A Special Courtyard Garden

By Kim Charles

Seasonal involvement in Ellen Kirby ’s beautiful courtyard garden only tot to its temptingness .

" Here in Winston - Salem , NC ( Zone 7 ) , we have four distinct seasons . These photos show our courtyard garden where three crepe myrtles constitute a triangular border . With Lucy Stone from a sodbuster ’s field at the base of the nearby Sauratown Mountains , the garden includes sedums , confers and perennials .

To this collection of photos I have tote up a few close - ups of favourite flowersincluding epimedium ( other spring ) , pansies ( spring ) and clematis ( summertime ) . The “ tour ” begin in January when we usually have at least one good snowfall . "

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