Anna’s Wisconsin Garden – FineGardening

Anna Tsai in Bayside, Wisconsin is welcoming us to her backyard right this moment.

The yard was only a few overgrown bushes and hostas once we moved in 24 years in the past. I opened flower beds, labored on the soil after which began planting completely different crops that develop effectively in humid and shady areas. I additionally changed outdated and diseased timber with my favourite evergreen timber. It is a number of work, however I prefer to see my backyard utterly modified.

Excessive summer season within the backyard, with dahlias (Dahlia × variabilisZones 8–10 or as a young bulb)

This backyard is overflowing with magnificence now, so it is laborious to imagine that it was simply overgrown bushes earlier than.

Big leaves of elephant ear (colocasia esculentaZones 7–11) make a dramatic textural distinction to the remainder of the backyard.

bearded iris (Iris hybrids, Zones 3–8) steal the present in early summer season.

Clematis (Clematis hybrids, Zones 4–8) cowl an arbor with flowers.

A sea of ​​vivid pink astilbe (Astilbe hybrid, Zones 4–9)

Yellow heliopsis helianthoides (Zones 3–9) takes middle stage, supported by an attractive astilbe.

Lovely foliage in contrasting colours and textures creates the right backdrop for a glittering tower of lilies (lily hybrid, Zones 4–8) prospers.

Brilliant orange daylilies (daylily hybrid, Zones 4–10)

A ultimate view of this magical backyard

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