One beautiful garden.

11 years ago

Hello, everyone!

Today I'd like to invite you to visit my friend's garden. She is the person who inspired me to grow hosta.

Her garden is really small and there's no a lot of shade. Still she manages to grow A LOT of different plants, some of them are quite rare. And the queen of her garden is shurely hosta. My friend even arranges some artificial shade for them to feel comfortable and grow well.

Yes, hosta can grow on the driveway, but if you want it to shine with health end beauty, you should care a lot ( in our area with hot and dry summer and cold winter).

I really hope you'll enjoy this little place of peace and beauty.

I love the way she combines different colours and textures.

Never empty and never too much.

In Autumn...

Her hosta collection is quite large (i've shown you just a little part of it) but still young, however she shows so much passion and true devotion to her garden, that I feel it is to become better and better.

Thank you for looking!

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11 years ago

Very very nice! I think I'll borrow some color combo ideas from your pics ;) Tell your friend 'Thanks for sharing.'

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jajoana
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Just wanted to add some portrait photos.

Blue Cascades

Golden meadows

Lakeside Breaking News

Foxfire Palm Sunday

Lakeside Prophesy Fulfilled

Raucous Ruffles

Gypsy Rose + Luna Moth

Rainbow's End

Eye Catcher

Hacksaw
Thank you for looking!
zkathy z7a NC
11 years ago
What a talented and inspirational friend you have! You are right about her skill with color and texture and her plants look so healthy A beautiful garden!

Kathy
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jan_on zone 5b
11 years ago
Absolutely beautiful! No wonder you were inspired to grow hosta. Thanks for the tour.

jan
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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
11 years ago
A beautiful Rainbow's End! I like how tall it is growing in your friend's garden...simply lovely with those flowers scapes! Very lovely garden.
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Designs From Beth's House
11 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing. Can't wait to add some of these to my garden.
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tnjdm
11 years ago
сладкий
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
11 years ago
Wonderful garden! Thanks for sharing it with us.

sherry
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hostahosta
11 years ago
Beautiful garden!
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irawon zone 5a Ottawa.ca
11 years ago
Jajoana, thanks for sharing your friend's lovely garden. I felt inspired to improve mine. Your friend has a wonderful gift. I admired her choice of hostas and her placement of them as well as her beautiful collection of companion plants..astilbes, aruncus, heuchera etc. I've added Lakeside Breaking News to my wish list.
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mbug_gw
11 years ago
Absolutely beautiful garden. Thanks for sharing
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Linda's Garden z6 Utah
11 years ago
Beautiful! Love the Rainbow's End, well actually I love all of it!

Thanks for sharing!
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sandyslopes z5 n. UT
11 years ago
I can see why her gardens inspire you. They're very pretty. Good description by you about them being, "Never empty and never too much." That's not always an easy balance to achieve. Thanks for the garden tour.
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bkay2000
11 years ago
A gorgeous garden. Thanks for sharing.

bk
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jajoana
Original Author
11 years ago
Thank you for your kind words! I'll send my friend a link to this thread, so she'll read it herself.
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
11 years ago
Wow, that's gorgeous! I like the idea of providing some additional shade where necessary. The planting combinations are wonderful. I love the bamboo fence. I think my favorite is the Luna Moth and the quantity of blooms on that Hacksaw. Thanks for sharing!