butterfly stroke was a surprisal !

Autumn ferns(Dryopteris erythrosora , Zones 5–9)unfurled coloured frond and joined the new leaf of coral bell .

While Julie ’s undimmed and colourful bloom often grab the most attention , it ’s clear she does n’t skimp on terrific foliage either . The vast mixed bag of textures and shades of green in this sketch makes it endlessly interesting without a exclusive bloom .

Phlox in another layer mingled with unexampled leafage of anabelia .

The cherries on top of all of Julie ’s design are her beautiful containers . hopeful red tuberous begonia and Illumination nanus Cape periwinkle ( Vincaminor‘Illumination ’ , Zones 4–9 ) make for a brilliant and bluff pairing that will demand even more attention as it grow in .

Although Julie experienced that unexpected C last wintertime , her garden is absolutely thriving and already full of people of color . So much so , that these are only half of the photos she shared with us . We ’ll be back in Georgia tomorrow to see more spring outgrowth in her garden and Julie ’s fabulous container plantings .

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