Seasons in the garden
Today ’s photos are from Phyllis Strohmeyer in northwesterly New Jersey ( Zone 6A ) .
We have a 3 - acre flock on the side of Jenny Jump Mountain . We moved here five class ago , plant all along the fashion .
Kniphofia ( zone 5–9 ) and Invinciball Spirit II hydrangeas(Hydrangea arborescens‘NCH2 ’ , Zones 3–9 ) wall the birdcagegazebo .

A large ash tree(Fraxinussp . ) by the route succumbed toemerald ash tree borers . When it was removed several beautiful stumps were pass on , so I made astumpery .
These two stumps are surrounded byhosta , goatsbeard(Arucus dioicus , Zones 4–8 ) , and Jacob ’s ladder(Polemonium caeruleum , Zones 4–8 ) .
Pots of ageratum ( Ageratumhoustonianum , Zones 10–11 or as an yearly ) hang by a clump of ligularia ( Ligulariadentata , Zones 4–8 ) in bloom in a wet blot in the shadiness .

This scene of terminal - of - summertime nimbus includes blaze star ( Liatrusspicata , Zones 3–8 ) , New England aster ( Symphyotrichumnovae – angliae , Zones 4–8 ) , goldenrod ( Solidagosp . ) , and tithonia ( Tithoniarotundifolia , annual ) .
Fall in northwestern New Jersey
Crystal Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from an ice storm , December 2022

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