Yellow jasmine, heavy with blooms, sweeps the curb, and, at the end of the nearby driveway, Carolina jasmine vines dripping with yellow blossoms welcome visitors at 2730 Summit Ridge, home of Jerrold and Cindy McMillan, Spring Lake Garden Club's Yard of the Month.
Though it is the spectacular color that draws one in, it is a quietness of shady paths, lovely plants native or adapted to...