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This is exciting! I have wanted an orange ginger lily for as long as I can remember. I tried growing it in Alabama and never got a bloom. I do have a white ginger ( Hedychium spicatum ) that has had a few blooms. A few years ago, someone told me that 'Tara' is the only one that will reliably bloom here. I don't know if that it true but I finally got one this year (thank you Dancing Oaks!). Planted in April next to our South foundation and given ample water, I can hardly believe it, but it looks like a bloom is imminent - in its first year! I'm holding my breath... Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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Soos Creek Botanical Garden
Our final stop on the garden tour was the Soos Creek Botanical Garden in Auburn, Washington. I had never heard of this place and it was spectacular. This garden has only been open to the public for ten years. I do not remember the man's name who created it but he is in his 90s now and still lives in the house on the property. Our tour guide said that he learned many of his gardening techniques and design principles in Europe.
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Beautiful! We don't see Hydrangeas like that down this way - not ever.
ReplyDeleteThey were so lush and huge.
DeleteA lovely garden. The second to last photo of Cotinus and Telekia(?) is a stunning combination.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was a great combination too.
DeleteI visited this garden years ago; it's so lush and inviting. What's the massive green plant at the side of the pond?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'm not exactly sure. I will try to find the name.
DeleteAll these beautiful gardens (including yours!) kind of boggle the mind.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. Looks like heaven when everything here is so dried out and sunburnt. Refeshing!
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