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Gross Garden
August 27, 2006

Once in this small Wilmington, Delaware townhouse garden you would have seen a couple of trees and rhodies and a large white dog who called the place home. Six years ago all that changed. The dog went to her daughter's and Mary Lou double dug the entire yard, adding composted mulch, peat moss, cow manure, and sand. She added flowering trees, put in a patio, deck, and paths, and went to work filling the space with woody and herbaceous perennials of all colors and textures. Today its quiet and shady nooks burst with perennials and quirky garden art, many pieces by local artists.

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0605745 Wooden fence behind brick patio w/ container collection. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605747 Stone sculpture fountain, glass tulips w/ Coleus & Lambs Ears ground cover fgnd [Solenostemon scutellarioides; Stachys byzantina]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605749 Purple Sweet Potato Vine, Geranium, Coleus, Spiderwort in containers at edge of brick patio [Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'; Solenostemon scutellarioides; Pelargonium cv.; Tradescantia sp.]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605751 Flagstone path from brick patio leads through shade garden to arbor [Impatiens wallerana; Alchemilla mollis; Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'; Helleborus x hybridus]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605752 Flagstone path from brick patio leads through shade garden to arbor [Impatiens wallerana; Alchemilla mollis; Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'; Helleborus x hybridus]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605755 Flagstone path from brick patio leads through shade garden to arbor [Impatiens wallerana; Alchemilla mollis; Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'; Helleborus x hybridus]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605757 Japanese Forest Grass brightens shade garden backed by wooden fence [Impatiens wallerana; Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola']. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605758 Wooden arbor over black steel seat in shade garden w/ flagstone path fgnd & brick garage wall bkgnd [Impatiens wallerana; Hosta cvs.; Adiantum pedatum]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605761 Collection of containers on brick patio next to wooden fence. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner 0605762 Sweet Potato Vine, Coleus in containers next to wooden stair railing [Ipomoea batatas; Solenostemon scutellarioides]. Gross, Wilmington, DE. © Mark Turner
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