This peaceful haven is part of Andrew Grossman‘s garden located in Seekonk, Massachusetts. It looks like an Impressionist painting, but this is real. Extensively flowering from Spring to Frost in geographic areas where the average minimum winter temperatures are higher than -28°C or -20°F, this is a place where wandering is a marvelous renewing experience. This beautiful garden was started in 1998. While always evolving, its basic structure and planting were finished in three months. Following a blue and white pattern, a mulched pathway leads down to a rectangular lily pond. What a gorgeous display of colors!
April – White & Blue Garden by Andrew Grossman
Monet would have surely enjoyed placing his easel between these Thuja Occidentalis Nigra and playing with his French Ultramarine blue, Windsor violet, and Titanium white colors.
This garden is a superb mix of shrubs and perennials and offers a generous display of colors during most seasons, each of them bringing new prima divas: Daffodils (Narcissus), Tulips, and Creeping Phlox in spring followed by the Iris, Azalea, and Delphinium in early summer. Later in the season, white and blue Hydrangeas steal the show in concert with the Avalanche Lilies.
June – White & Blue Garden by Andrew Grossman
The ultra blue Delphinium belladonna is a nice spicy touch of color that will persist until fall, just like the Nepeta Six Hill Giants by the lily pond.
June – White & Blue Garden by Andrew Grossman
The beautiful blooms of the Oakleaf and Lacecap Hydrangeas and low-growing hosta are followed by the blue bell-shaped flowers of the Clematis heracleifolia that twines around the urn.
July – White & Blue Garden by Andrew Grossman
The Avalanche Lilies, Bellflowers, and Hosta ‘Blue Cadet’ have finally awakened, competing for our attention
August – Blue & White Garden by Andrew Grossman
Considering the number of plants and their different needs, this garden requires a fairly high level of maintenance such as deadheading, shrub pruning, and weeding but how good it must feel to sit and relax in this chair and let your eyes embrace this lovely scenery!
White & Blue Garden by Andrew Grossman
Plants in the garden |
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BulbsDaffodil ‘Cheerfulness’ |
PerennialsAmethyst Sea Holly (Eryngium) |
ShrubsDappled Willow (Salix integra Hakuro Nishiki)
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| Hardiness |
5 - 7 |
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| Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
| Season of Interest | Spring (Mid, Late), Summer (Early, Mid, Late), Fall |
| Maintenance | Average |
| Water Needs | Average |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
Andrew’s award-winning landscape designs have been presented in several national magazines including Garden Design, Country Living Gardener, Country Gardens and most recently Fine Gardening. His portfolio spans both rural and city residences and features a wide range of design elements including: perennial and flowering shrub borders; patios and walkways; water gardens; fencing, arbors, and pergolas; outdoor fireplaces; swimming pools; rock gardens; and herb and vegetable gardens. His completed landscape designs include properties in New York and throughout New England with an emphasis on Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Andrew is committed to “green” and organic landscape practices.
| Hardiness |
5 - 7 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
| Season of Interest | Spring (Mid, Late), Summer (Early, Mid, Late), Fall |
| Maintenance | Average |
| Water Needs | Average |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
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