the Best of New West
As a new member of the New Westminster's Horticulture Society I was eager to go on their annual garden tour. It's a great way to get to know my fellow garden enthusiasts club members, and to check out some of our present and past member's gardens including the enchanting Diane Perry's Memorial Garden.
It was educational and inspirational to see the knock-out plant combinations, clever garden designs, breathtaking beautiful blossoms, robust veggies, and the fanciful fairy garden.
If you love to garden and want to be with more like-minded people consider joining a local garden club. If you live in BC, here's the link to the BC Garden Clubs.
It was educational and inspirational to see the knock-out plant combinations, clever garden designs, breathtaking beautiful blossoms, robust veggies, and the fanciful fairy garden.
If you love to garden and want to be with more like-minded people consider joining a local garden club. If you live in BC, here's the link to the BC Garden Clubs.
African daisies (Osteospermum) at Garden #4.
Garden #1
Pink roses and masterwort (Astrantia major).
Roses and perennials grow side by side in the back garden.
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A floribunda rose. Click on the pic for more on Easy Roses.
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Veggies and fruit trees have their own well-appointed section.
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Stunning white roses are the backdrop to a purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea.
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Arborose Quicksilver is a beautiful fragrant lavender climbing rose.
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The exquisite Arborose Quicksilver climbing rose makes a beautiful screen
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A cozy set up inside the greenhouse surrounded by veggies.
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Tomatoes and cucumbers fill the productive greenhouse.
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QUeen's Park Fairy Garden &
The Diane Perry Memorial
Magnificent yellow lilies frame the seated visitors.
The fairy garden is flanked by the tall red striped yellow Asiatic lilies combine with yellow gladiolus.
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All flower fairies are welcome.
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Red Adirondack chairs commemorate Diane Perry, whom was an honored member of the NWHS Garden Club.
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Japanese painted fern, Athyrium niponicum.
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Shade plants of all sorts are gently arranged in the little forest.
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A mass planting of variegated hosta at the Diane Perry Memorial.
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A mulched path is surrounded by lilies, hostas and other flora.
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A hidden small wooded area is a special treat for those that enter.
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Echeveria rosettes are nicely arranged in this planter full of succulents.
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Creeping woolly thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus) is doing well in this sunny and dry location. Zones 5 to 8.
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Garden #4
Under the pergola is a bevvy of beautiful perennials and shrubs.
The yellow spiked Little Rocket ligularia is a herbaceous perennial that likes part shade for zones 4 to 9.
Hanging baskets combined with the potted evergreens by the front door provide perfect symmetry & balance.
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Multiple pots of Mexican hair grass provide a bit more privacy on the deck.
A pergola shades the path into the back garden.
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Under the pergola an orange Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria) is flanked by yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) and purple astilbe.
Apple Blossom Rosebud geranium (Pelargonium), is an annual for sunny locations.
A nice combo for partial shade with orange & red million bells (Calibrachoa), a fern & purple flowered variegated hosta.
A dramatic hedge of smooth hydrangeas, H. arborescens. Part sun to sun, zones 3 to 8.
Lime Twister stonecrop (Sedum) prefers full sun and is hardy from zones 4 to 9.
A potted artichoke agave, Agave huachucensis, sun, zones 8 to 12.
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A pretty pot of yellow lantana, an annual for sun, zones 7 to 11.
An apricot begonias love the partially shaded location of the pergola.
A purple clematis, a herbaceous perennial vine, sun, part shade, zones 4 to 9. Click on pic for more.
A quaint and charming window box full of red geraniums.
A gigantic flower head from a smooth hydrangea (H. arborescens).
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Garden #5
Yellow St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum is a sub shrub for sunny locations, zones 3 to 9.
A maroon trumpet lily prefers full sun, zones 3 to 9.
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Metal artwork doubles as a trellis.
A mixed hedgerow is the perfect privacy hedge.
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Garden #6
A knee wall made of bottles is a funky addition to the quaint outbuilding.
An impressive blue lacecap hydrangea, H. macrophylla loves it's partially shaded location. Zones 6 to 9.
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A wacky wall made of bottles.
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A rock lined pond features a gentle flow from a bubbling rock.
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A mass planting of daylilies enjoy the dappled shade from the trees.
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The outbuilding was a major garden feature.
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The gentle Asian touch was a beautiful surprise.
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Garden #7
Enjoying the numerous garden beds that were filled with veggies and ornamentals.
Nodding yellow flowering tobacco, blue bachelors buttons, tall purple verbenas, love-in-a-mist.
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A huge wisteria claims the front garden. Deciduous woody vine, sun, part shade, zones 5 to 9.
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A carpet of Golden Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'. Evergreen ground cover, sun, part shade, zones 4 to 9.
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Flowers, fruits and veggies; it's all there.
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Seemingly iridescent sweet peas. They are an annual vine that does best in full sun.
A scarlet bee balm (Monarda didyma), herbaceous perennial, sun, part shade, zones 4 to 9.
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Eggplants and bush beans are doing well in this metal planter.
Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies & other pollinators adore scarlet bee balms (Monarda didyma).
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Garden #8
Elegant, tall & fragrant African Queen trumpet lilies tower above.
Novella fuchsia, tender shrub, part shade, zones 10 to 11.
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Hardy banana plants (Musa basjoo), survive BC winters. Hardy from zones 5 to 10.
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Peruvian lilies (Alstroemeria), click on pic for more.
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A view of the front garden from the deck shows the many layers of the garden.
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An impressive clumping bamboo.
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Fire & Ice hosta, part to full shade, zones 3 to 8.
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African Queen trumpet lilies and pink geraniums (Pelargonium).
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African Queen trumpet lily, fragrant, 5', sun, zones 4 to 9.
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Among the lettuce is a woodland pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica.
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Flowers of a woodland pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica, herbaceous perennial, zones 5 to 9.
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Black Adder New Zealand flax & Kleim's hardy gardenia.
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Kleim's Hardy Gardenia, G. jasminoides, full sun, zones 7b to 10.
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Moss baskets stuffed with annuals decorate the metal railings.
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A fuchsia 'tree' among the veggies is a nice touch.
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In the pond is Yerba mansa, Anemopsis californica, an aquatic plant, zones 7 to 10.
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Creeping gloxinia, Lophospermum erubescens, sun, trailing annual, zones 9 to 11.
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