Wyoming/Irish Garden revisited

Arriving at the Sullivans!

 I have been enormously privileged to have befriended the former Governor of Wyoming (Mike Sullivan) and his extraordinary First Lady (Jane) over the years. A few weeks ago they hosted nine of us from the Denver area at their lovely home in Casper, which I have featured before on Prairie Break (by FAR my most popular post, by the way--14,800 page views in case you were interested!). The Sullivans have a heck of a lot of good friends. I hope some of them come back to compare that post taken in September with their garden at its late spring height!

Acer tataricum HotwingsTM

 What a treat to see such a lovely specimen of our champion Plant Select maple outside their front door! Jane and Mike are up on the very best plants.

Wonderful containers everywhere...

Governor Mike along the creative pathway with Tamara Winters of Boulder

 The brick pathway includes some granite pieces discarded from the state Capitol--and very appropriately embedded here!

Did I mention containers everywhere?

And more containers? Aren't these fun with the ceramic spheres?

I really like the combo of spheres and the wonderful red of petunias here..

I love the pergola, draped with vines...

MORE containers, and elegant borders...

Clematis cv. everywhere!

 I should have counted the clematis--there are no end of them in this garden!

Another view of pergola--with Coyote fence roof

And yes, more Clematis!

Sweet peas in bondage! And still fresh in hot Wyoming summer (nights are cool)

Isn't THIS a lovely combo?

You can almost smell the rose...

Golden leaved feverfew

Yes folks--we are in Wyoming!

Hylotelephium in a pot...

And a superabundance of roses...

And more clematis

Sorbaria sorbifolia

I am always amazed that this midsummer wonder--that is so tough and adaptable--is so rarely seen in gardens. But here it is at the Sullivans'!

And yet more clematis

Heliopsis coming on...

There is something incongruous about Fuchsia in central Wyoming--but there you are!

And MORE clematis

Another view

My favorite Governor ever and his incomparable First Lady!

Table decoration...

What a party!

Finishing up with this view of some garden art--the Sullivans RULE!

Wyoming is fortunate to have had the service of the Sullivans for many years, and our country was served nobly when they were Ambassadors to Ireland during the Clinton Administration. One of my favorite things about Colorado is having Wyoming nearby--and the Sullivans at its very heart.