Hurricanes Can’t Stop This Garden

Enhancing the beauty of an old garden

Dusanka Marusic is sharing their garden in Hewlett Harbor , New York , today . They have been garden there since 2009 , though it is an older garden . Dusanka say that they have done a great deal of work enhance the garden and that a lot had to be interchange after terms from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 .

PinkVerbena(annual ) andMandevilla(Zone 7–11 or as yearly ) make a beautiful , cheerful container that will keep looking smashing whatever weather the summer play . The pinkish vividness look especially good counterpoint with the rich juicy color of the pot .

A wisteria vine climbing up an arbor . This is one of the metal money native to the United States ( probablyWisteria frutescens , Zones 5–9 ) . Native species are a well option for most U.S. garden than the Asiatic metal money . The Asiatic species can be extremely encroaching , while the native have a more restrained growth riding habit and will sometimes rebloom in the summertime .

These magniloquent planters make a striking financial statement under a immense , honest-to-goodness Nipponese maple ( Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9 ) .

lavish plantings along the side of the menage , with a bird family to welcome feather visitors .

coloured ti plants ( Cordylinefruticosa ) are often trade as houseplant , but they can certainly be plant out for the summer for a long - lasting dose of color .

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