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Bourton House

Located in the village of Burton-on-the-Hill, in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, Bourton House is an eighteenth-century manor house with a sixteenth-century Tithe Barn. It is surrounded by a three-acre garden and a seven-acre walled pasture that is now planted with specimen trees. The Jacobean-style house was originally built in 1598 and was shortly thereafter purchased by the wealthy London lawyer Sir Nicholas Overbury. There is a dark history involving Overbury's son, which includes adultery and murder. It is quite a convoluted story, and I don't believe any of the shady dealings actually took place at Bourton House. You can read the story here and decide for yourself. An interesting note about these manor houses and gardens is that the front of the houses usually faced the back of the property. At least that was the case with Hidcote and Kiftsgate . The same here with Bourton House, where the entrance to the property (right next to a busy street) contained a litt...

Container combination


Coleus "Defiance" and Variegated Plectranthus (Swedish Ivy)


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. I love the container. And your pedestal behind it with the ladies!

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  2. Beautiful...I love the combo! Have you been having rain lately? We've had quite a bit and the plants look happy now!

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  3. Love it! I do coleus in containers every year. It is one of my favorite container plants. What are some of your tips on keeping it looking so good? When do you pinch it back/trim it? Yours looks so good, I know that you have to have some tricks up your sleeve!!

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  4. Awesome color - I love that coleus. I am saving it's name so I can add it next year.

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  5. These look great together! Coleus is just the most beautiful summer foliage plant.

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  6. It does catch your eye, beautiful.

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  7. Hi really like these combinations Phillip~You've got texture, color and different leaf shapes! gail

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  8. Yep, I like this combo. The coleus is such a surprising plant. They look so small in spring and then they take to the heat and humidity and grow large giving such a lovely show with just those leaves.

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  9. Simple and elegant, I like it. My coleus isn't doing well this year. I've about given up on that container
    Marnie

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  10. I do love Coleus(es?). The colors (and name) of 'Defiance is so vibrant. I actually sowed some Coleus and they turned out great. The recent rains have made my container with them in it double in size (um, the plants, not the container itself, though it would be nice if it could expand alongside!)

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  11. Granna, we got about 1/2 inch on Monday. Not a lot but it helped.

    Lisa, actually I don't do that much to them except occasionally pinch them back if they start to get too tall. Some years coleus does better than others - last year they didn't do much, this year they are. I don't know how to explain it!

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  12. I love coleus. Your's has an award at http://chickenesque.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-been-long-enough-but-i-got-some.html

    ~Randy

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  13. Really pretty combo. I like how you have it displayed also.I have been following your blog for some time and enjoy your posts.

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  14. Excellent combination. I like Coleus too. Wonderful foliage for great containers.

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  15. Mmmm, pretty. Love your new background BTW.~~Dee

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