Hi GPODers!
We enjoyed some snow-filled scenes from Tingshu’s garden in Massachusetts yesterday, and today we’re staying in the state but turning back the clock to some beautiful blooms of summer. Joan Cogliano has shared some sensational summer flowers from her garden in the past (Painting a Garden With Flowers, Joan’s New Garden, Last Summer in Joan’s Garden), but it has been a while since we’ve gotten an update. Today we get a look at some of the gorgeous color and exquisite blooms that were on display last year.
Hi my name is Joan Cogliano and here are some pics from my North Weymouth, Massachusetts garden.
First up, an Alchymist climbing rose (Rosa ‘Alchymist’, Zones 4–9) produced an abundance of fully double, old-fashioned blooms. But the seemingly endless ruffles of petals on these roses is only part of this glorious varietie’s attractiveness. We only get to admire their sensational color and form, but Joan gets to enjoy their strong fragrance.
Roses mingle with sea of other sea of other colors, textures, and forms in Joan’s flowers beds. While there is a lot going on in this scene, a cohesive combination of pinks, purples, and orange ties everything together.
Continuing with this color theme, a gloriously bright pink peony. The way Joan captured this bloom makes it look like it’s going to jump right out of my screen. Potentially the variety ‘Coral Charm’ (Paeonia ‘Coral Charm’, Zones 3–8) or something similar, I love the range of pinks that can be found on its petals.
Joan also showcases that having a cohesive theme doesn’t mean you can’t branch out and add some more complimentary colors. In a garden full of pink, purple, and orange, yellow is an easy and smart color to add to the mix. Big yellow irises are the perfect contrast to spires of bright purple salvia.
I can tell that Joan is one of my favorite types of gardeners, those that create beauty for every passer-by to enjoy. As someone that has spent extended periods of time traveling, and many days walking down unfamiliar streets, very few things incite excitement more than plantings spilling out along a sidewalk. Shame goes out the window and the phone comes out to capture the stranger’s generous plantings. If I was wandering around North Weymouth and stumbled upon these gloriously bright and cheerful pink yarrow (Achillea millefolium, Zones 3–9), I absolutely would have paused for a closer look.
Lastly, a perfect creamsicle-colored rose just beginning to unfurl looks luminous in front of cool catmint (Nepeta spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9).
Thank you for sharing another year of highlights from your garden’s peak, Joan! Your beautiful blooms never disappoint and I hope we get treated to fabulous flowers from your garden again next year.
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