The Garden Brought Inside

Bouquets through the year

My name is Fran Cohen , and this is my 2d submission to GPOD.(Check out Fran ’s firstsubmission here.)I’ve been gardening here in Rhode Island for more than 30 years . This clock time of class I see it especially warming to go through last year ’s photo that fetch the exterior in with nosegay big and minuscule . Matching the blossoms to the vase is important , but where to put the vase is just as important . A pet location is the windowsill over the kitchen sink , where I can study thing up closely . Another is in the downstairs gunpowder room with its vivid gloomy - royal wall .

Dog tooth violets(Erythronium‘Pagoda ’ , Zones 4–9 ) are a recent addition , and I ’m bad I did n’t reveal them earlier . They ’re refined but rich among the other fragile ephemerals . These red - and - yellow primroses(Primulahybrid , Zones 4–8 ) are pollyannaish , bulletproof , and easy to divide and spread around .

The purple clematis is ‘ Vyvyan Pennel ’ ( Zones 4–9 ) , but I have forgotten the name of the white one . While I now choose a simpler flower manikin , these were acquired many years ago when I was seduce by outrageous catalogue motion picture .

Eden rose(Rosa‘Eden ’ , Zones 5–10 ) mount against the stone chimney and efflorescence for a long clip with a scent that can make you swoon . Such a full and generous rise . I even found a bud to play at heart in November .

Some alliums get recede among other show - offs , but theseAlliumsiculum(Zones 4–8 ) can be fully appreciated on the windowsill .

Cut garlic flower stalk ( the blossoming stems of garlic plant ) look innovative and architectural when brought inwardly . And you could always snip some to add flavor as you cook .

I plan to always grow ‘ Rubenza ’ cosmos(Cosmosbipinnatus‘Rubenza ’ , annual ) with their stunning color and insidious shading . Here they compound well with some zinnias(Zinniaelegans , annual ) the rabbits spared and a solitary dahlia(Dahlia variabilis , Zones 8–10 or as a tender bulb ) .

Aralia‘Sun King ’ ( Zones 3–9 ) has brightened the shady bush moulding for years , but this is the first metre I noticed its delicate livid flowers .

These mums(Chrysanthemumhybrids , hardiness varies by cultivar ) are always deserving waiting for , though I wish they bloomed earlier .

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