Home Garden Spaces of a Designer

Rita Venable introduces us to an avid gardener who, in retirement, studied landscape design. Then she started a landscaping business, designing more than a hundred landscapes. Now she’s devoting full-time to her own garden. Rita Venable walks with her through 3 distinct areas, each brimming with good-performing trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, and perennials.

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Post date May 1, 2025
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Plants Featured in this Clip

Clematis texensis (Scarlet leather flower)
Verbena bonariensis (purpletop vervain)
Eucomis (pineapple lily)
Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's wort)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Samaritan Variegated Japanese Dogwood
Pachysandra procumbens
Viburnum acerifolium (mapleleaf viburnum)
Calycanthus floridus (sweetshrub) 'Simply Scentsational'
Chimaphila umbellata (Pipsissewa)

Gardener Extras

Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' is a low maintenance cultivar that thrives in full or partial sun and moderate temperatures.
Lychnis coronaria 'Alba' is a short-lived perennial that persists in the garden by self-seeding. It is drought-tolerant and deer resistant.