This Week In the Garden

 Introducing the Moonlight Garden; Whats In bloom.


The Moonlight Garden has evolved over time from a quiet corner tucked away, thick with shrubs with light-colored and fragrant blooms to attract nighttime pollinators such as moths and beetles. The recent redesign of the moonlight garden now features trellis', a spiral stone bed with short radiating pathways for better views of the plantings. 
























In Bloom this week:



 Sweetshrub


Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

 And from the weedpatch...






 Spiderwoart


 Vetch


 Amsonia


Iris







 Purple Pitcher Plant



 Texas Sage


 Black and Blue Sage


 False Indigo


 Common Ninebark


 Penstemon


 Rue

 Hearts-A-Bustin'

 Wisteria (GA NAtive)

 Cross Vine

 Green and Gold

 Wild Geranium

 Duthman's Pipe

 Onithogalum umbellatum

Salvia coccinea

 Narcissus

 American Holly

 Cumberland False Rosemary

 Dandilion

Purple Robe Locust

 Oakleaf Hydrangea



Coral Honeysuckle

 Blue-eyed Grass

 Red-twigged Dogwood






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