Gardening Tips

Moon Garden – Your Night Time Oasis


Notice how the addition of the bench makes the moon garden a comfy place to relax?

In the hustle-bustle of our daily lives, we often do not have the time to enjoy our gardens.  We work, shuttle our children to practices, run errands.  By the time we get home, the day has escaped us, and relaxing becomes priority.  A Moon Garden is an excellent way we can enjoy the outdoors in our backyards, the soft glow and soothing fragrances of the plants we love around us.

When selecting plants for a Moon Garden, plants with large glossy leaves or pale flowers (white or blue),will be the focal point.  Theses plants are wonderful for reflecting the Moon’s beams.  Night blooming Moonflower is an obvious choice because it does in fact bloom at night and has a wonderful lemony scent.  Varying texture and size will also create a luminous, dreamy, effect.  Here is our list of plants ideal for a Moon Garden:


Solar lighting sheds a soft glow on the evening
garden. Holly, Woods, and Vines has a selection
of solar lighting to set mood and whimsy.

Annuals

  • Bacopa, bacopa diffusus
  • Wax Begonia, Begonia sempferflorens
  • Caladium, Caladium hortulanum
  • Madagascar Periwinkle, Catharansus roseus
  • Night-Blooming Jasmine, Cestrum nocturnum
  • Spider Flower, Cleome hassleriana
  • Angel's Trumpet, Datura stramonium
  • Impatiens (Blizzie Lizzie), Impatiens wallerana
  • Giant Moonflower Vine, Ipomoea alba
  • Sweet Alyssum, Lobularia maritima
  • Four-o-Clock, Mirabilis multiflora

 

 

 


Starlight Lanterns are unique outlighting options.
We offer several unique, contemporary styles.

Perennials

  • Yarrow, Achillea milleflorium
  • Mugwort/Wormwood, Artemisia schmidtiana
  • False Spiraea, Astilbe ssp.
  • White Coneflower , Cortaderia selloana
  • Blue Festuca, Festuca gauiteri
  • Rose Mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos
  • Plantain Lilly, Hosta ssp. variegated
  • Candytuft, Iberis sempervirens
  • Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum
  • Maiden Grass, Miscanthus sinensis vari.
  • Summer Phlox , Phlox paniculata
  • Pampas Grass, Cortaderia selloana

 

 


Solar lighting sheds a soft glow on the evening
garden. Holly, Woods, and Vines has a selection
of solar lighting to set mood and whimsy.

Woody Plants

  • Spring-Blooming Camellia, Camellia japonica
  • Fall-Blooming Camellia, Camellia sasanqua
  • Slender Deutzia, Deutzia gracilus
  • SilverQueen, Euonymus fortunei
  • Hardy Gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides
  • Hydrangea, Hydrangea ssp.
  • Blue Star Juniper, Juniperussqumata
  • Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica ‘Natchez’
  • Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
  • Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata
  • Japanese Andromeda, Pieris japonica
  • Flowering Cherry/Pear, Prunus ssp.
  • Rhodo & Azalea, Rhododendron
  • Rose, Rosa ssp.
  • Lilac, Syringa vulgaris
  • Viburnum, Viburnum ssp

 

 

Gazing Balls, solar light stakes, and/or Starlight Lanterns with twinkle lights, strategically placed throughout your Moon Garden will heighten the allure of your garden and give luster to the objects below.  Also, a Moon Garden is less about visual stimulation as it is about appeasing your other senses.  If your garden is large enough, you may want to consider adding an outdoor water feature, such as a fountain, to lend a soothing sensation of a babbling brook to your lunar flower bed.