Plant ID’s – Creating an Illusion of Space

Excerpt from Marcia Chapman ’s rticle from Fine Gardening yield # 174

demesne is slightly surd to do by in Cape Cod , Massachusetts , so when gardeners Marcia and George Chapman stumbled upon a half Akka plot with plenty of potential , they pass over at the opportunity . But the couple disquieted : Would this small property be able to satisfy a lifetime of plant addiction ? Over the retiring 33 year , they ’ve skillfully employed several tactics to make the garden find adult than it really is . visitant now think they are wandering around a 5 - acre lot and the Chapmans always delight in telling them that , no , its just the largest half acre on Cape Cod .

1 . rough-cut yarrow ( Achillea millefolium , USDA Hardiness zone 3 - 9 )

2 . ' Matrona ' sedum ( Sedum telephium’Matrona ' , Zones 3 to 8)

3 . ' Sum and Substance ' hosta ( Hosta’Sum and Substance ' , Zones 3 to 8)

4 . ' Blue Angel ' hosta ( Hosta’Blue Angel ' , Zones 3 to 8)

5 . ' Cabaret ' maiden grass ( Miscanthus sinensis * var . condensatus ' Cabaret ' , Zones 5 to 9 )

6 . Common foxglove ( Digitalis purpurea , district 4 to 8)

7 . Wintercreeper genus Euonymus ( Euonymus coloratus * , Zones 4 to 9 )

8 . Rosemary willow tree ( Salix elaeagnos , Zones 5 to 8)

9 . ' Sagae ' hosta ( Hosta’Sagae ' , Zones 3 to 8)

10 . Deodar cedar ( Cedrus deodora , Zones 7 to 8)

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1 . laciniate shed blood heart ( Dicentra eximia , district 3 to 9 )

2 . Fragrant hosta ( Hosta plantaginea , Zones 3 to 8)

3 . ' Fink Fizz ' heucherella ( Heucherella’Pink Fizz ' , Zones 4 to 9 )

4 . ' Patriot ' hosta ( Hosta’Patriot ' , Zones 3 to 8)

5 . ' Elegans ' hosta ( Hosta sieboldiana’Elegans ' , Zones 3 to 8)

6 . Cinnamon fern ( Osmundastrum cinnamomeum , Zones 3 to 9 )

7 . ' Mount Airy ' fothergrilla ( Fothergilla"Mount Airy ' , Zones 5 to 8)

8 . ' Pink Whisper ' day lily ( Hemerocallis’Pink Whisper ' , Zones 3 to 10 )

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