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