We’re in Wendy Lagozzino’s beautiful garden today.
I have an English-style cottage garden surrounding a house built in 1900. Back in the 1980s, I changed the landscape during a remodel to a two-tiered backyard and a roof garden over a garage in the front. The side yard has a plastic grid planted with ground covers to replace a mushy lawn. There is a shed in the backyard planted with a green roof. I am a collector and probably have way more perennials than I have any business fitting in! My basement ceiling is made up of everlastings I have grown over the years. Obviously, I have lived here for many years, and my garden is my passion.
The fine, fluffy flowers of meadow rue (Thalictrum aquilegifolium, Zones 5–8)
The face of a piece of garden art is hidden among the leaves.
The pink-and-white patterned leaves of dappled willow (Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’, Zones 5–7) make a great backdrop for a stand of ornamental onions (Allium sp.).
Pink penstemon (Penstemon digitalis, Zones 3–8) flowers combine with the blue of annual lobelia (Lobelia erinus, annual).
A bright primrose (Primula hybrid, Zones 4–8) is surrounded by the soft blue-and-white blooms of Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Starry Eyes’ (Zones 6–9).
The seed heads of poppies (Papaver somniferum, annual) mingle with a cloud of blue and lavender blooms.
This view of the garden shows the dense tapestry of perennials filling the space.