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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 30, 2017 12:18:04 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 30, 2017 15:19:43 GMT
ooh...lots of succulents love the little rounded pots on the steps.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 31, 2017 7:36:01 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 31, 2017 7:40:14 GMT
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Post by breeze on Aug 31, 2017 14:45:39 GMT
Interesting to see the garden of a botanist and garden writer. Mr Bowles had eclectic tastes in plants.
A tunnel of espaliered fruit trees--be still my heart! I would love something like this in my garden--plus a gardener to keep it attractive and productive.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 2, 2017 3:59:51 GMT
Quite nice and an interesting change in vegetation from the typical (English) garden. I imagine that some of these plants might require additional protection in the winter, and not just the ones in the hothouse.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 2, 2017 13:38:28 GMT
Ohhhh ~ thanks so much for this, Mick! I'm pretty sure I have not read Bowles' books, although over the years have been exposed to many quotes from them and allusions to his ideas. All the succulents were a big surprise and it's wonderful to see them used as accents and "window dressing" -- good ideas for gardeners who admire them but may be unsure of how to place them.
Is the red-flowered plant after the topiary picture a form of Illicium? What is the lumpy green thing there in the squash leaves? And that "long berry" in the last picture -- ?
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 2, 2017 14:43:31 GMT
Hello my yellow rose of Texas! I knew somebody would ask. Of course I took the picture thinking I would remember and of course I don't. Why don't I use my notes? Clematis keeps coming into my tiny mind. The wrinkly thing is a squash of some nature and the only label near the last one was Sarcoccus.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 10, 2017 16:55:11 GMT
Thanks, Mick.
Could the last picture be beauty berry -- Callicarpa? I'm unable to find a picture of any Callicarpa species with berries that so completely cover the stem in exactly that way.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 13, 2017 7:56:53 GMT
I've never seen a black Callicarpa I must say.
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