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The Secluded Garden

Secluded A Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) the largest tree on the property, dominates the eastern bed along with mature plantings of Ilex crenata 'Helleri', Spirea 'Little Princess’, and two Tree Peonies . A beautiful Cornus kousa is the focal point of the western bed next to a large planting of Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’ and a collection of herbaceous peonies. In the periphery of the garden you will find Tsuga diversifolia (Northern Japanese Hemlock), a New England Champion tree along with a Taxus cupsidata (Japanese Yew), Betula nigra ‘Heritage Little King’ (River Birch), Aralia e. ‘Variegata’ (Japanese Angelica Tree), Prunus sargentii (Sargent Cherry) and various Rhododendron and Kalmia cultivars. We chose an eclectic mix of perennials and annuals this year: some provide textural contrast either by having large, coarse leaves like Angelica gigas, (Angelica), Ligularia ‘Little Lantern’ and Rheum cultivars (Rhubarb), or unusual leaf colors like the dark purple of Ligularia ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’, or the green and yellow spotted leaves of Farfugium jap.’Aureomaculatum’ (Leopard’s Plant). Annuals are used for blocks of color, for example the bright orange of Zinnia ‘Profusion Orange’, with dark purple, almost black of Eranthemum nigrum ‘Ebony’ and Coleus ‘Othello’, or large areas of red Coleus ‘Wizard Sunset’. This garden also showcases an Italian clay container with Musa acuminata zebrina (Banana) and Bulbine in a small bed planted with Canna ‘Pretoria’, Canna ‘Intrigue’ and Ricinis communis (Castor Bean). More tropicals, Alocasia, Colocasia, Zingiber and Amorphophallus are growing at the periphery behind the western bed.