The front landscape of 1521 Missouri Avenue is a shade garden with Eden limestone steps and limestone steppers to traverse the garden. The plantings consist of a florida dogwood (Flowering Dogwood) on the north side of the walk and a Bloodgood Japanese maple on the south side. There are Green Gem boxwoods and Little Lime hydrangea paniculata on both sides. In front of the porch are Centennial Girl Holly. The perennials include: Hosta “Sum & Substance” (large); Hosta “Ginko Craig” (along upper walk); Heuchera “Plum Pudding”; and Ajuga “Chocolate Chip” ground cover.
The rear private garden with a brick patio is planted with Frans Fontaine Columnar Hornbeams on the rear to screen the back yard. There are three Forest Pansy Redbuds in the landscape. Green Mountain Boxwoods are used for evergreen screening and winter interest. There are Fothergilla and Midnight Wine Weilgilia as well as Hydrangea paniculata “Limelight”; in the plantings for spring, summer and fall interest. Perennials include: Heuchera sp.; Happy Returns Daylily; Magnus Purple Coneflower; Nepeta “Walkers Low”; Helleborus Lenten Rose; and Ajuga ground cover.
The large deck and patio provide ample outdoor space for relaxing and entertaining. The staircase in the rear garden was once the upper four steps of the servant’s staircase. When the house was purchased in 1975, that remnant of the original servant’s staircase was discovered where it was hidden above the ceiling of a first floor bathroom. It was removed in 2011 during one of the many renovations of the house in the last 48 years and now – in a departure from its 19th century indoor provenance – serves a different purpose in this 21st century garden. The frolicking foxes made the trip from their original home in Florida, where they graced the front yard of Vince’s parents’ house. Two stone objects (age unknown) are in the rear garden and were there in 1975.
The rear private garden with a brick patio is planted with Frans Fontaine Columnar Hornbeams on the rear to screen the back yard. There are three Forest Pansy Redbuds in the landscape. Green Mountain Boxwoods are used for evergreen screening and winter interest. There are Fothergilla and Midnight Wine Weilgilia as well as Hydrangea paniculata “Limelight”; in the plantings for spring, summer and fall interest. Perennials include: Heuchera sp.; Happy Returns Daylily; Magnus Purple Coneflower; Nepeta “Walkers Low”; Helleborus Lenten Rose; and Ajuga ground cover.
The large deck and patio provide ample outdoor space for relaxing and entertaining. The staircase in the rear garden was once the upper four steps of the servant’s staircase. When the house was purchased in 1975, that remnant of the original servant’s staircase was discovered where it was hidden above the ceiling of a first floor bathroom. It was removed in 2011 during one of the many renovations of the house in the last 48 years and now – in a departure from its 19th century indoor provenance – serves a different purpose in this 21st century garden. The frolicking foxes made the trip from their original home in Florida, where they graced the front yard of Vince’s parents’ house. Two stone objects (age unknown) are in the rear garden and were there in 1975.