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If you have ever visited New York City , you have most likely seen one of Lynden Miller ’s garden . From Central Park to theNew York Botanical Garden , she has been instrumental in produce some of the city ’s most memorable public gardens . Lynden Miller has bear witness that she bang what it takes to make a successfulborder . What is less known is that she refined her skills at home , where for the retiring 30 years she has act upon on a 175 - foot - farsighted miscellaneous moulding just outside her back door . pop with anevergreen hedgeas a background , she has knitted together a composition of comparatively conversant shrubs andperennialsinto a singular blueprint . Here are some photo of her private garden .

1 . Siebold ’s hosta(Hosta sieboldii , Zones 3–9)2 . Variegated bishop ’s weed(Aegopodium podagraria‘Variegatum ’ , Zones 4–9)3 . ‘ August Moon ’ hosta(Hosta‘August Moon ’ , Zones 3–9)4 . Common ladybells(Adenophora confusa , Zones 3–7)5 . Variegated Solomon ’s seal(Polygonatum odoratum‘Variegatum ’ , Zones 3–8)6 . ‘ Blue Cadet ’ hosta(Hosta‘Blue Cadet ’ , Zones 3–9)7 . ‘ Guacamole ’ hosta(Hosta‘Guacamole ’ , Zones 3–9)8 . Masterwort(Astrantia major , Zones 4–8)9 . ‘ Aureola ’ Japanese forest grass(Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola ’ , Zones 5–9)10 . jaundiced wax - bells(Kirengeshoma palmata , Zones 5–8 )

1 . Persicaria(Persicariasp . , Zones 3–8)2 . Golden Japanese barberry(Berberis thunbergii‘Aurea ’ , Zones 5–8)3 . Euphorbia(Euphorbiasp . , Zones 4–11)4 . favorable spirea(Spiraea thunbergii‘Ogon ’ , Zones 5–8)5 . ‘ Blue Arrow ’ juniper(Juniperus virginiana‘Blue Arrow ’ , Zones 3–9)6 . Queen Anne ’s lace(Daucus carota , Zones 3–9)7 . Daylily(Hemerocalliscv . , Zones 3–10 )

1 . ‘ Lidakense ’ cliff sedum(Sedum cauticola‘Lidakense ’ , Zones 5–9)2 . Miss Willmott ’s ghost(Eryngium giganteum , Zones 4–9)3 . ‘ Vardar Valley ’ boxwood(Buxus sempervirens‘Vardar Valley ’ , Zones 6–8)4 . Juniper(Juniperussp . , Zones 2–9)5 . Variegated miscanthus(Miscanthus sinensis‘Variegatus ’ , Zones 4–9)6 . ‘ Plum Pudding ’ heuchera(Heuchera‘Plum Pudding ’ , Zones 4–9)7 . Purple coneflower(Echinacea purpurea , Zones 3–9)8 . Cordyline(Cordyline australis cv . ,Zones 10–11)9 . ‘ Crimson Pygmy ’ Japanese barberry(Berberis thunbergii‘Crimson Pygmy ’ , Zones 5–8)10 . Golden spirea(Spiraea thunbergii‘Ogon ’ , Zones 5–8)11 . bluish oat grass(Helictotrichon sempervirens , Zones 4–9 )

1 . ‘ Rose Glow ’ Nipponese barberry(Berberis thunbergii‘Rose Glow ’ , Zones 5–8)2 . ‘ Blue Horizon ’ ageratum(Ageratum houstonianum‘Blue Horizon ’ , annual)3 . Juniper(Juniperussp . , Zones 2–9)4 . Flowering tobacco(Nicotiana langsdorffii , annual)5 . ‘ Vardar Valley ’ boxwood(Buxus sempervirens‘Vardar Valley ’ , Zones 6–8)6 . Purple coneflower(Echinacea purpurea , Zones 3–9)7 . Miss Willmott ’s ghost(Eryngium giganteum , Zones 4–9)8 . ‘ Lidakense ’ cliff sedum(Sedum cauticola‘Lidakense ’ , Zones 5–9 )

1 . ‘ Claridge Druce ’ brave geranium(Geranium×oxonianum‘Claridge Druce ’ , Zones 4–8)2 . ‘ Crimson Pygmy ’ Nipponese barberry(Berberis thunbergii‘Crimson Pygmy ’ , Zones 5–8)3 . ‘ beam Embers ’ hydrangea(Hydrangea macrophylla‘Glowing Embers ’ , Zones 6–9)4 . Ribbon grass(Phalaris arundinacea , Zones 4–9 )

1 . ‘ Bright eye ’ garden phlox(Phlox paniculata‘Bright centre ’ , Zones 4–8)2 . Culver ’s root(Veronicastrum virginicum , Zones 4–8)3 . Blue oat grass(Helictotrichon sempervirens , Zones 4–9)4 . ‘ Claridge Druce ’ hardy geranium(Geranium×oxonianum‘Claridge Druce ’ , Zones 4–8 )

1 . Drumstick allium(Allium sphaerocephalon , Zones 4–11)2 . ‘ Blue Horizon ’ ageratum(Ageratum houstonianum‘Blue Horizon ’ , annual)3 . ‘ Autumn Joy ’ sedum(Sedum‘Autumn Joy ’ , zone 3–11)4 . Balfour ’s impatiens(Impatiens balfourii , annual)5 . whitened musk mallow(Malva moschata‘Alba ’ , Zones 3–8)6 . ‘ Plum Pudding ’ heuchera(Heuchera‘Plum Pudding ’ , Zones 4–9)7 . empurpled coneflower(Echinacea purpurea , Zones 3–9 )

1 . Juniper(Juniperussp . , zone 2–9)2 . Formosan rhubarb(Rheum palmatum‘Atropurpureum ’ , Zones 5–9)3 . Queen Anne ’s lace(Daucus carota , Zones 3–9)4 . gilded Nipponese barberry(Berberis thunbergii‘Aurea ’ , geographical zone 5–8)5 . ‘ Fireglow ’ euphorbia(Euphorbia griffithii‘Fireglow ‘ , Zones 4–9)6 . ‘ Superba ’ snakeweed(Persicaria bistorta‘Superba ’ , Zones 4–8)7 . Blue oat grass(Helictotrichon sempervirens , Zones 4–9 )

1 . Feverfew(Tanacetum parthenium , Zones 4–9)2 . Cordyline(Cordyline australiscv . , Zones 10–11)3 . Drumstick allium(Allium sphaerocephalon , Zones 4–11)4 . Miss Willmott ’s ghost(Eryngium giganteum , Zones 4–9)5 . Purple coneflower(Echinacea purpurea , Zones 3–9)6 . ‘ Plum Pudding ’ heuchera(Heuchera‘Plum Pudding ’ , Zones 4–9)7 . aureate spirea(Spiraea thunbergii‘Ogon ’ , Zones 5–8 )

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