Saturday, June 20, 2015 10:00 AM
The WOODLAND GARDENS OF LOU BLISS
6109 Knapp Road, Canandaigua
Lou and Bradley Bliss invited more than twenty of us to their two acre oasis of woodland
gardens with rustic stone paths and shallow streams winding through an
array of perennials and an abundance of hostas. When Lou is not working with the garden at Gleaner's Kitchen or the Bloomfield
Garden Club she devotes her time and obvious talents to the wonders of her woodland garden.
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| three acres around the home and gardens are surrounded with 8 feet high plastic fencing to keep the deer out |
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| Lou ties rope to plastic kiddy pools to help move things throughout the garden |
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| Lou's second home? |
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| baby ginger under hosta leaves |
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| Tiger lily and Indian bloodroot |
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| This innocent little white flower is a Houttuynia Cordata or chameleonplant. Lou told us it has been very invasive. |
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| shells on trees attract snails and keep them from the plants |
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| Gunnera - the enormous leaves |
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| trilium |
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| Lou tells us about the jack in the pulpit that smells like spoiled meat |
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| Lou has over 300 varieties of Hosta |
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| stick teepee for critters |
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| Bear's breeches |
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| note tiny mouse ear hosta along the edge of this garden |
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Bridegroom hosta with reverse leaves In addition to the plants named above we saw these species (and several more not even mentioned here): Pulmonaria, sweet woodruff myrtle, lady slipper, may apple, gooseneck loosestrife, goatsbeard, lenten rose (hellebore), ligularia, Annabelle hydrangea, and spurge (Euphorbia) |