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Purple-flowering Onopordum acanthium on the left, orange Lilium 'Yolanda' in the middle, and a red-leaved Canna on the right are back-lit by the late day sun.
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Thistles, Lilies, and Canna
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Down the Skinny Vista
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Looking down the "Skinny Vista" Hydrangea villosa about to bloom on the left with the white Polygonum polymorphum--which has been blooming for over a month--still continuing to bloom on the right.
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A giant-leaved Colocasia thriving in a moist spot in the dappled light.A member of the Araceae family native to the Sandwich Islands..
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Colocasia esculenta
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Chenopodium, Humulus, Canna, Phormium
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On the left, Chenopodium giganteum with its new foliage a bright magenta, variegated Hop foliage--Humulus japonicus 'Variegatus'--in the center, a very dark-leaved Canna on the right, and just a few equally dark Phormium leaves in the bottom right.
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The soft silvery blue-green leaves of a large mass of Plectranthus about to bloom.
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Plectranthus argentatus
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Contrasting Grasses
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The delicate bottlebrush-like flower heads of Hystrix patula glow in the sun in front of the coarser and taller Arundo donax.
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The yellow stripes of Ctenanthe oppenheimiana 'Tricolor' (AGM) echo the yellow flowers of Impatiens 'Yellow in Patten' in the Rainbow Bed.
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Ctenanthe and Impatiens
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Ligustrum 'Vicaryi'
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Golden foliaged Privet, Ligustrum 'Vicaryi'.
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A bright blue Salvia with an exotic darker blue pattern on the lower lip--possibly the Mexican native, Salvia cacaliifolia.
AGM
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Salvia cacaliifolia
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Neomarica gracilis
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Brought out from the Conservatory and blooming in a pot on the deck by the main house. A member of the Iridaceae family native to Brazil and known as the Walking Iris. N. caerulea has similar flowers with the three outer petals brilliant blue.
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One of several species of Eucomis growing in pots and brought out for the summer. A member of the Hyacinthaceae family known as the Pineapple Flower for the tuft of leaf-like bracts on the top of the flower spike--like a Pineapple.
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Eucomis comosa
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White Lilies on the Himalayan Slope
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Lilium 'Roma' blooming with its upward facing white flowers among the Ligularia dentata foliage on the Himalayan Slope.
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Native to California from Monterey south and known as Woolly Blue Curls--for its long curly stamens and woolly flower spikes--this member of the Lamiaceae family is blooming under glass.
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Trichostema lanatum
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Gem from China
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Collected in China by Caroline Burgess three years ago, this fascinating gem is blooming in the Pit House--although it is yet to be identified.
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