The Gardens of Mien Ruys - a book review
I don't know how I missed her, but I was totally unfamiliar with Mien Ruys. A beautiful new book The Gardens of Mien Ruys details her life and work. Born in the Netherlands in 1904, she was the daughter of Bonne Ruys, who founded Moerheim Nursery in 1888. She grew up in a liberal atmosphere and encouraged to learn and study. She found great comfort in the natural world around her and learned all the plants in her father's nursery at a young age. After leaving school at the age of 19, she knew that she wanted to work in the garden center. The Moerheim Nursery, in addition to selling plants, had an on-site design studio where they published a detailed catalog and sold landscape design plans to customers. It was in the design studio where Ruys first began to work and she was soon encouraged to venture beyond her country and study abroad. Her father's connections helped her secure a traineeship with Wallace & Sons Nursery in Tunbridge Wells in England. There, she met Gertr...
Great vine, Phillip! I'm always looking for plants for the hummingbirds and may try this as an annual next year as it wouldn't be hardy here in zone 5.
ReplyDeletelooking at the blooms that close they look like fish. i know i see everything different than the rest of the world! Hope all is well with you and yours!
ReplyDeleteLostRoses, it is hardy here and that is great.
ReplyDeleteCarol, they do look like fishes!
One I've often thought about picking up, glad to hear it is well behaved.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this vine before. I bet it is a Southern vine. It is pretty.
ReplyDeleteI need to give that a try next summer. I don't think I've ever seen it around here. Did you start it fram seed or buy it as a plant?
ReplyDeleteCasa, it was a plant given to me. I don't know if it is easily grown from seed.
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