Gardeners in the Northern Hemisphere are starting to plan their summer gardens. Most are thinking about how their plants and flowers will look in the bright sunshine in the coming summer. But when the summer sun goes down in the evening, and you are sitting outside at home, you may not be able to see many flowers in the yard without artificial lighting. With some planning, you can plant a “moon garden.” That is one you can enjoy by the light of the moon.
Gardeners in the Northern Hemisphere are starting to plan their summer gardens. Most are thinking about how their plants and flowers will look in the bright sunshine in the coming summer. But when the summer sun goes down in the evening, and you are sitting outside at home, you may not be able to see many flowers in the yard without artificial lighting. With some planning, you can plant a “moon garden.” That is one you can enjoy by the light of the moon.
北半球的园丁开始规划他们的夏季花园。大多数人都在考虑他们的植物和花卉在即将到来的夏天在明媚的阳光下会是什么样子。但是当夏日的傍晚夕阳西下，坐在家里外面的时候，如果没有人工照明，你可能看不到院子里的许多花。通过一些计划，您可以种植一个“月亮花园”。那是你可以在月光下享受的。
Jessica Damiano writes about gardening for The Associated Press. She says plants with silver or multi-colored leaves, white or light-colored flowers, or flowers that open only at night are good choices for a moon garden. Another way to enjoy plants in the evening is to choose ones with a pleasing smell. Plant them along a walkway or near a seating area outdoors, where you can enjoy them up close, or within view of a window. For a moon garden, Damiano suggests planting these kinds of light-colored, moon-reflecting blooms: the moonflower (of course!), as well as Shasta daisy, four o'clock, sweet alyssum, yarrow, snow-in-summer, evening primrose, petunias, New Guinea impatiens and geranium. Insects that visit flowers at night to collect pollen, such as the sphinx moth, love them, too.
杰西卡·达米亚诺 (Jessica Damiano) 为美联社撰写有关园艺的文章。她说，带有银色或多色叶子、白色或浅色花朵或只在夜间开放的花朵的植物是月亮花园的不错选择。晚上欣赏植物的另一种方法是选择气味宜人的植物。将它们种植在人行道上或户外休息区附近，在那里您可以近距离欣赏它们，或在窗户的视野内。对于月亮花园，达米亚诺建议种植这些浅色、反射月亮的花朵：月亮花（当然！），以及沙斯塔雏菊、四点钟、香雪球、西洋蓍草、夏雪、月见草、牵牛花、新几内亚凤仙花和天竺葵。夜间来花采集花粉的昆虫，如狮身人面像蛾，也很喜欢它们。
You can begin the garden early with early bloomers, like lily of the valley, daffodil and azalea. Make the season last longer into the autumn with late bloomers like chrysanthemum and autumn clematis. Plants with unusual or multi-colored leaves include spotted dead nettle, Japanese painted fern, Jack Frost Siberian bugloss, hostas, silver lamb's ears, dusty miller, Russian sage, silver mound wormwood and some euonymus varieties. All of these plants can be seen after sundown and especially seem to shine under a full moon.
你可以早点开始种植早期开花的植物，比如铃兰、水仙花和杜鹃花。用菊花和秋季铁线莲等晚开的植物让这个季节持续到秋天。具有不寻常或多色叶子的植物包括斑点死荨麻、日本彩绘蕨、杰克弗罗斯特西伯利亚牛舌草、玉簪属植物、银羊耳、尘土飞扬的磨坊主、俄罗斯鼠尾草、银丘艾草和一些大叶黄杨品种。所有这些植物都可以在日落后看到，尤其是在满月下似乎闪闪发光。
If you want good smells to fill your yard in the evening, plant mock orange gardenia, lilac, summersweet, and jasmine. In very warm places, try planting ylang-ylang and frangipani to fill your evenings with pleasure. Remember that like a painting, a garden needs something behind the attention-getting objects in front. Include a backdrop of woody plants like the sweet-smelling Korean spice viburnum, or white-blooming hydrangeas. Trees like paper birch white or silver poplar, acacia and eucalyptus light up the night. Find out about those that work best in your climate by talking with other gardeners or a local expert.
如果你想让好闻的气味在晚上充满你的院子，可以种植仿橙子栀子花、丁香花、夏日甜和茉莉花。在非常温暖的地方，尝试种植依兰和鸡蛋花，让您的夜晚充满乐趣。请记住，就像一幅画一样，花园需要在前面引人注目的物体背后有一些东西。以木本植物为背景，例如香气扑鼻的韩国香料荚莲或开满白花的绣球花。纸桦树、白杨树、金合欢树和桉树等树木照亮了夜晚。通过与其他园丁或当地专家交谈，找出最适合您的气候的那些。
For the best visual effect, plant in groups of three, five or seven, of the same kind of plant. That is a good gardening method in general because it avoids creating a disorganized mixture of plants and flowers. But it is more important in a moon garden. You do not want your single plants to get lost in the dark. There is one more thing to increase how much you can see your moon garden -– add some small lights that face the plants. Their light will increase the appeal of your moon garden. Think about using other light-colored design elements, as well, such as fencing, plant supports, stones, water features and glass balls.
为了获得最佳视觉效果，将同种植物分成三组、五组或七组种植。一般来说，这是一种很好的园艺方法，因为它避免了植物和花卉杂乱无章的混合。但它在月亮花园中更为重要。你不希望你的单株植物在黑暗中迷路。还有一件事可以增加你能看到你的月亮花园的程度——添加一些面向植物的小灯。他们的光会增加你的月亮花园的吸引力。考虑使用其他浅色设计元素，例如栅栏、植物支架、石头、水景和玻璃球。
