This is the hardest thing to do! To pick only twelve favorites out of my garden! But I forced myself to do it saying, if I would move to another home and I would only be allowed to take twelve plants which ones I must take with me. Here are my 2013 picks:
Hosta "Sagae" (zone 2-9)
Japanese painted fern or Athrium "Red Beauty" (zone 4-9)
Hosta "Great Expectations" (zone 2-9)
Autumn Fern or Dryopteris Brilliance - starts growing new foliage in shades of cooper (zone 5-9)
the foliage of the Autumn fern turns green in the late season and holds its beautiful fronds for a long time
Ornamental grass, Eulalia or Miscanthus sinensis "Adagio" (zone 5-9)
Tiny pink-tinged flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late summer
Sedum rupestre "Angelina" (zone 5-8)
Corydalis lutea - blooms non-stop in my garden from May to November 9 (zone 5-7)
Hydrangea Forever and Ever ® - blooms on new and old wood. The flowers last a long time and look pretty dried-up as well
Rosa Knock Out® "RADrazz" (zone 5-9)
Foxgloves or Digitalis "Camelot Rose" - large bloom in June and smaller ones all summer through November (zone 4-9)
Morning Widow Hardy Cranesbill or Geranium phaeum "Samobor" (zone 4-9)
Masterworth or Astrantia major (zone 4-9)
So what do you think about my twelve picks of the year? What were your favorites in 2013? Please leave comments.
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Great choices, Daniela...I'm sure a big fan of many of your top 12 which are already residents in my garden and, from your pictures, I should get shopping for the few I don't yet have.
ReplyDeleteMichelle, all are easy to grow with the exception of Digitalis that took a while to get going. I let some of the flowers go to seed and I sprinkle them in the part shade moist borders.
DeleteI am an old gardener and am having to cut back, but I have at least half of your choices in my garden and couldn't agree with you more. Foxglove are one of my all-time favorites and it's one thing the deer leave alone. Also Japanese Painted Ferns are lovely in just about any spot in which you put them. I have never seen the Sanobor cranesbill and surely will be on the lookout for it -- very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI worn you that I never saw Samobor Cranesbill for sale in nurseries. Somebody gave me a tiny seedling 12 years ago and they got it from the Cleveland Botanical Garden. I do not understand why because it is so easy to grow!
DeleteLUV the 'hostas'; have a nice Tuesday
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Thanks!
DeleteYour garden is an absolute picture with so many flowers and beautiful leaves.
ReplyDeleteThanks Arija
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