Santolina virens 'Lemon Fizz' dances beautifully with a purple leaved Heuchera and Sedum ('Purple Emperor'?)
The foliage of Epipactis gigantea 'Serpentine Night' caught everyone's eye. Purple foliage with yellow orchid flowers? Fabulous!
When I saw the black nursery pots, I knew that Ms Rasp was my kind of gardener. Look, she even has tidy shelving to house her pot ghetto!
"Check out the greenhouse for the latest propagation experiment, and the fruit/vegetable are (all grown in containers.)"
A tomato choir on risers!
"Plenty of perennials are grown in containers too." More plants in pots. I'm in love!
As we were walking around, who should appear but our pals Linda and Tom Reeder from Linda Letters. Alison and I met Linda and Tom when we toured their garden a couple of years ago and have been fans of the garden the blog, and the people since then. You never know who you'll meet at open gardens!
This gargoyle is here to make sure that no one parks in his garage!
Linda works with metal, (probably did the cool rusty metal screens herself!) found this pipe on Craigslist and cut it up to meet her needs. Great drainage and under the eaves, a great spot for succulents
like these soon to be planted!
In the back garden there's space enough for the family's Great Danes to romp. The pergola was originally built with the idea that Mr and Mrs. Rasp would be married beneath it but since they couldn't fit two hundred fifty people into their back yard, it was never used for that purpose. The wisteria is dragging it down a bit (the pergola, not the marriage) and a reinforcement or rebuild is planned.
Love this huge obelisk as it looks like a monument in a graveyard.
Beds ready to be planted.
As we were leaving, we noticed a neighbor's huge expanse of lawn while admiring peonies in the Rasp garden. Mr. Rasp said the the non-gardening neighbors have given them permission to use their yard to expand their garden. Be still my heart. Don't let space envy get the best of you...here, look at something beautiful to calm yourself. Fatsia japonica variegata.
"The garden is a work inprogress, so stop by this year and again next year to see the changes."
Love the slope with the metal panel; its planted to perfection!
ReplyDeleteThe tomato "choir" is a sight to behold. I think you found a sole mate...
The slope was beautiful! Yes, we both have lots of plants in pots,don't we. I liked the idea of risers for the tomatoes. Mine are all over the greenhouse and it's becoming a tomato jungle in there.
DeleteIt was a delightful surprise seeing Tom and Linda there! I hope the Rasps do open their garden again next year, so we can see how it has changed.
ReplyDeleteI agree on both counts!
DeleteOh the metal screen and pipes!!!! Want.
ReplyDeleteThe pipes made me think of you.
DeleteSo many unique touches and look be that metal screen!
ReplyDeleteThe metal screens were outstanding!
DeleteThat is some pot ghetto! I might call it a pot condo instead. unapologetic use of black nursery pots is a breakthrough idea. Good job photographing the rusty screen. I tried several angles on a similar one the other day but could never get it right.
ReplyDeleteBlack nursery pots are swell! The photograph of the screen was just luck.
DeleteFor you, it was the black nursery pots - for me, it was the gargoyle on the garage roof. I loved that. I also loved the Epicactis gigantea and was delighted to see that it's suited to zone 10b but crushed by the need for "even moisture."
ReplyDeleteDarn that even moisture thing!
DeleteI'm not really a fan of plants in pots (he says after having just moved about 50 pots into the garage to hide them from tour visitors then back out again...)
ReplyDeleteGreat garden: rusty metal and bamboo in pots -- what's not to like?
Your pot hiding made me laugh! What I love about the NPA garden tours is the diversity of the gardens from acres of estate gardens to tiny back yard spaces, it's all a celebration of the garden passion we share.
DeleteLove the greenhouse! And all the potted plants. And the metal sculpture, most of all! Great combinations.
ReplyDeleteIt was obviously the garden of a plant addict!
DeleteA gardener's garden, it's all about the plants! And the sculpture, and those pipes! I have serious plant lust for the Santolina 'Lemon Fizz' which is only available on the west coast. Loving these tours.
ReplyDeleteHow come Santolina 'Lemon Fizz' isn't available in the east? Doesn't seem fair. It's a cool plant.
DeleteSo is she using the black nursery pots to hold plants in reserve, or as garden containers (which is what I do because I can't bear to throw them out)? Excellent gargoyle.
ReplyDeleteI think both. She's obviously a plant addict, which I say with respect, and hasn't yet prepared enough space to grow everything that she loves in the ground. I have a patio table and chairs that are currently so full of plants that we can't sit down out there.
DeleteGreat use of purple foliage! I've been eyeing that epipactis. I need to start getting out on the weekends to visit gardens. Something (usually laziness) has gotten in the way the lat few weekends.
ReplyDeleteI do love to tour gardens but now that school is out, I'm happy as a clam working in my own. I got way behind using my Saturdays going to plant sales, open gardens, nurseries, etc. and it's been wonderful to have weekdays off to try and get this garden going!
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