A Garden in Virginia Horse Country
So here’s a garden that’s settled in among the hills, fields, and estates of Virginia’s horse country.
The owners live in a house that dates back well over 200 years.
I like this arbor festooned with Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) marking the transition between two areas of the garden.
There is a big boxwood maze with views of the fields and hills in the distance.
Oh, look! A rooster amongst the sweet peas. Judy was excited.
I thought the garden shed was quite handsome.
A tranquil water feature full of aquatic plants whose names I don’t know.
I liked the cottage garden-style flower beds full of Clematis, Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum), and summer-blooming Alliums.
We spent LOTS of time looking at the bees going crazy over the Drumstick Alliums (A. sphaerocephalon).
Three bees for the price of one digital photo – bumblebee, carpenter bee, and a little hovering guy.
Another handsome arbor.
I’m not a big fan of lawns, as you may know, but I like how this one nestles up against the stone wall and wooden chairs.
Don’t look now, but there’s a bunny rabbit spying on us from behind the Hydrangeas.
That’s all for now.
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Honeysuckles rock! All we have here is the Japanese honeysuckle, (and sometimes Burmese honeysuckle) which is very nice and very fragrant, but I have never seen those other sorts of honeysuckles.
Lonicera sempervirens is native in the northeast and midwest. It’s great, but not fragrant. There are a bunch of nice cultivars. I’m guessing it isn’t grown in CA.
No, I read about it, but have never seen it. We have only the common Hall’s Japanese honeysuckle, which is still my favorite, and the big Burmese honeysuckle, which I am not impressed by. I wish I could find a North American honeysuckle that is as fragrant as the Japanese honeysuckle. Our native honeysuckle is not much to look at.
This was a beautiful property.
Definitely. I loved the setting.
There is so much space in this garden and this gives the garden a lovely relaxed look …. Nice shot getting three bees in one photo!
Judy’s good at photographing bees.
I very much like the feel of this garden; a good mix of formal and relaxed.
I was not crazy about the boxwood maze, to be honest.
Great looks at this neat and tidy garden. I love the weather vane atop the garden shed with it’s quail perched atop. The arbors do lure you into the next area with a peek through.
Quite a garden!
The way the garden was divided into different “rooms” was lovely as you never knew what you were going to find through the next entryway.
Beautiful! Names of the aquatic plants: Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice.
Right! I KNEW that!
The tall water plant with big leaves is Thalia dealbata. I love it but it is not hardy here. A lovely garden. Such a pretty summer house.
Ah, thanks for the ID.
Oh, how lovely! Great arbours and gosh, what a cool shed.xxx
Yes, the shed really stands out as a garden feature, which is unusual.
Someone likes to trim shrubs. (I hope)
It would certainly appear so!
I like this garden best of all the ones you’ve shown so far! We used to live in VA and I’d love to move back there someday.
There are certainly some beautiful areas in that state, especially around the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I love the blog tours of gardens. It’s much appreciated as my gardens sit under snow for the next several months.
I love these white arches, Jason . And also a birdfeeder with fishes is interesting!
Yes, those arbors are really nice.
That is quite the garden! Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome.
Handsome garden and some nice garden art. 🙂