Garden of the Day: Whispy in Williamsburg
[nggallery id=”22793″ template=galleryview] A better-late-than-never submission to the Garden series… This is my garden on Ainslie St in Williamsburg looking lovely in the summer heat. The space is a paved patio behind a converted rosary factoy. The old walls and the floor of the factory remain, but the roof came off during the residential conversion….
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A better-late-than-never submission to the Garden series…
This is my garden on Ainslie St in Williamsburg looking lovely in the summer heat. The space is a paved patio behind a converted rosary factoy. The old walls and the floor of the factory remain, but the roof came off during the residential conversion. It’s great for privacy, but there’s no dirt, so everything here is grown in pots. I painted the block walls black, which turns out to be a great background color.
I planted the garden to go through seasons of color. When the nicotiana craps out, I pull it up and rudbeckia takes over. All the shrubs have nice fall color and the hakonechloa grass keeps it’s shape through the winter and moves in the wind. I plant tubrose and jasmine too, for night fragrance. This is basically the view from my apartment, and it’s a nice set up. They’ve started building a 5 story apartment in the lot behind me, and I’m just praying that there aren’t hipsters looking down from balconies next year.
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the tall plant is a yew, taxus x media ‘stricta’. I got it as a little rooted cutting at the brooklyn botanic garden plant sale 8 years ago, so it’s a slow growing variety. it keeps the extreme upright proportions without pruning. it’s just now starting to fill out.
nice. very nice. you would never think that all the plants are potted. wow. the tall evergreen or is it a juniper? .. what is the botanical name .. how long did it take to get that tall? thanks for sharing.
the bluish plant with big leaves is hosta ‘Krossa Regal’.
the deep green grassy one is a Japanese forest grass called Hakonechloa macra. this is the straight species
Really gorgeous. I can’t believe you did it all in pots. And you may have just helped me overcome my dislike of Hostas.
Beautiful. What are the plants in the first corner shot by the glass doors? I love the low green ones on either side of the flowering plant.
Truly lovely. The seasonal and fragrance considerations are also wonderful. Wish my neighbor’s yards had your touch! Thank you for sharing.
It’s a great garden, but are neighbors looking down on our gardens any better if they aren’t hipsters?
I love it. It’s very zen.
General note: can we keep this feature going as long as possible?
Really well done, congratualations.