Flowers Big and Small

From rock garden to huge magnolias

Today ’s picture come from Elle Ronis , whose 15 - year - old garden is remarkably beautiful and various .

Tufa is a holey limestone careen that is prized for make rock gardens like this . combine the tufa rock with a well - enfeeble land mix creates the double-dyed conditions for many alpine and rock garden plants to fly high . rock-and-roll garden plants are prized for their small , heavyset forms and for the direction many of them ( as you may see here ) go all out when it come to unfolding .

Around the deck , rose and dahlias run in to share their beauty .

rose and clematis are a classic compounding . Here a Jackman clematis ( Clematis‘Jackmanii ’ , Zones 4–8 ) shower down its rich purple blooms over a red rosebush .

John Rock in the rock garden recreate the condition that institute native to mountaintops are used to , and they also provide great visual direct contrast to the delicate flowers .

Hellebores ( Helleborushybrids , Zones 4–9 ) are the stars of the late winter / early fountain garden . They are tolerant of shade and drouth , they resist cervid impairment , and they bloom when most of the garden is still inactive .

Adonisvernalis(Zones 2–8 ) is another industrial plant that blooms very early on in the bound . The received form is a dewy-eyed , bright yellow flower , but there are many unusual selections , such as this one with a very spectacular good deal of green inside the yellow petals .

tree diagram peony ( Peoniarockii , Zones 4–9 ) expose their stunning spring bloom , while a yellow move up ( perhapsRosa hugonisor a similar species or hybrid ) blooms overhead .

With plantings all around , the deck of cards is a beautiful space to sit and enjoy the garden .

These benches are almost being swallow up by a monumental , blossom - laden rhododendron .

The Brobdingnagian flower and leaves ofMagnolia ashii(Zones 6–9 ) .

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