If you missed the May 6th Garden Tour - Hella's Garden Part 3

This is the Victoria Gardens' virtual private garden tour: Hella's Garden - Part 3. 

The pastoral surroundings, the sweeping vistas, and the mass plantings make Hella's garden grand. Thank you so much, Hella for allowing us to visit!

And thank you to Jeff Stultz, who provided these beautiful photographs.

If you missed the May 6th Private Garden tour, our next tour will be August 5th 2012. Call to make your reservations: 845-658-9007. 

And check in all this week as we make virtual tours of the other three gardens on the May 6th tour.

All photographs by Jeff Stultz.

If you missed the May 6th Garden Tour - Hella's Garden Part 2

This is Part 2 of Victoria Gardens' private garden tour from May 6th 2012. We will be hosting a virtual tour of all four gardens this whole week.

All photos have been provided by the lovely and talented, Jeff Stultz. 

If you missed yesterday's post, see Hella's Garden Part 1.

Hella uses unexpected elements that add both structure and levity to her gardens. Pictured above she uses a wooden ladder as garden edging creating rhythm and a sense of whimsy. 

Hella uses flexible cattle panels 25 feet long and 5 feet wide as simple an inexpensive arched arbors. Covered in Akebia and Clematis, this piece of humble pasture fencing transforms into a green and magical garden walkway. 

Tomorrow the virtual garden tour continues in part 3.

All photographs by Jeff Stultz.

If you missed the May 6th Garden Tour - Hella's Garden Part 1

On May 6th, Victoria Gardens hosted a private garden tour of four very different gardens. We'll start with Hella's property, which is extensive and playful with amazing plantings and specimens. With horse pastures, red outbuildings and meandering grass pathways, it is the upstate farm most people only dream of. Hella gardens tirelessly, and she was generous enough to share the fruit of her labor on this tour. Again, our friend and talented photographer, Jeff Stultz was kind enough to let us use his photographs of the tour, so if you missed it...enjoy a virtual tour:

We'll feature more of Hella's garden (yes, there's much more) tomorrow in part 2.

Epimedium 'Orange Queen'

Epimedium 'Orange Queen'

Zone 4

Grow in full shade to full sun.

Grows 8 to 10 inches tall.

Deer resistant and very drought tolerant, this woodland ground cover is delicate and delightful spring bloomer. But don't let the little fairy flower fool you, this perennial is tough and long-lived. It will naturalize, even in dry shade, like under a Maple tree. 'Orange Queen' produces many peachy-orange flowers and the foliage has orangey-red tint, especially in the spring.