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Great Garden Combinations

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Japanese maple and Hosta Gold Standard

The year after we landscaped our backyard and created our raised garden beds we purchased a lovely Tamukeyama cutleaf Japanese maple. As you can see from the photo above it’s branches cascade downward, it’s leaves are narrow and delicate and bright burgundy – red most of the growing season. It’s absolutely gorgeous.

It will never be a very big tree. I believe at most it will be five feet tall. At this point it’s only about three feet tall and because it’s branches create a shady area below the tree I decided to grow shade loving plants like the Hosta Sum and Substance that you see growing beside it in the above photo.

The Japanese maple and the light green hosta leaves make a lovely combination don’t they?

I think this year I’m going to try to move a few of my plants around to see if I can create a few more stunning displays of plants that compliment each other beautifully.

What are your favorite plant/color combos in your garden?

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Isn’t it time you accessorized your garden?

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In my part of the world many of us are only dreaming about our gardens since they are still covered in snow or if not covered in snow the ground is still to cold to begin to work in. Still … many of us are probably beginning to think about what we’ll plant in our gardens this year, and if you’re like me your probably getting a little stir crazy indoors.

I certainly can’t wait for Spring to get here!

If you’re a gardener or perhaps hoping to start your first garden this year you’re probably busy making lists of plants you want to get for your garden, and starting some seeds indoors. While plants are the main feature of the garden don’t forget the accessories.

You can give your garden it’s own style or infuse a little more of your personality or even your sense of humor with garden decor an ornaments.

The article that I’m including below talks about how to accessorize your garden. Have you accessorized? I’d love to hear what you’ve done or even see some pictures!

Flowers of Spring

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Purple Crocus

My garden is still blanketed in a heavy coat of snow. There’s perhaps two or two and a half feet of snow across my whole backyard including the garden beds. I’m actually happy about that.

Why? Well most winters around here it snows a little bit and then it warms up, the snow melts, then it gets really cold and my poor little plants are left to bare the cold naked without any cover. Well baring any leaves that we might have piled onto the beds in the fall.

Daffodil Now underneath all that snow my plants are hibernating. They’re insulated from the freezing winter winds.

I’m sure it won’t last much longer. We’re bound to get some warmer weather soon and with luck it will just keep warming up.

Some of the first flowers to emerge when the snow melts away will be the Crocus’. They’re beautiful spring flowers. I love how they open in the sun and as the afternoon goes by and the sun loses it’s strength each flower slowly closes until it’s petals touch. Crocus blooms will last for about five or so days, opening and closing each day.

As much as I hate all the snow we have I know it’s there for a reason. It’s protecting my garden. Soon though, it will be time for those first flowers of spring.

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