Dileos win Garden of the Month
The Hammond Garden Club’s choice for Garden of the Month in June belongs to Sam and Sylvia Dileo of Rue St. Michael in the Villa West subdivision.
Along the front of the house, yellow lantana, a drift rose, Asian vinca and gardenias provide bright color and greenery.
In front of that, a circular bed features Red Flash and Miss Muffet calladiums, variegated lantana, and liriope. To the left lies an elongated bed with agapanthus, yellow cannas, yellow lantana and red Knockout roses.
The back of the house features a pool and raised deck. Asian vinca makes the exterior rear walls of the house a sea of green, and everywhere one looks, baskets of colorful petunias, coreopsis, and daisies draw the eye.
On the deck and near the pool, pots of yellow cannas, hibiscus, crotons and marigolds provide color.
Although, as with all of Hammond’s gardens this year, the late freeze did some damage to their plants, four giant split-leaf philodendrons survived and flourished.
Sam and Sylvia, a longtime member of the Hammond Garden Club, designed and maintain their beautiful garden.
Amazingly, there’s no sign of Hurricane Ida’s having dropped three trees onto their deck and house just two years ago. The Dileo garden is truly an example of resilience and recovery.
The Hammond Garden Club’s choice for Garden of the Month in June belongs to Sam and Sylvia Dileo of Rue St. Michael in the Villa West subdivision.
Along the front of the house, yellow lantana, a drift rose, Asian vinca and gardenias provide bright color and greenery.
In front of that, a circular bed features Red Flash and Miss Muffet calladiums, variegated lantana, and liriope. To the left lies an elongated bed with agapanthus, yellow cannas, yellow lantana and red Knockout roses.
The back of the house features a pool and raised deck. Asian vinca makes the exterior rear walls of the house a sea of green, and everywhere one looks, baskets of colorful petunias, coreopsis, and daisies draw the eye.
On the deck and near the pool, pots of yellow cannas, hibiscus, crotons and marigolds provide color.
Although, as with all of Hammond’s gardens this year, the late freeze did some damage to their plants, four giant split-leaf philodendrons survived and flourished.
Sam and Sylvia, a longtime member of the Hammond Garden Club, designed and maintain their beautiful garden.
Amazingly, there’s no sign of Hurricane Ida’s having dropped three trees onto their deck and house just two years ago. The Dileo garden is truly an example of resilience and recovery.