Last Year’s Gardening Season at the 45th Parallel

Long, harsh winters in Minnesota give way to several months of colorful blooms and fabulous foliage

Happy Monday GPODers !

I ’m responding to your call for submissions , even though you ’ve post photos of my garden before . These are mostly opinion that show some of ( or quite a bit of ) the garden , because that ’s what I especially like to see in others ’ photos .

The wintertime can be long in Minnesota . I garden in zone 4b , now considered 5a — our low temperature this past winter was -19 ° F , just squeaking into the latter zone . A few crocus and some wildflower are the first to appear , but it does n’t really wait like a garden until the Siberian squill(Scilla siberica , Zone 2–8)are in blossom . I ’ve sometimes been asked how I keep them out of the lawn ( eonian vigilance ! ) . ( Front garden , April 12 )

By May , there ’s no more gamey in the front or side gardens . The Josee lilacs(Syringax ‘ Josee ’ , Zone 3–8)are theoretically pink ( more lavender , I ’d say ) and they ’re theoretically re - bloomers ( two to three prime clusters come along later in the season ) . The blanched - flower bush is pearl bush(Exochordasp.).(Side garden , May 13 )

As I ’d mentioned in a old submission , I am a substantial fan of pink and yellow , as you could see in this picture where ‘ Dr. Ruppel ’ clematis(Clematis‘Doctor Ruppel ’ , Zone 4–8),yellow flag iris(Iris pseudacorus , Zone 5–8),and an ‘ Bartzella ’ Itoh peony(Paeoniax ‘ Bartzella ’ , Zone 4–9)are featured . ( Front garden , June 4 )

This low - mature clematis(Clematis‘Evipo078 ’ , Zone 4–9)has outgrow its 3 - substructure tuteur treillage but not by much . It ’s surround by various peonies . ( Front garden , June 4 )

In the foreground is a plot of ground of ‘ Blue Mouse Ears ’ hosta(Hosta‘Blue Mouse Ears ’ , Zone 3–8),which have grown together to make a overnice ground binding . The tiny white flush on the left are Bowman ’s root(Gillenia trifoliata‘Pink Profusion ’ , Zone 4–8 — they are indeed pinkish when they first emerge ) . Little white martagon lilies(Liliummartagon , Zone 3–8)are also in flush , and in the upper left you may see a climbing rose on an arbor(Rosa‘William Baffin ’ , Zone 3–9).(Side garden , looking east toward the front ; June 5 )

I had just finished edging and could n’t fend admit a moving picture of my handicraft . This is quite a shady surface area , so there are lots of hostas and ferns . 2024 was an unbelievable yr for hydrangea . The‘Annabelle’s(Hydrangea arborescens‘Annabelle ’ , Zone 3–9)overwhelmed their neighbour and had to be cut back . ( Side garden , look west toward the back ; June 24 )

More ‘ Annabelle ’ hydrangeas froth around the front porch . gobs of daylilies(Hemerocallis)are in flush by now , as well as bee balm(Monarda),daisies , and phlox . The linear yellow foliage go toJapanese forest grass(Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola ’ , Zone 5–9).(Front garden , July 16 )

I love this thick amber daylily , fall in to me years ago by a ally . It ’s called ‘ Autumn Gold’(Hemerocallis‘Autumn Gold ’ , Zone 5–9),the old one explicate by Sutton in 1952 . For me , ‘ Millenium ’ allium(Allium‘Millenium ’ , Zone 5–8)is the staring hydrofoil and it hums with bee from sunrise till dusk . ( Side garden along the base of the family , August 18 )

The goldenrod(Solidagosp.)was a Tennessean ( a very enthusiastic one — it call for regular restraining ) . The other tall flora ( this is the back of the garden from my usual perspective , the front for the passers - by ) is Korean angelica(Angelica gigas , Zone 5–7).Both of them attract late season pollinators . Usually it ’s wasp on the Angelica , but bumble bees were the visitors at this particular import . ( Front garden , exposure taken from the city sidewalk ; August 23 )

This photo was taken from the driveway , separated from the garden by a low limestone wall ( as is the garden along the front sidewalk ) . By September thing are winding down , butobedient plant(Physostegia virginiana , Zone 2–8)(not particularly obedient , in reality ) is in full rosiness . A white cedar on the left and a PJM rhododendron(Rhododendronx ‘ P.J.M. ’ , Zone 4–8)on the right archway over the herbaceous plants . ( Front garden , September 11 )

Thank you so much for respond to my call and sharing this fab collection of photos from your 2024 garden , Susan ! Each of your submissions is as captivating as the last , and your colourful beds offer eternal stirring and ideas .

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