Peg’s garden in Michigan, Day 2

countenance ’s spend another day in Peg McCann ’s garden ! In eccentric you miss it yesterday , she said,“I’ve garden in St. Joseph , Michigan , in Zone 6 , for 25 + years , and the garden keeps changing . I ’ve a weak blot for strange plant , which do not show well in photograph of the garden , but perhaps there ’s enough decorous garden photos here to interest you . Our yard is at the top of a wooded bluff , so the the gardens are the foreground of our view to the north . The gay spot has bloom to draw butterfly stroke and hummingbirds , while I ’ve planted the shadier areas with wildflowers and/or plants with interesting foliage . A garden pond has been great fun , with a dozen salientian , dame bathing , and a humble trickling stream fence in by moss and dimunitive fern . Hypertufa containers with miniature plant and alpines are sited for up - close wake . On the west , in a raised area , is a genus Parrotia tree cut up to showcase its lovely curved limbs , with daffodils followed by hostas beneath it . A brick way of life on the eastern United States is home to interesting fern best find up close , as well as a genus Peltiphyllum plant set out to impress in its 3rd year . Its flower show in the early spring stab . In the gay garden near the road I ’ve put sheer bloom as well as some unusual plants to concern the neighborhood walker . The wintertime heaths bloom as betimes as the crocus and are welcomed by former bees . I do n’t see them used much around here but golly , a sizeable evergreen that efflorescence in March and April ! What ’s not to like ? "

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