About a year ago, Sylvia and Ross, co conspirators at Dig Nursery which we visited yesterday, sold their fabulous contemporary home and garden and moved to a turn of the century house. It will be interesting to see how this dynamic couple with an eye and talent for the contemporary transform their new dwelling. The garden is also a work in progress. Let's see what's happening. The arches we saw being put together on the ground at an earlier visit are now in place. I forgot to ask what the plan is for the area in the foreground Here's another. Love the gabion wall behind! Great foliage combinations in this shady bed. Schefflera delavayi, Mahonia gracilipes, and podophyllum pleianthum dance beautifully together. Smaller specimens in front of the fine dark foliage of taxus. Yew know yew love it! Smoking is allowed in the garden if you're a cotinus. Again with brilliant foliage combinations! Arundo donax 'Variegata' makes a statement wherever it's planted! Physocarpus opulifolius (Ninebark) 'Diabolo's' burgundy foliage makes a great partner for this orange dahlia! That the Genista aetnensis (Mt. Etna Broom) is blooming and the Lobelia tupa aren't shows that this visit took place several weeks ago! I'm partial to dahlias with deep purple foliage. What do you think? Gorgeous Persicaria ne Polygonum. Gold, purple, and a little splash of orange. Gold and purple echoed in another part of the garden with this beautiful aralia and ligularia. No garden is complete without a Tetrapanax jungle, right? With whatever Ross and Sylvia do, one can't wait to see what they'll do next!
