I love the plants of the American prairie. The simple forms are beautiful. They are undemanding, attract tons of butterflies, flower over a long period of time, and make me feel connected to the land. Unfortunately, I don't have the setting and environment where I could create a meadow garden.
In the Long Border, I have tried to incorporate many of these plants--echinacea, black eyed susans, phlox, butterfly weed, goldenrod, joe pye weed, asters, liatris, veronicastrum, monarda, baptisia, rattlesnake master--into my planting.
My inspiration for the Long Border came from a trip I took to the gardens of Battery Park in lower Manhattan. These American prairie plants compose a large part of the palette used by Piet Oudolf, the Dutch garden designer of the park. Below are some of the photographs I took on my visit.
The first picture shows purple coneflower and mountain mint in the foreground, backed by monarda, veronicastrum, joe pye weed, and miscanthus.
The second photo shows baptisia (not in flower), monarda, and daylilies with a mass of amsonia in the back.
Photo three shows veronicastum, Russian sage, yarrrow, rattlesnake master, and alliums.
The fourth photo shows liatris and switch grass.
The fifth photo includes purple coneflower, switch grass, astilbe, and oregano.
For pictures of the Long Border, click here: http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2008/01/garden-for-late-summer-long-border.html
For my prior post on Piet Oudolf, click here: http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2008/02/winter-garden-inspiration-piet-oudulf.html
Welcome to Heirloom Gardener
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Inspiration for the Long Border: American Prairie Plants in Battery Park, Designed by Piet Oudolf
Posted by Julia Erickson at 9:18 PM
Labels: Botanical Gardens, Mixed Borders, Piet Oudolf
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Search Heirloom Gardener
Labels
- About Blogging
- Annuals/Biennials and Perennials
- Autumn Garden
- Books and Movies
- Botanical Gardens
- Bulbs and Tubers
- Children's Garden
- Chrysanthemum
- Clematis
- Container Gardening
- Crocus tommasiniasus roseus
- Cut and Forced Flowers
- Cutting and Rose Gardens
- Dahlias
- Deep Thoughts About Gardening
- Egg Garden
- Fences Arbors Walls and Paths
- Floral arrangements
- Front Border
- Fun Stories About Gardening
- Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
- Garden Bloggers' Design Workshop
- Garden Planning
- Gardening Blogs
- Gardening Tools and Structures
- Gardening with Children
- Goldberry Hill
- Heirloom and Organic Food
- Hibiscus
- Holidays
- Hydrangeas
- Japanese Beautyberry
- Lilies
- Mixed Borders
- New Jersey / Local Interest
- Nurseries
- Online Gardening Resources
- Peonies
- Pest Control
- Picture This Photo Contest
- Piet Oudolf
- Poppies
- Propagation and Seeds
- Pruning and Maintenance
- Roses
- Seed Heads
- Self Seeders
- Shrubs
- Spring Garden
- Summer Garden
- Trees
- Wildlife in the Garden
- Winter Garden
- Zinia
Blog Archive
-
▼
2008
(202)
-
▼
February
(17)
- Pronouncing Latin Plant Names
- Volunteers: Hardy Annual and Biennial Self Seeders
- Forced Branches: Quince, Crabapple, Willow, Ceris...
- Telegraph.co.uk - 'Annabelle' hydrangea: How to grow
- How to Prune Roses, Part I: An Introduction to On...
- Garden Blog Highlights
- Dried Annabelle Hydrangeas
- How to Prune Pee Gee Hydrangeas and Wisteria: Bef...
- Witch Hazel: Winter's Cheerleader, Yelling for Sp...
- Great Blog Posts About Piet Oudolf
- Inspiration for the Long Border: American Prairie...
- Shakespeare: A February Face, So Full of Frost, O...
- Garden Color: Inspiration from Chanticleer in Way...
- Twelve Months of Garden Color in New Jersey (Zone 6b)
- Winter Garden Highlight: Lace Cap Hydrangea on Go...
- Japanese Beautyberry (Unexpected) Propagation
- Winter Garden Inspiration: Piet Oudulf
-
▼
February
(17)
5 comments:
Very nice. You've done a great job too with the Piet Oudolf inspiration. It looks lush and lovely and you've shown how this style can be adapted to a smaller space. You should be very pleased.
Best wishes, Yvonne
aka Country Gardener
I agree with the Country Gardener, your prairie area is stunning.
Frances at Faire Garden
Yvonne/Frances,
Thank you for your compliments. I never thought of the Long Border as a small-scale prarie, but I like the sound of that.
-Heirloom Gardener
You have done a beautiful job! Your prairie plants are gorgeous. :-)
This will not have effect in reality, that is what I believe.
Post a Comment