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Peak Season in Heidi’s Connecticut Garden
01.08.2024 - 04:29 / finegardening.com / GPOD Contributor
Hey GPODers! Today we’re back in the flower-filled garden of Heidi Weirether. We first saw her garden a little earlier on in the summer (you check check out that post here: Heidi’s Colorful Garden in Fairfield County) and it’s incredible to see how much has changed in a month’s time! As with much of the northeast this year, Heidi is experiencing incredible hydrangea blooms—but that is just the tip of the floral iceberg in her sensational garden:
Looks like it’s a banner year for all of Heidi’s flowers. We’re getting the first peaks of beautiful blue hydrangeas (love the combination of mophead and lacecap), but the shasta daisies (Leucanthemum × superbum, Zones 5–9) are giving them a real run for their money.
Flowers for as far as the eye can see! The way Heidi massed these plants at different heights allows you to see the various layers of color, but I’m also transfixed by the way these beds look like rolling waves of flowers crashing against the side of her garden shed.
In Heidi’s earlier submission we saw a sprinkle of oriental poppy blooms (Papaver orientale, Zones 3–7) sharing the stage with spires of foxglove and pops of pink peonies, but here some breadseed poppies (Papaver somniferum, annual) are doing all the heavy lifting. Though this is light work for a plant in so many gorgeous colors and with a second-show in the form of their incredible seed heads.
While Heidi’s speciality is definitely flowers, she doesn’t skimp on the fantastic foliage. This long border features just about every color in the rainbow, but it’s all anchored to a base of bold foliage from two incredible ligularias. The dark color of Britt-Marie Crawford (Ligularia dentata ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’, Zones 4–9) provides a nice contrast while
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