10 June Favorites
Magnolia 'Kay Parris' With so much going on in the garden in June, it is hard to choose only ten favorites. I challenged myself and have done just that. These are plants that look good around the midway point in June, specifically from June 15-20. I begin with Magnolia 'Kay Parris'. Believe it or not, having spent the majority of my life in the South, I never grew a magnolia. They are emblematic of the South, where magnificent specimens grace old plantation homes and stately homes in older neighborhoods. I always thought of magnolias as huge trees, not suited to a small garden, but things have changed, and more varieties are now available that are not supposed to grow as large. We now have two magnolias in our garden, both of which were added recently. When one of the old photinias that line our back property line died, it left a gaping hole. I had been looking at magnolias at the nursery and decided a smaller one might make a good backdrop and create a good privacy s...
Phillip, I hope this is your first and last prison to visit! Well, there is also Alcatraz...
ReplyDeleteThe rose border in the first picture looks lovely with a stone wall as a background.
In a previous life (as a teenager dreaming of being an actor), I once participated in a shoot for a TV movie of some sort at the Eastern State Penitentiary outside of Philadelphia. Interesting / spooky place with a memorable ambience - http://www.easternstate.org/
ReplyDeletePS - Al Capone apparently was once a 'resident' there!
PPS - It's fun reading about your trip. Thanks for sharing pics and impressions.
No worse place to be. Makes me unsettled just looking at those tiny cells.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting as well as depressing! Beautiful old stone but know you were glad to get to the Botanical Garden! Enjoyed!
ReplyDeleteDo you think it's haunted Phillip!!?? Can you imagine the history of that place!
ReplyDeleteI second Aaron's recommendation.
ReplyDeletePoor Michael! He thought he was getting away from yet another garden for a while--except he wasn't!
ReplyDeleteThe graveyard--at least there is the beautiful wide open sky, and the wild hills undulating like waves.