Backyard Oasis

The large, screened porch is the perfect spot for quiet reflection or festive party. It overlooks several seating areas, edibles, chicken coop, raised beds and lots of native plants. Dana’s dogs can play with abandon. Construction: Jim McCown, Landscaping: Urban Earth

Homeowners: Dana Wilson Address: Evelyn Ave.

Circa: 1921 Garden Age: 4 years

Plants:

Trees: Hackberry, Forest Pansy Redbud, fig, crepe myrtle
Shrubs: Tea olive, nandina, native azaleas, sweet spire, oak leaf hydrangeas, forsythia, button bush, hydrangeas, blackberry, gardenia, fatsia
Vines: trumpet honeysuckle, lady banks rose, clematis, winter jasmine
Perennials: daffodils, crocrosmia, hostas, lenten roses, ferns, leopard plant, partridge pea, strawberry geranium, baptisa, ginger, canna lily, iris, bee balm, phlox, solomon seal, partridge pea, coral bells, coneflowers, salvias
Vegetables: lettuces, chard, spinach, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, squash, okra

Favorite Garden Tip If you didn’t grow up around gardeners, my advice is to find a mentor who will teach you what you need to know and share plants from her own garden, Then you know the plants you have, how to grow it, and each plant has a story. Many of my plants have been passed down through several generations.

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