| The trees and shrubs around the pond are displaying their fall colors; many plants are showing a wonderful range of colors with their berries; the Petasites is amazing even as it dries up, the recent frost has edged the Sasa veitchii foliage with white; and the Hakonechloa and Metasequoia look as fresh as they did in the spring. |
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Looking east across the pond and up the hill to the Grass Garden with a brilliant yellow Cercidiphyllum japonicum (AGM) on the right. The Cercidiphyllum is a member of its own family, Cercidiphyllaceae.
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| Looking west across the pond, the Rhus on the right is a mix of pale oranges and greens and the Euonymus beyond and to the left is a brilliant deep red. | ||||
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| Near the Petasites on the left, this Holly, native to eastern North America, is covered with brilliant red berries that will remain after the leaves fall. | |||||
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Helleborus foetidus (AGM) and Geranium macrorrhizum create a wonderful composition of contasting shapes and shades of green in the Woodland.
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| Although not blooming heavily now, this Corydalis seems to bloom forever. | ||||
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An astonishingly golden Polygonatum in the Woodlands.
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| A close-up of the golden foliage and a pair of the small black oval seeds. | ||||
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The red sepals are now reflexing back to display the seeds which have turned blue as the spectacular--and surprisingly winter hardy--Clerodendrum puts on the final part of its show for the season on the Himalayan Slope.
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| Perhaps it was just the light, but the berries on this Berberis near the Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' on the Himalayan Slope were absolutely amazing--rosy pink where they had been kissed by the sun fading to a creamy yellow on the other side. | ||||
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Shown blooming with its clusters of small purple flowers on July 5, those flowers have now turned into clusters of similarly colored berries.
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| In the Upper Woodland, the golden variegated Hakonechloa always seem to look like it was just groomed. | ||||
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A very interesting spot in the Woodlands. On May 17 Scilla hispanica was blooming with its sea of blue flowers. On July 5 the Scilla flowers and foliage had faded and been replaced by the solid green Sasa veitchii foliage. And now, completing the cycle of this spot in the garden, the first frost has turned the edges of the Sasa foliage white and this plant is now quite distinguished.
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There may have been a frost last week and the deciduous trees may be displaying their fall colors, but the foliage on the grove of Dawn Redwoods across the pond looks totally fresh--and like it could be spring. AGM |
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