Verdant Design

The Richardson’s wanted to increase the beauty of their backyard. They already had a wonderful array of evergreens, but colorful plants were needed. Verdant offered a design based on the view from their study that shows the new plants that offer color in their leaves (therefore color all season) and long-blooming plants. Some of the plants include: Prairie Dropseed, River Oats, Golden Prairie Fire Dogwood, and Leatherleaf Viburnum.

The view out the window in May is always verdant and lush. The Wood Poppy is now setting seed while the Cardinal Flower is getting bigger. Even with all of the rain, the water is infiltrating, watering the plants, and not causing runoff/flooding.

Celandine Poppy or Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) is a wonderful woodland plant that doesn’t require any special effort to grow.  In fact it grows in shade to part-sun, reproduces easily, and only gets to about 18″ in height.  On top of that, it is a plant that consistently blooms around Derby.  It is native to the Ohio Valley, so it is perfectly adjusted to our climate and soils.

Spring is upon us. The rain garden looks significantly different than it did in January. Some plants are even beginning to bloom like Celandine Poppy/Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum). This plant will bloom from March to August in Kentucky. It is hardy from zone 4 to zone 9. The plant is great in part to full shade with a great leaf texture.

Another great early bloomer is the Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana). It is a mid-sized tree that has prolific pink blooms early in the spring, even prior to setting its own leaves. It has proven to be a durable tree through Kentucky winters and summers.

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A client needed a landcape inspection report in order to wrap up their project.  Photos from the final landscape can be seen below.  Click here for more on the project.
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