Yesterday, Carla Zambelli shared the abundance of spring in her Malvern, Pennsylvania, garden with us, and today we’re back to revel in even more of the beauty of this time of year.
Newer weigela breeding has emphasized small, compact forms, often with colored foliage, but it is hard to beat the sheer abundant floral display of larger forms, like this gorgeous old-fashioned weigela (Weigela florida, Zones 5–9), which make a fountain of bloom each spring.
I can almost smell this beautiful old rose through the computer screen!
Peonies (Paeonia hybrid, Zones 3–8) come in a wide range of colors, and this deep, rich red is particularly striking.
This really unusual peony flower looks like the cultivar ‘Green Lotus’, which has these interesting tattered petals for a completely different look.
A perfect, fragrant cluster of lilac (Syringa sp., Zones 3–8) blooms
The cascading flowering branches of weigela tumble down into the beautiful foliage of ostrich ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris, Zones 3–7) and a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum, Zones 5–9).
Another magnificent old-fashioned rose, with layer upon layer of pink petals
Layers of foliage make this garden scene, with a Baptisia (Zones 3–9) just coming into bloom.
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