Favorite Plants in a New Jersey Garden

Some top performers from 20 years of gardening

Today ’s photos descend from Ruth Anne Detwiler .

I ’ve been gardening for about 20 years in southern New Jersey , but we ’ve been at this theater for just eight age . There was nothing here but three dogwoods , a few shrubs , and lawn when we first move in , so I ’ve been bit by bit adding evergreens , flowering shrubs , and perennials . As I ’m getting older I have been moving to more shrub and fewer perennials / annuals . But this retiring summer , I added several annuals on posts and tree stump to add some height and fill in the stripped blot . I peculiarly like the flavor that a few tropic plants lend , such as the banana(Musasp . ) and ti plants(Cordyline fruticosa)in the front cubic yard . Crape myrtles(Lagerstroemiasp . ) are my favored small tree diagram because they bloom for almost three months as they get larger .

Among the plants sport here are lilac crape myrtle , perennial mistflower ( Conoclinium coelestinum , zone 5–10 ) , and dragon - leaf begonia ( Begoniahybrid , Zones 10–11 or as an annual ) .

And featured here areCelosia(annual),Hydrangea paniculata(panicle hydrangea , Zones 3–8 ) , andSedum‘Autumn Joy ’ ( Autumn joy stonecrop , Zones 3–11 ) .

I glued half wits onto this old door to make an accent piece .

boast here are ti plants with impatiens ( Impatiens walleriana , Zones 10–11 or as annual ) , dragon - foliage begonia , and crape myrtle .

separate the front G from the backyard is a logic gate flanked by enormous dark - red crape myrtles .

My husband built the arbor / logic gate , and the ‘ Jackmanii ’ clematis ( Clematis‘Jackmanii ’ , Zones 4–8 ) flower every June .

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