Todays photos are fromRebecca Sweet , who wanted to portion out some photos from her female parent ’s garden in Meadow Vista , California . I ’m so glad she did ! Rebecca says , “ My mother , Linda Anderson , who garden in Zone 8a , is a master at combining foliation in a way that ’s exciting yet not overwhelming . In the first vignette ( first photo ) , she ’s identify the frilly and deeply lob leaves of a burgundy genus Heuchera near the needle - like leaves of ‘ Angelina ’ sedum . Those two are then placed near the variegated , lance - form leaves of apulmonaria with a clout of strappy ‘ Silvery Sunproof ’ genus Liriope poking through . And hovering overhead , like a protective female parent , are the finely cut leaf of ‘ Dissectum ’ Japanese maple . In addition to my female parent ’s artful compounding of contrasting leaf , she ’s also aware that too much contrast can cause someone to reach for the Excederin . To forestall a headache , she sum up an chemical element of harmony by stress people of colour Echo throughout the bed , using the maroon foliation as well as the flowers from both rhododendrons .
The old adage ‘ If a little ’s undecomposed , then a caboodle ’s good ’ is n’t always true in the garden , particularly when combining industrial plant with variegated foliage . Too many variegated plants placed too closelipped together can be frenetic and jarring to look at . To balance a combination that might be close to go down the wrong road , mix in a plant or two with a potent and unanimous color , such as the blue / green hosta in the 2d vignette ( 2d photo ) . The result ? enchant but not whelm . ”
Gorgeous , Rebecca ! Your mum ’s one talented gardener . Thanks for share a firearm her garden with us ! Feel free to commit us more … .
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2 WAYS TO ENLARGE!Click directly on the photo to enlarge in a pop-up, or click HERE to see this image, larger, in a new browser window.Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Rebecca Sweet
