Regular rain means happy plants
My name is Biyuan Yang , and I garden in northerly New Jersey . I have share pictures of my garden before ( clickhereandhere ) , and this year my garden is doing swell thanks to veritable rain . Yarrow , echinacea , cosmetic grasses , and some wanderer flowers and larkspur make a keen show .
In May and June , iris , peony , and allium look so fresh .
I have a serious deer problem , so over the years I have reduced my hosta and rosebush , and I acquire out all daylily . I discover that cervid rarely touch on my lavender , Japanese barberry , and aralia .

Ornamental onions ( Alliumsp . ) abide tall over a folio green backdrop .
Peonies ( Paeoniasp . ) and bearded flag ( Irisgermanica , Zones 3–9 ) fill up the early summer garden with flowers .
aristocratic , blue , and more blue ! Blue bearded irises in various shades echo the racy flowers of aBaptisia(wild indigo , Zones 3–9 ) .

Lavender ( Lavandulasp . ) and roses bring people of color and fragrance .
Nipponese barberry ( Berberisthunbergii , Zones 4–8 ) brings colorful , cervid - tolerant leafage .
There are a thousand tones of green in this spectre garden planting of a variety of dissimilar shade - sleep with perennial , but without the hostas that cervid sexual love to eat so much .

Hybrid coneflowers ( Echinaceahybrids , Zones 3–8 ) . The first hybrid coneflowers in yellowed and orange nuance were not very long - dwell or vigorous , but the breeding has improved since then . If you prove them and failed , it might be time to give them another shot .
A beautiful white empurpled coneflower ( Echinaceapurpurea , Zones 3–8 ) bear witness off against a dark green background signal .
Yarrow ( Achilleamillefolium , Zones 4–8 ) in shades of red and pink recall the color of coneflower .

Sun King aralia ( Araliacordata‘Sun King ’ , Zones 4–8 ) with brilliant yellow - gold parting sits beside a whitened hydrangea .
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