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Down the carefully crafted new curving boardwalk some of the new white plantings can be seen on the near right with 'Elizabeth' framed (a bit tightly) by some of the tall deciduous trees in the Woodland.
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| And across the pond 'Elizabeth' is peeking out from behind a Birch. | ||||
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Looking south across the pond and the end of the Conservatory to Magnolia 'Elizabeth.' A fast growing cultivar, this large specimen fills its space well.
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| A close-up of some branches covered with the large creamy yellow flowers. | ||||
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A close-up of a creamy yellow flower.
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| Seen against the inside of its insulated box, it's getting bigger! And speaking of bigger, the neighboring Petasites leaves are already over 18 inches across. | ||||
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No need to go back to April 27 to see the Glaucidium, here is this perennial treasure again.
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| The name says it all--Just like the common Violet--except the flowers are white with a splattering of freckles. What a great idea! | ||||
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An old English clone first seen in the Oxford Botanic Garden.
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| So many ways to do blue and white in the Woodland. Here we have Anemone blanda 'White Splendour' with Lathryrus vernus 'Blue.' | ||||
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Here is the white form--last week we saw the checkered red form.
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| To quote Dan Hinkley--"One of the very best white forms of Wood Anemone, with six elegant petals and a central boss of white petaloid stamens, forming a pompom effect of great beauty, held above low mats of ephemeral spring foliage." There you have it! | ||||
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Blue Forget-Me-Not-like flowers on a Brunnera cultivar apparently named for its leaves edged with white.
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| The second Lunaria of this day's report--the perennial species, L. rediviva, is shown in the Flower Garden on the previous page. |
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