Perennial Gardens

African lily (Agapanthus africanus), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium) and Bergenia

African lily (Agapanthus africanus), black root (Veronicastrum virginicum syn. Veronica virginica), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium) and Bergenia

African lily (Agapanthus and Crinum) in a front garden

Purple giant hyssop (Agastache rugosa 'Alba'), anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) and wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Purple giant hyssop (Agastache rugosa 'Alba'), anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) and wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Hollyhocks (Alcea) and day lilies (Hemerocallis)

Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea), Eurasian smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple') and garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea) and common lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea), common lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and roses (Rosa)

Common hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) and phlox (Phlox)

Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea), garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) and red garden orache (Atriplex hortensis var. rubra)

Common hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) and mulleins (Verbascum)

Lady's mantle (Alchemilla) and ornamental onion (Allium)

Lady's mantles (Alchemilla), cranesbills (Geranium), astilbes (Astilbe) and plantain lilies (Hosta)

Lady's mantle (Alchemilla), plantain lily (Hosta) and tufted sedge (Carex elata 'Bowles Golden')

Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis), astilbe (Astilbe), masterwort (Astrantia), New Zealand sedge (Carex tenuiculmis) and Sargent's hydrangea (Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana)

Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis) and Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra) in autumn with hoar frost

Flowering onion (Allium aflatunense) and plantain lilies (Hosta)

Flowering onion (Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation') and bigroot cranesbill (Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart')

Ornamental onion (Allium) and eastern blue star (Amsonia tabernaemontana)

Ornamental onion (Allium) and common male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)

Giant allium (Allium Globemaster) and cranesbill (Geranium x magnificum)

Giant allium (Allium Globemaster) and plantain lily (Hosta)

Giant allium (Allium Globemaster) and plantain lily (Hosta)

Giant allium (Allium Globemaster) and plantain lily (Hosta)

Giant allium (Allium Globemaster), plantain lily (Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans') and lady's mantle (Alchemilla)

Giant allium (Allium Globemaster), plantain lily (Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans') and lady's mantle (Alchemilla)

Ornamental onion (Allium), sage (Salvia) and cranesbill (Geranium)

Ornamental onion (Allium), sage (Salvia) and cranesbill (Geranium)

Ornamental onion (Allium), sage (Salvia) and phlox (Phlox)

Round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon), feather grass (Stipa barbata) and Russian sage (Perovskia abrotanoides)

Round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon), feather grass (Stipa barbata) and Russian sage (Perovskia abrotanoides)

Round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon), feather grass (Stipa barbata) and Russian sage (Perovskia abrotanoides)

Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica) and aster (Aster)

Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica) and garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica) and garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Grape-leaf anemone (Anemone tomentosa 'Serenade') and Carmichael's monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii' syn. Aconitum arendsii)

Columbines (Aquilegia) and boxwoods (Buxus) in a perennial garden

Columbine (Aquilegia), knapweed (Centaurea) and rose (Rosa)

Goat's beard (Aruncus dioicus), lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis), Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra) and common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)