8/31/2023 0 Comments Under the garden moon patrioticThere are even a few flowers that actually fluoresce at night, including four o’clocks and portulaca. Soft pastels stand out almost as well in twilight, and greyish or variegated foliage contributes ghostly shapes: fuzzy lamb’s ears variegated hostas and euonymous misty artemisia. Most daylilies open in the morning and close by dark, but there are plenty of nocturnal varieties, which reverse the timing, and some of these are also fragrant. All your favorite white annuals and perennials shine at night, but the moon garden is also planned to include as many as possible of flowers that open in the evening, such as moonflowers, four o’clocks, evening primrose, and angel’s trumpet, all of which also offer heady fragrance. If you’re not familiar with the term, a moon garden is essentially a white garden. I find myself wishing for a project I’ve long dreamed of but not yet gotten around to: a moon garden. On all but the very hottest days, evening brings cooler air, and the gardens almost stand straighter. The flower beds have a look of stoic endurance in the glare, and even the frogs in Raphael’s pool hide themselves away in the shade of overhanging rocks.īut, wait until dark. Its overflow pipe, useless, sticks up a foot and a half above the water level. Leaves are wilted, the grass crunches underfoot, and my poor pond, which is actually a dammed-up stream, has shrunk to a mud puddle. (August 1, 2022) - High summer, and we’re in a drought.
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