The Gardens - Peony Garden

The Peony Garden was created in 2017 after a property survey showed that we had four additional feet of property in the full sun of which we weren't aware. It is parallel to the driveway and is highly visible from the street.

In its first year we planted peonies and narcissus for spring color. For late summer color we planted zinnias. The zinnia display in September was spectacular!

In the second year we planted daylilies to fill in between the peonies and provide summer color. As an "anchor" for the bottom of the bed, we initially had a hydrangea and later replaced it with flowering onion. The onion is a great pollinator plant and provides late season color.

Since the original years we have variously planted globe allium, Asiatic lilies, and iris. The peony foliage is so dense by mid-summer that it out-competes all but the daylilies.

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