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A hectic schedule might prevent you from enjoying your garden during the day, but with some planning you can extend the enjoyment of your garden into the evening. Moonlit flowers, fragrance, and night sounds all combine to make an evening garden calming and soothing, a wonderful place sit, relax and entertain at the end of the day. Horticulturist, Bryon Martin from Logee's Tropical Plant Nursery & Catalog tells us about some great additions to your garden for evening. An evening garden comes to life at dusk, precisely at the moment when the reds, oranges, and blues of other flowers begin to fade. There are two basic elements you include in an evening garden. The first is plants that will reflect the moonlight, street lamps, or garden lights; these plants illuminate flowers and foliage and make the garden a different experience. The most obvious way to illuminate the darkness is to use colors and flowers that are reflective; creams, silvers, some pale lavenders, pinks and of course whites. The second element in an evening garden is scent. Night fragrant plants use their intense perfume to draw in pollinators. Scent in the evening somehow carries further than in the daytime and adds a wonderful element to the garden. Here are some evening garden suggestions from Logees's. • Aloysia virgata, Sweet Almond Verbena, has long spires of white fragrant flowers on an upright shrubby form, it flowers year-round. Special Thanks:
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