OLSON GARDENS V – AUTUMN COLOR IN A COUNTRY GARDEN FEATURING FLOWERS & GROUND COVERS BY LORELIE OLSON

“In autumn, above every other season, it is possible  to have a great harmony between the garden and the larger landscape of fields and meadows and roadsides.”   Allen Lacy – THE GARDEN IN AUTUMN

"Karl Forster" tall grass
Sedge, "Karl Forster" by Maple & Pond
Close up of Sedge

Lacy’s photographs of autumn gardens featured perennial beds that looked like natural tapestries, with tall grasses, spreading ground covers, and colorful late blooming flowers that seemed to sprawl over each other. 

Cotoneaster with berries
"Karl Forster"by bridge
Smokebush, sedum ground covers
Fall Asters
Rudbeckia "goldsturm" with sedums
Sedums, Ajuga, Sunflowers, vinca ground covers
"Ice Dancer" tall Sedum

Gardening in autumn is done at a slower pace, so there is ample time to appreciate the colors and textures of the seasons.  Beyond raking, general cleaning, and planting bulbs for spring, the work is finished.  The perennial plants will get ready for winter now without much help from us.

"Japanese Painted Fern"
"Autumn Fern"

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