GPOD on the Road: The Gardens of Spadina Museum

Historic gardens around a mansion

Today Cherry Ong is once again engage us along on a garden tour from her late trip to Toronto , Ontario , Canada . This meter , visitingThe Gardens of Spadina Museum . According to Cherry , how you pronounce the name “ Spadina ” count on where in Toronto you are from , either Spa - dye - sodium or Spa - Dee - nah .

This historic mansion house tells the story of 1930s Toronto on the interior , and has beautiful gardens on the outside .

scene of the mansion itself , looming large over the garden beds .

A beautiful antiquegreenhousein the garden , built in 1903 .

Cold framesnext to the greenhouse , a traditional and low - tech mode to prolonged originate seasons . strip of shade textile laid over the greenhouse chicken feed help keep the temperatures cool in the summertime .

A riotous , flowery recession of the garden .

This stone bulwark make a beautiful background to flowers in shades of pink and lavender , including the huge heyday heads ofAlliumchristophii(Zone 4 – 8)

The fragrant blank flower of a mock orange ( Philadelphussp . , Zone 4 – 8) hanging over a thump ofhosta(Zone 3 – 8)

A pink oriental poppy ( Papaverorientale , Zone 3 – 7 ) . Oriental poppies have huge , beautiful flowers are and very durable , long - lived perennials , but remember that they go completely sleeping in the summer after flowering , so found them where other plants can track up the bare spot they leave behind .

A lovelyalliumrelative , Nectaroscordumsiculum(Zone 4 – 10 ) , which is just asdeer resistantas Allium .

Alliumchristophiiblooms line a narrow path through the garden .

pollyannaish color from a stone urn filled with violas ( Violaxwittrockiana ) Though generally grown as acool - time of year yearbook , some varieties will blossom all summer long in cool summer mood .

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