Down To The Great Lawn

The mowed space of Creation and the Great Lawn along with the paths are a vital element of saying garden in this wild place. They invite you in to explore.

A good garden needs plants too. I keep adding and tinkering. The planted keep growing in number. This week some Rodgersia were moved to more sun. A batch of Elephantopus carolinianus seedlings in a path were moved to the so called 'beds'. Today I will be naming names along the way to the Great Lawn.

'Lemon Drop' deciduous azalea, a highly fragrant last to bloom azalea.

Fly Poison, Amianthium muscaetoxicum.

Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light', the grass at the edge of the lawn.

I love this picture for all the texture and wild abundance. To walk the mowed paths is to immerse yourself in meadows head high. Starting in the foreground working towards the top right is Persicaria polymorpha, Miscanthus 'Morning Light', Thermopsis caroliniana and the Bottlebrush Buckeye.

The wide open space of the Great Lawn creates a completely new mood. Down there, the entire perspective of the garden has been flipped in elevation. Everything changes.

The Great Lawn is not immune to my planting. Last month several plugs of Isotoma fluviatilis were sprigged into the lawn. In years to come it could bloom blue. Nothing about my garden is normal.