I planted all perennials in the Meadow Garden, but did include some non-native grasses. Despite the heat and drought it was watered only a handful of times. It bloomed in late summer and included goldenrods, asters, ironweeds, and the showy butterscotch fall leaves of the spring blooming amsonias. This garden bed is only three years old, but it has filled in so fully that I will need to divide many of the plants. Some of the divisions will be going to the Baker Free Library in Bow NH, which is renovating its pollinator gardens.
Though the plant I would like to showcase today is not in the Meadow Garden, it is a native perennial from the American Southwest. It is Artemesia “Fredricksburg”. I bought it from Plant Delights, a nursery in North Carolina; It is showy, tough, and without the imperial ambitions of the more commonly grown artemesias Silver Queen and Silver King.
Gardening On Granite 