Garden Gallery | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

Landscape Location: Patio

27 gardens

A Sampling of Shade Gardens

Torch Lily in full bloom.

A shaded patio garden incorporating stone walls and rocks.

A shade garden at with a wall seat.

A shaded planting. The knee-high amsonia has pale blue flowers.

A large shade tree underplanted with sedges and heucheras.

Backyard Patio

View from patio

Stone steps to lawn

View of flowers from patio

Summer view from back patio

Bonsai Garden in Davidson County

Bonsai trees on wall

Bonsai dawn redwood

Bonsai plants displayed on railing

Bonsai Junipers

Bonsai Black Pine

Border Garden, Upcycled

Early Spring Border

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Tulips mirror the color of gazing ball while upcycled china plat

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Tulips mark the full swing of spring.

Butterfly Garden at Rob Wallace Park

Flowers in early spring

Garden dedication plaque

Flowers in early spring

Mid-spring blooms

Mid-spring blooms

Butterfly garden- late spring

Cabarrus County Poolside Garden

Hardscape Planting

Poolside garden

Poolside garden

Collector’s Garden

Climbing Hydrangea

Tall striking flowers

Colorful Combination

Colorful plant combination

Colorful Borders

Mass planted ferns with yellow color brighten up a shade border.

Border in sun flanking a gravel path. Many colors & textures.

Silver-colored plants in a border along a stone walkway.

Border with white & blue flowers, and 2 lattice obelisks.

Container Gardens

A container arrangement of petunias, heuchera and cedar.

A container arrangement of petunias, heuchera and skimmia.

a group of carnivorous pitcher plants.

A grouping of various plants in different containers.

Tropical epiphytes on a branch affixed to the container.

Container with tropical plants with variegated leaves.

Courtyard Entrance Garden

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in spring

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer (planters)

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in the summer

Courtyard Garden

Inviting entrance

Colorful leaves

Crevice Garden at the Guilford County Extension Center

4 years old in full bloom in the late spring.

Three years old in the late spring.

Crevice Garden in Spring

Crevis Garden Guilford County

Deck Garden

Early spring blooms

A nice place to watch spring unfold

Early fall view

Dry Stream Bed Garden in Cabarrus County

Dry, rock-lined stream bed surrounded by colorful plants.

Waterfall is start of dry stream bed

Small goldfish pond

Dry rocks and a large banana plant

Dry stream bed with a container of sedum.

Tropical look garden

Flower Bonanza Garden

Clematis well positioned

Iris Shine in bed

Yellow Iris in spring bed

Coneflower with Vitex

Daylilies and more

Butterfly bush bed

Functional Foundation Landscape

Crepe Myrtle Trunk

Layered foundation planting

Late winter, liriope is cut back & daffodils are blooming

HOA Butterfly Garden in Brunswick County

Summer blooms second year

Summer blooms 2nd year

Spring age 2 and filling in well

2nd spring and baptisia is blooming

Front of garden- first spring

Back of garden- first spring

Japanese Garden at JC Raulston Arboretum

A viewing window in a bamboo fence.

A quiet spot to relax in the shade.

Japanese Garden in the winter.

The island in the Japanese Garden.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Part Sun-Part Shade Garden

Bridge and Cattails

Southwestern Garden Patio with a petrified wood bench

Beds bordered by "urbanite" (recycled concrete)

Garden with Rhododendron 'Julius Kingsley'

Southwest Patio on April 22

Cattail Bridge in spring

Lush Foundation Planting

Espalier Pyracantha

Cherry blossoms welcome spring

Pyracantha berries on display

Michael McCarthy Memorial Garden, All Saints Episcopal, Concord

Garden plan by Petra McLean

The Michael John McCarthy Memorial Garden

A partially cleared stand of pines

An area of scraped ground for pathways

A tractor laying gravel out along paths

A pathway lined with trees that leads into a parking lot

Part Shade Garden, Durham County

Part shade garden

Corner garden side view

Corner garden with southeastern exposure

Corner garden in winter

Patio Room

Good late fall color & texture

Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden

Dogwood and redbud in bloom

Jasmine blooming in early spring

Pitt County Arboretum Containers

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

4 months after planting, a Colocasia esculenta has emerged in th

Reynolda Gardens

Late winter view

View Of Palm House

Late winter view from blue & yellow garden

Ornamental cherry tree avenue

Small Water Features

Old-fashion hand pump refashioned into a trickling fountain.

A small fountain on a pedestal surrounded by hellebores.

a small pond filled with water lilies

Small fountain made from a millstone.

Center Garden Water Feature at Durham Co Extension Demo Garden

Leopard Frog at Sarah P. Duke Gardens 2024 by A Stradley