Susan’s Garden in the Catskills

Easy plants help build a gardener’s confidence

Today we ’re in the Catskill Mountains of New York State , visiting Susan Simperfender ’s garden .

I ’m a self - taught gardener who has benefited from advice from locals , friends , and our local glasshouse — andFine Gardening!It ’s been about 15 geezerhood of cultivating all you see here . I catch especially passionate about 2010 when things were quite hard and my garden was my haven for healing .

My husband build the stone border for me—60 understructure by 5 feet of garden . I chose the location by looking out my kitchen window while doing dishes , imagining what I ’d wish to see . I start with many silly works that did n’t make it because I love nothing .

The recent phlox(Phlox paniculata , Zones 4–8 ) you see here was my first success . Anyone can grow phlox — specially in the Catskills . It ’ll make you feel like you’re able to do this !

Next was the showy sedum(Sedum‘Autumn Joy ’ , Zones 3–10 ) .

When I bought the marvellous rudbeckia(Rudbeckialaciniata , Zones 4–9 ) on the ends and in-between . I thought I was buyingblack - eyed Susans(Rudbeckia fulgida , Zones 4–9 ) ! Oh well . So I replant them in their current fix for contrast and direction . Finally , I bought black - eyed Susans for tangible . And again , you ca n’t fail at them .

Irises(Irishybrid , bearded group , Zones 3–9 ) have become a beautiful radical in the front andbee balmdots throughout .

Joe Pye weed(Eutrochium maculatum , Zones 3–8 ) is the silliest addition . It popped up as one last class and I kept it ; now there are seven . So you see , I work with my Zone 5 and have learned to enjoy it and to encourage what lives our mediocre soil that is supplemented with good soil .

Dark purple columbine(Aquilegiavulgaris , Zones 3–8 )

Mountain cornflower(Centaureamontana , Zones 3–8 ) in front of a birdbath

And last , a magical , misty morning

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