Each Season Is a Gift (Part 1)

Four seasons in an Oregon garden

Today we ’re inspect Independence , Oregon , to see the garden of Erla Richards through the time of year . She has been on the GPOD before ( hereandhere ) , when she showed us her beautiful garden in spring , but today and tomorrow we ’ll be run across it all throughout the yr .

see through photograph of our garden , we can appreciate the beauty of each season . Spring with its many spectre of green show off the welcome bulbs and smart flowers . It ’s like the language of a strain : “ I ’ve find out the lily energy it ’s way up through the obstinate grunge . I believe in miracle , and I believe in God . ” Then there ’s summer with its kaleidoscope of semblance and fragrance . My favorite time of year , fall , sport the beauty of brilliantly color leaves among the cat valium of conifers that presently fall to the ground to become the root of exercise and backaches . And I do love winter . Winter means slow down a little , with the silhouette of spare branches against the sky and sentence to interpret a volume ( orFine Gardeningmagazine ) in my warm and cozy plate . Each season is a giving .

Rhododendron‘Ramapo ’ ( Zones 4–8),Rhododendronimpeditum(Zones 5–8 ) and bird ’s nest spruce ( Picea abies‘Nidiformis ’ , Zones 2–8 ) , make a path of down under birch rod .

Pieris ‘ Valley Rose ’ ( Pieris japonica‘Valley Rose ’ , Zone 6–8 ) showing off in the spring .

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree peony ‘ Hai Huang ’ ( akaPaeonia‘High Noon ’ , Zones 4–7 ) Glorious !

How I love hostas !

Hydrangea ‘ glare ’ ( Hydrangea paniculata‘Limelight’,Zones 4–8 ) captivate the sunlight

close up - up ofHydrangea‘Limelight ’

number back to the GPOD tomorrow to see more of Erla ’s garden in summertime , gloaming , and winter . And if you are taking some clock time at the end of the year to look over photo of your garden , pull together some of your front-runner and send them to us ! We ’d love to see what your garden looked like over the past year .

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