White-leaved Actinidia kolomikta

Sedge 'Amazon Mist' (Carex comans)

A basket of Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)

Nature-dwarfed poppy beside Wilma's foot

Gnome home at base of spruce tree

A river of grass meanders through garden beds

Water Lily

Peruvian Daffodil (Hymenocallis festalis)

Orlaya grandiflora

Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar'

Easter lilies and foliage finery

Blue Trumpet Vine (Thunbergia grandiflora)

Spuria iris

Petunia 'Raspberry Blast'

Lace Flower Episcia (Alsobia dianthiflora)

Hosta plantaginea blossom

Daylily 'Red Volunteer'

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea )

Coneflower 'Green Envy'

Double oriental lily

Campanula 'Elizabeth' and ferns

Orienpet lily 'Silk Road'

Painter's Palette (Persicaria virginiana)

Vignette in pink

Salvia, ferns, white lespedeza (Lespedeza thunbergii 'Alba')

Siberian Iris 'Super Ego'

Sylvestris came to us from a Canadian forest and vvedenskyi comes originally from Russia.

Love-Lies-Bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)

Amarcrinum 'Howardii‘ (Amaryllis/Crinum cross)

Asparagus setaceus 'Pyramidalis'

"Siamese kissing jacks"

Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia stricta)

Rare blue impatiens, Impatiens namchabawensis

Arisaema candidissimum

Rare double calla, 'Purple Wizzard'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer'

Calla

Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra)

Gomphrena globosa 'Fireworks'

Dianthus barbatus 'Heart Attack'

Dianthus superbus 'Spooky'

Caucasian Elecampagne (Inula orientalis)

Siebold's Magnolia, Magnolia seboldii (blooms late spring; avoids frost danger in Iowa)

Dwarf Blue-Bearded Iris 'Zipper'

No-wawa fountain

Double Early Tulip 'Monsella'

Fall cottage garden with garden namesake (cottage) in background; Ravenna Grass ((Saccharum ravennae) in bloom

Brugmansia insignis 'Frosty Pink'

Exuberant summer blooms in cottage garden

Birdbath fountain planter

Cobblestone walk edges one of our beds

Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and White Lace Flower (Orlaya grandiflora)

Small water feature with stone face by George Carruth

Bleeding-Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae)

Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus)

Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers'

Back patio

Main entrance to gardens

Paeonia suffruticosa 'Shimanishiki' (grows close to the street in our gardens and is literally a traffic stopper)

Over 100 years old

In the Vase Garden

Our namesake cottage in the background

View into Iowa River valley with pillar fence in foreground; Flanders Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in bloom

Screen house with Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis ternifolia)

Hydrangea hedge, Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

Cottage garden with cottage at right

Ravenna Grass (Saccharum ravennae) plumes will stretch to 15 feet

Looking toward entrance to our gardens in the distance

How to camouflage a dead shrub with Sweet Autumn Clematis

Melampodium and New England Aster

If conditions are favorable, Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight's' white flower heads turn can turn pink in fall

Canadian Explorer Rose 'John Cabot'

Siberian Iris 'Super Ego'

Spring garden 4; Red Crown Imperial (Fritillaria rubra) in foreground

Spring garden

Spring garden

Spring garden

Daylilies