| Cornus kousa is displaying its raspberry-like fruits; a huge Polygonum is covered with tiny pink and white flowers; a distinctive white Tricyrtis is blooming along with an unusual Ligularia in the Woodland; the Willow-Leaved Sunflower is blooming in the Gravel Garden; and a Campanula is blooming on the Cliff. |
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The tubular frame has been placed over the giant Gunnera to extend its season. It is covered with fabric to protect it when cold evenings are expected.
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| Known as the Turtle Head for the shape of the pink flowers, this member of the Scrophulariaceae family native to the southeastern US is a happy late season bloomer in the Woodland. | ||||
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The raspberry-like fruits of Cornus kousa.
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| A hardy Begonia with drooping clusters of pink flowers with yellow stamens. One of the hardiest Begonias, it is native to Malaysia and China. | ||||
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This extraordinary tree-like perennial is now covered with masses of truly tiny flowers which become redder as they develop.
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| A close-up of the feathery sprays of tiny red and white flowers. | ||||
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A totally unspotted white Tricyrtis blooming with flowers from the bottom to the top of each stalk. A member of the Convallariaceae family native to Japan.
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| A close-up of the pure white flowers with golden yellow stamens. | ||||
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Hellebore foliage is suddenly springing up everywhere in the Woodland and beginning to become more and more prominent.
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| An unusual species of Ligularia blooming across the path from Clethra barbinervis. | ||||
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The Dragon's Claw Willow--a very appropriate name for this Willow with very contorted leaves growing at the bottom of the Himalayan Slope.
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| Blooming in the Gravel Garden, the name, Willow-Leaved Sunflower, says it all. Yellow flowers like a single Sunflower and very narrow foliage. Native to the US. | ||||
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And on the Cliff, Campanula portenschlagiana 'Resholdt's Variety' (AGM) is blooming next to a dwarf grass--Acorus gramineus 'Pusillus.'
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| The pink berries of this Viburnum--known as the Withe-Rod--are continuing to turn blue and then wither up. |
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