PLANTINGS
outdoors
a
s h a d y y a r d
p r e s e n t s
a s e t o f
p r o b l e m s
t h a t s t y m i e
m a n y g a r d e n e r s . B u t
t h e r e ’s o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e
f o u n d i n t h a t s h a d e .
J ill H i l t o n ’s D e s M o i n e s
f r o n t y a r d , e d g e d w i t h
la r g e t r e e s , h a d a s in g le
t y p e o f p l a i n g r e e n h o s t a
n e a r t h e f r o n t p o r c h . “ I
h a p p e n e d t o n o t ic e s o m e
i n t e r e s t i n g h o s t a s a t a
g a r d e n c e n t e r o n e d a y , s o
I t h o u g h t I ’d a d d s o m e
v a r ie t y , ” J ill s a y s . T h a t
s h o p p i n g t r ip w a s t h e
i n s p i r a t i o n f o r a r i c h l y
t e x t u r e d s h a d e g a r d e n
t h a t t o d a y h a s m a n y t y p e s
o f p la n t s , i n c l u d i n g d o z e n s
o f d if f e r e n t h o s t a s . “N o w
w h e n I c h o o s e a h o s t a , I
d e c id e w h a t w i l l l o o k g o o d
n e x t t o it,” J i l l s a y s .
LEAFY LAYERING
G o ld e n c re e p in g je n n y
(Lysimachia
nummularia
‘A u r e a ’),
above,
fills in a m o n g s te p p in g sto n e s
a n d u n d e r th e fo lia ge o f
Caladium
‘F lo rid a Elise’ a n d
Hosta
‘G o ld e n T ia ra ’. A va rie ga te d S o lo m o n ’s seal
(Polygonatum
‘V a rie g a tu m ’),
right,
a rc h e s a b o v e a m ix o f hostas.
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