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Actually not in the Flower Garden, but in front of the main house, is this arrangements of whites--Strobilanthes maculatus, Hedera helix 'Glacier' and white Impatiens.
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A Trio of Whites
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The White Garden
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These whites are Impatiens glandulifera 'Alba' and Hibiscus syriacus 'Diana.'
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Yellow Tiger Lilies and Rudbeckia laciniata--a yellow species of the genus named after Olaf Rudbeck and his son, both of whom were botany professors at Uppsala. This is the first father and son botanist team we have come across.
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Part of the Yellow Square
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Ingenious Yellows
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I promised you that some of the combinations were ingenious--Rudbeckia laciniata again and a Flowering Maple--Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'--with its green leaves splotched with yellow.
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Echinops ritro--Globe Thistle, on the left-- and Perovskia atriplicifolia--Russian Sage, native from Afghanistan to Tibet, and named after V. A. Perovski, a provincial Russian governor--in front of the yellow square.
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The Blues
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Rudbeckia laciniata
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A red Canna provides a contrast to a large patch of Rudbeckia laciniata. Like the red leaved Cannas, the Rudbeckias seemed to be very good at grabbing my attention. They must have been two of the stars of this Garden in August.
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In the red bed we have red Day Lilies, Hemerocallis 'Admiral Nelson' and Monarda 'Colrain Red.' See the next page to find out about Nicolas Monardes.
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The Red Bed
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The Red Bed
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A bit of Rosa 'Europeana', in the upper left and Hemerocallis 'Admiral Nelson' and Monarda 'Colrain Red' again--by moving slightly we can create a whole new photo.
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A dark leaved Ligularia--Ligularia dentata 'Othello' in the red bed.
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Ligularia dentata 'Othello'
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The Red Bed
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Hemerocallis 'Admiral Nelson.'
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Phlox--the harbinger of late summer announces the season.
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Pink Phlox
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Pink and White Phlox
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Phlox, the plant Vita Sackville-West referred to as "monuments of solidity." I'll agree to that!
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