Perennials

Nothing says "beautiful" better than gardens with color.

This perennial garden is bursting with color in May with the purple Siberian iris (Iris siberica 'Caesar's Brother) as well as the yellow Bearded iris (Iris germanica). The buds of a white peony are swelling with all intentions of blooming in the next few weeks. Ants are busily crawling over the buds dutifully removing the waxy coating to help the buds open as the temperature warms up.

More and more properties I see are dealing with ledge outcroppings. By using the ledge as part of the landscape, there is no need to crack it out or turn your back on it. This ledge has every crevic and pocket planted with creeping perennials and ground covers. There is even a pond at the base of it. All the surrounding land is filled with small trees, shrubs and perennials. By the time this bed was finished, the ledge was a merely one feature in a lush garden.