tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53394374764784638622024-02-19T02:00:55.775-05:00The Traveling GardenerVisiting nearby and faraway gardens for pleasure and inspirationFrances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-59444527147586284612014-12-31T19:47:00.000-05:002014-12-31T19:47:09.194-05:00Happy New Year!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The last day of the calendar year has arrived. On this day we reflect on the twelve months that have just passed and look forward to the 365 days ahead. Those of us who love gardens and gardening begin to think about excursions and acquisitions we yearn to make during the new year. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My garden travel plans? I hope to return to Taiwan and spend more time visiting gardens there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And in my own garden, my goal is to tame more of the "jungle" by adding more ferns to an area overrun by English ivy. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I wish for each of you a blessed 2015. What</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> are your garden-related goals and dreams?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving, readers! What am I grateful for on this day? Among many blessings, I am enjoying seasonal color without leaving town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We don't normally have a whole lot of autumn leaf color where I live. Most often the leaves drop without changing to mango, topaz, ginger, or garnet. This year is different. Leaves have remained on trees a bit longer than usual, I think, and an early freeze last week seems to have coaxed startling pigment from some of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In addition to the effect of climate change, there is another reason for the increase in fall color in the Lowcountry. A couple of years ago the Town constructed medians on Highway 17, landscaping both the medians and the verges, on each side of the road, with an attractive palette of plants. And in my own yard, I now take into account the potential for gorgeous autumn foliage when I select new shrubs and trees to plant. Several months ago I purchased a coral bark Japanese maple with color in mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here in the Lowcountry, autumn is a time of beauty in our gardens, even if we don't have much brilliant leaf color. Camellia susanquas are in bloom along with lantana, Confederate roses, Turk's cap mallows, chrysanthemums, sweet Williams, pansies, and marigolds. I have narrowed down to nine the plethora of photographs I want to show you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I first noticed the Confederate rose at a plant sale perhaps three or four years ago and bought one not knowing what to expect. Wow! Here, it flowers in autumn. The blossoms start out white and pinken before turning red. Now I notice <i>Hibiscus mutabilis</i> when I'm out and about. In one yard in my neighborhood, closer to the deep water of the Wando, a line of Confederate roses grow near the street. Two weeks ago, during the Charleston Horticultural Society's Garden Tour, I spotted a gorgeous specimen in a Seabrook Island cul de sac island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As a teenager, my now-grown daughter loved roses and asked to plant some. This "Peace" rose is around twenty-years-old and the only one to survive of the three or four varieties I bought for her. Ten or more years ago, I relocated the rose hoping it would be happier in a spot without full sun. Eventually nearby trees grew and blocked the sun for most of the day. Last year I finally wised up and put down mulch. Voila! This month: Four or five rose buds at one time on this hybrid tea. That's a first. If you look closely at the photograph, you will see that something has been nibbling on the leaves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The soil around a magnolia I purchased from a local nursery in 2012 contained a seed from which sprouted a bonus plant. The plant had daisy-like flowers. It grew tall. I transplanted it to another spot in the garden and took cuttings and planted them directly into the ground. I also scattered the seeds. Late last summer I began to suspect the plant must be invasive. During my trip to Taiwan, I saw this same plant growing weed-like along mountaintop roadsides. Upon returning home, I uprooted the plants still growing in my yard. A few sprouted this year. I pulled up most but allowed two or three to grow. Earlier this month, while serving as a garden tour docent, I discovered this plant growing <i>en mass</i> along a small portion of the homeowner's driveway. I asked him what it was. "Shepard's needle," he said before confirming that it can be invasive. But the way he incorporated it into his landscape? Amazingly beautiful! The pollinators feasted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How could I not have noticed the American beautyberry until recent years? Visiting my oldest sister in North Carolina, I discovered one growing behind her house beside an old cemetery where several of our ancestors are buried. In 2011 (I think), I bought one at the Native Plant Society sale and another at Plantasia and planted both beneath the huge live oak in my front yard. Both have thrived. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These oakleaf hydrangeas are ones I transplanted from the backyard. Both came from the same parent plant. The top one I planted last year. The one with the interesting leaf color, I moved this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">During lunch I used to walk past a house on the Charleston peninsula where each autumn Turk's cap mallows bloomed in the tiny front yard. I coveted these bright blossoms. Lucky for me, a plant I selected at a swap last year turned out to be a Turk's cap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All of the photographs above I took in my own garden. The two below depict an October morning at Mount Pleasant's Alhambra Hall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Back in my grandmother's day, gardeners regularly traded cuttings, seeds, and seedlings with friends and neighbors. Nowadays, people often buy their bedding plants and shrubs at local nurseries or from big box stores. They hire landscaping firms to make selections and implement designs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Too many 21st century homeowners are missing out. Trading plants is not only fun, but it's a great way to save money and discover new varieties, and even new species, at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">This past Saturday I woke early. After dressing, I hurried out to the garden where I dug up and potted nine plants </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">to take to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorthCharlestonPlantSwap?ref=br_tf" target="_blank">a plant swap in North Charleston</a>. My contribution consisted of </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">2 yellow cannas, 1 camellia seedling, 1 avocado, 1 oak leaf hydrangea, 1 bushy marigold, 1 cast iron plant, 1 old-fashioned orange daylily, and 1 plant that escapes my memory. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Participants arrive at Park Circle between 10 and 11 a.m. and place swap items on a stretch of lawn. After unloading my car, I wandered across the lawn looking at what plants were on offer. I saw plenty of Mexican petunias, but since I already have some of those (from two or three different sources) and they almost never bloom for me, I didn't linger. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Many participants already stood guard beside their first swap choices. I found a blood banana and fell in love with its gorgeous red and green leaves. Actually, I found two of them, a few yards apart. I stationed myself beside the one that stood upright. The other was lying down. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A man, helping other people unload plants, came over to me and said, "Thank you for guarding this for me." He pointed to the blood banana. We both laughed. He wandered off to more carry plants for someone. What a friendly, funny man! When he finished assisting the newcomers, he came back to where I was and said, "Thanks," and moved in as if relieving me at the end of a shift. I stood there awkwardly for maybe fifteen seconds before making my way to the prostrate blood banana.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">At 11 a.m. the organizer of the event called out, "Select one plant." After allowing participants time to move chosen plants off the lawn, he announced it was time to pick another plant. Later it was "Okay, now pick two plants." After a second "two plant" selection opportunity, it was "get as many plants as you can carry, because I don't want any left over."</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I came home with the blood banana (</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">
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blossoms, 1 ginger stalk, 1 named daylily (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #201100;"><i>Hemerocallis</i> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">"Strawberry Candyâ), 2 or 3 wandering Jew
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">When I left, all of my donations to the swap had found takers - all except one, that is. A yellow canna remained, still hoping, I imagine, to get picked. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Hibiscus syriacus</i>, better known as rose of Sharon, is a hardy deciduous shrub native to Asia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A few years ago I bought a small rose of Sharon and planted it where I wanted it - outside the laundry room. That first year it graced me with a few flowers. The next year there might have been two or three blossoms; the following year probably none. It didn't seem to grow any taller or wider. If anything, I think it shrank. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In spring of 2013, I moved it to a spot with full sun. It flourished in its new location, shooting up a few feet in height and bursting into flower. This summer it bloomed early and profusely and continues to do so. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">While visiting public gardens, I've been introduced to other members of the hibiscus family, to other varieties I'd grow if I had sufficient room. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">A double white Rose of Sharon growing in Greensboro's Arboretum</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In mid-June, while motoring through the Southern Appalachian Mountains, I discovered the North Carolina Arboretum, located a short distance from my route. I spent part of my morning there ambling through the gardens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Arboretum charges a per vehicle fee which is waived for members. As I am not a member and was traveling alone, my admission fee was in effect $12 -</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> several dollars more than I expected to pay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Yet, after visiting, I'd do it again - and</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> allow more time for exploring. The property includes 65 acres of cultivated gardens and more than 10 miles of hiking trails - far too much ground to cover in less than two hours. I did have time, however, to stop by the Heritage Garden, the Quilt Garden, the Stream Garden, the Bonsai Exhibition Garden, and the Plants of Promise Garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Earlier this month while driving to Columbia to spend the afternoon browsing in unfamiliar libraries and give an evening poetry reading, I detoured off I-26, heading south on US Highway 301 to visit Edisto Memorial Gardens in Orangeburg, South Carolina. High levels of contrast in lighting (not ideal for photography) accompanied my impromptu midday visit</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">, but at least I was present. For many years, I'd planned to stop by, but never seemed to manage to get there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My first visit to Edisto Memorial Gardens occurred in the spring of 1979. We were traveling up US 301 on our way from South Georgia to Union Grove, North Carolina. Azaleas might have been flowering but I don't recall seeing them. I just remember wanting to return when the roses were in bloom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I saw the exit sign on June 11 of this year, it occurred to me that the time was right. Roses would be blooming. What I didn't realize was that I'd get to see not only a large selection of roses, but a wide variety of daylilies, as well.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Unidentified daylily</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"Pretty Blue Eye" daylily</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Stroll past daylily beds and dangling Spanish moss and head to a romantic bench</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For more information about Edisto Memorial Gardens, visit: <a href="http://www.orangeburg.sc.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=70">http://www.orangeburg.sc.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=70</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sit back and enjoy the gardens</span></td></tr>
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com2Orangeburg, SC, USA33.4918203 -80.855647633.3858768 -81.0170091 33.5977638 -80.6942861tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-11480097955209992172014-05-31T00:39:00.000-04:002014-10-07T11:24:23.878-04:00The Amazing Daylily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the first part of May, ripe fruit on brambles and blossoms on rambling rose, hydrangea, pomegranate, and coreopsis signal the coming of the daylilies. My favorite ritual during the second half of May, and the first half of June, is to stroll through the garden and delight over what is new. Often I carry a camera to capture </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hemerocallis</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> blossoms, since they last but a single day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For years, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">when passing through Georgetown, South Carolina, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I stopped by </span><a href="http://roycroftdaylilies.com/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roycroft Daylily Nursery</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> and purchased new plants. I am sorry to report that Roycroft is no longer able to accommodate walk in customers. The good news is that they still sell via their catalog and website. I've managed to locate handwritten receipts from my 1993, 1996, and 2007 purchases. In '93 I bought "Ming Porcelain," "Bloodline," "Seductress," and "Hamlet." In '96, "B-R Fairy Tale Pink," "B-</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">R Ben__?__," and an unidentified seedling. In '07, "Jedi Dot Pierce" (which received too little sun until transplanted last year) and "Forsyth Hearts Afire." More recently I bought a seedling labeled "Super Giant 33." I haven't located the records of my other Roycroft purchases and must have recycled the old catalogs I'd accumulated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">During each of the past three years, I've bought fans for $5 a pair from <a href="http://www.ahsregion15.org/Clubs/Lowcountry/">Lowcountry Daylily Club</a> at Charleston Horticultural Society's Plantasia. Attached to the fans of foliage are plastic labels naming the cultivar and describing the expected height and color combination. Thus far, I've purchased "Burgess Seashell," "Majestic Hue," "Gemstone Warrior," and "Holiday Star."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Even knowing the names of some of what I have, it can be difficult to match a cultivar name to the actual plant. I haven't had any luck finding a photo of "Burgess Seashell" online. Its plastic label describes it as "orchid pink, lt. peach bi-tone, GT." GT apparently stands for green throat. Fortunately, when I initially planted "Burgess Seashell" two years ago, I placed actual seashells nearby. This week I transplanted my "Burgess Seashell" daylilies, moving them from the deep shade beneath the live oak to a location beside the workshop where it will receive morning sun and afternoon shade. Perhaps next year it will bloom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In addition to the various cultivars I've purchased at Roycroft and Plantasia, I have several I've transplanted from my mother's garden, others I purchased packaged at Lowe's twenty years ago, and yet others I acquired last year at a plant swap. Some haven't bloomed yet because they're still settling in. Others have bloomed but I haven't been able to identify them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Family members have given to me what</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> I call roadside daylilies. These are the bright orange ones. Here they generally bloom later than the hybrids. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This one bloomed for the first time this year. It reminds <br />me of the old-fashioned roadside daylilies, yet, it's different.<br />Look at the midribs. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For as long as I can remember, an intense rivalry has existed between North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). In the interest of full disclosure, I attended both of these state universities during my long and varied undergraduate career, and I can say with certainty that, while very different in ambiance, each of these two schools is fabulous in its own way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The North Carolina Botanical Garden sells a selection of native plants in its shop. I confess, the trilliums tempted me, but since I had doubts about their ability to survive a Lowcountry summer, I bought an American witch-hazel (<i>Hamamelis virginiana</i>) instead. The witch-hazel's ribbony yellow flowers will be a treat for the eyes each autumn for years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Many homes in the Raleigh area are built on wooded lots and I've heard Raleigh called a city within a park because of that. The town of Wake Forest also has plenty of wooded lots and I couldn't help but envy the owner of one small front yard with its ground completely covered by moss. Who would choose the labor and toxic chemicals required to cultivate a lush grass lawn, when gorgeous, maintenance-free, velvety moss is an option? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Saturday morning before meeting my friend Laura for lunch in Raleigh's Cameron Village, I drove to the NCSU's J.C. Raulston Arboretum (JCRA), where the Raulston Blooms & Birds Garden Festival was in progress. Although admission is normally free, Festival admission was $10 per family or $5 per person. The ticket price included entry to a plant sale and a series of gardening demonstrations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After wandering through the Lath House and Japanese Garden, I returned to the lawn where the plant sale was taking place and purchased the following: a small Celeste fig (<i>Ficus carica "Celeste"</i>), Red Fox Katsuna (<i>Cercidiphyllum japonicum</i>), Ivy Leaf Maple (<i>Acer cissifuluim</i>), Taiwan holly (<i>Ilex urainsis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">JCRA's redbud collection is among the most extensive in this part of the world. On the weekend I visited, the redbud specimens at the Arboretum were in full bloom, as were many growing along roadways in Wake and Orange counties, where NCSU and UNC, respectively, are located. Redbuds also flourished in nearby Durham County.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Azaleas grow well in many areas across the world, yet I think of them as Southern. For the record, we do have native azaleas; however, most of the azaleas cultivated here are not natives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My pink azaleas are among the first to bloom. "Pink Ruffles," "Traditional Pink," and "Coral Bells," I purchased this year in one gallon containers. I'm really enjoying their flowers, yet my current favorite azalea is one with deep orangey-red blossoms that I planted four or five years ago. Perhaps I'll figure out its name when I finally finish organizing my records. Even though it isn't as photogenic as the pinks, I love observing it from the kitchen window. The spot where it grows receives a splash of sunlight in both early morning and late afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"George Tabor" and "Mrs. G. G. Gerbing" are old favorites. If memory serves, my grandmother had one of each growing in front of her house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year I added two reds to my collection, "President Clay"and "Midnight Flare." They grow at the back of the lot and are just now budding. Joining them are my two recent additions, "Hershey's Red" and "Johanna's Red," which haven't yet bloomed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2011, I planted a red variety called "Christmas Cheer" but where, oh where, did I place it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On this day last year, my native azalea had begun to bloom. Not so this year.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This lovely pink is one I planted or transplanted last year.<br />I've been looking though my records hoping to discover its name.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I continue to add to my azalea collection as I attempt to recover an area taken over by English ivy and Florida betony. Two more additions back there this year: "White Gumpo" and "Renee Michelle." Tonight I ache from pulling up vines and digging, pulling up vines and digging, pulling up vines and diggingâŠ.</span></div>
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-6189801631913144752014-02-28T09:35:00.001-05:002014-02-28T09:36:26.130-05:00Daffodil Delight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There's something jubilant about daffodils. Just when the bleakness of winter seems as though it will never end, they erupt into bloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Over the years I have planted the contents of fifty bulb sacks of buttercream and mixed daffodils and planted smaller quantities of uncommon varieties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Last year very few of my daffodils bloomed. Many other area gardeners had the same disappointing results. Could the relatively warm winter of 2012 have been the culprit?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This year two fluorescent yellow daffodils popped up next to my carport in January and stayed fresh for most of the month, even enduring freezes. This month daffodils are present in patches at various locations across the yard. Not all are blooming, but enough have to remind me that spring is almost here.</span><br />
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<br />Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-29498015584359249742014-01-29T21:37:00.001-05:002014-02-20T18:29:07.465-05:00Those Carolina Parakeets<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">January brings an increased number of birds to my backyard. Last week an infrequent visitor, the Baltimore Oriole, stopped by. I am sorry to report that the Carolina Parakeet never shows up - it became extinct early in the 20th Century. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I feel very blessed that such a variety of avian species choose to spend time here. It hasn't always been that way. Twenty-some years ago when I bought this suburban property, it and neighboring properties had recently lost masses of trees to Hurricane Hugo and the pine bark beetle. Except at the very back of the lot where a few wax myrtles, a red tip, and a couple of palmetto trees grew, my backyard consisted of patches of St. Augustine grass interspersed with weeds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Over the years I planted fruit trees, hydrangeas, azaleas, and camellias. In winter I put out suet and sunflower and thistle seeds. Gradually birds began to come seeking food on cold days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Here is a list of visitors that came to feed on a chilly Tuesday in this final week of January:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mockingbird (See my <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5339437476478463862#editor/target=post;postID=2213455929862114660;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=1;src=link" target="_blank">December 2013 post</a> for a photograph of this friend.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Yellow-rumped warbler (aka Butter-butt)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Brown thrasher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Carolina chickadee</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Tufted titmouse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Downy woodpecker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Goldfinch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Carolina wren</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Palm warbler (?)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Blue jay</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Mourning dove</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cardinal</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Common yellow throat (New to my garden!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Boat-tailed grackle</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Red-winged blackbird</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Bluebird (New to my garden within the past year and still infrequent, but often seen in other local neighborhoods)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What, you might ask, do birds have to do with gardening? For me, birds are one of the most precious components of a garden - especially those species with brightly colored plumage or sweet songs. The trees and shrubs in my garden provide places for songbirds and others to perch, hide, nest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And why did I use the title "Those Carolina Parakeets"for this blog post is spite of the fact that Carolina Parakeets never visit my garden? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /><b>The voice here is sometimes questioning, sometimes asserting, but always clean and precise. In these poems--these jewels--Pearce endears the natural world to us, and us to the natural world.<br /><br />â<a href="http://poems-songs.com/?section=bio" target="_blank">Paul Allen</a>, author of <i>Ground Forces</i> and <i>American Crawl</i><br /><br /><br />These smart, clear-eyed poems teach the reader some of lifeâs essential lessons: how it feels to be presentâplace by place, moment by momentâto the notes of oneâs own song. Whether at a King Tut exhibit in Munich or a garden in Kyoto, the imaginative joins the analytical in the compelling attempt to decipher the dayâs outer and inner weather. âMy mission is to locate // the lost, the forgotten, the innovative, / the rare,â says poet Frances Pearce. Lucky reader, to take this wise, enchanting journey with her!<br /><br />â<a href="http://susanmeyers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Susan Laughter Meyers</a>, author of <i>My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass</i> and <i>Keep and Give Away</i></b></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bQcEtzdtEXw05QeTbah6os-1cGoIz9cujmLs1aM6TD53UoZ-ZfAbVnemNexQ3Rbwj_rtMXBzPTEPUwrCMm-J6egdcpkobIU1pL_CYIYb_vzKPlc2XsIejK1VnZYlFJiP0tzwSA40jPI/s1600/Chinese+fringe+flower+Pearce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chinese fringe flower" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bQcEtzdtEXw05QeTbah6os-1cGoIz9cujmLs1aM6TD53UoZ-ZfAbVnemNexQ3Rbwj_rtMXBzPTEPUwrCMm-J6egdcpkobIU1pL_CYIYb_vzKPlc2XsIejK1VnZYlFJiP0tzwSA40jPI/s320/Chinese+fringe+flower+Pearce.jpg" title="Copyright 2013 Frances J. Pearce" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Here is one of several Chinese fringe flowers I bought with an Abide-A-While gift certificate a group of generous colleagues gave me almost ten years ago. Lately I've allowed the <i>Loropetalum</i> to sprawl. The effect late last January? Magnificent!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">A year or two ago I traveled to Carolinia Nursery in North Augusta, SC to find this Star Magnolia which I brought home and planted out front. I bought it as a reminder of the Star Magnolia I saw in Kyoto, Japan soon after the March 11, 2011 earthquake. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Just one of several day lilies descended from ones I purchased from Roycroft Nursery in Georgetown, SC.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This rambling rose I brought from eastern North Carolina where it thrived on a ditch bank.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">It must have been nearly twenty years ago that my daughter brought home a starter for <i>this</i> rambling rose after a visit to the site in central North Carolina where her father and his third wife were building a home. These roses bloom profusely each May. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Growing on the Eastern North Carolina farm that has been <br />in my family for generations, this quince is beginning to dwarf the woodshed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This mockingbird often kept me company in the garden last winter. Will it return?</span></td></tr>
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-57028189063153439542013-11-29T21:37:00.001-05:002013-12-05T09:37:02.619-05:00Lowcountry, Late Autumn<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With all the extra rain that descended on the Lowcountry during the summer of 2013, I wondered whether we would get a higher degree of fall color than usual this year. I'm no botanist, but I've observed more brightly colored leaves here this month than in any other November since moving to the area more than two decades ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I think of autumn in the Lowcountry, I think of Spanish moss dangling from live oaks and of the marsh with its spartina grass turned the color of ready-to-harvest wheat. In the wild, s</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">carlet Virginia creeper and the bright yellow leaves of wild muscadine garland trees and anything else they manage to climb. Dogwoods always provide a bit of color before dropping their leaves. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This year I'm noticing more maples and ornamental fruit trees displaying vibrant colors. And I'm loving it.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Near creeks and rivers this is what November looks like in Mount Pleasant</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">A typical Lowcountry autumn scene: Live oak dripping with Spanish moss</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This year trees display more vibrant leaves than usual</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">âŠbut there are plenty of just plain brown leaves on the ground</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Virginia creeper can be counted on to add brilliance</span></td></tr>
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<br />Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-459032042966026572013-10-17T01:43:00.000-04:002019-03-04T21:28:28.780-05:00Letter from Taiwan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">This temple dragon near Taichung's Botanical Gardens faces a convenience store across the lane</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In public spaces here in Taiwan I frequently see jungle geraniums used as shrubs, squared off as if they were boxwood. I have found vertical gardens in both commercial and park settings, living walls indoors and out. I have witnessed orchid foliage and roots attached to trees along a city street in Taichung and orchids in bloom holding on to temple garden trees above Sun Moon Lake. In a Taipei park I discovered the name of a flowering perennial that blooms wild in my Lowcountry front yard late each August: zephyr lily. Also in Taipei, I attended a bonsai exhibition and was reminded of the tiny pine I'm growing in a styrofoam cup at home, reminded that I need to be more proactive in mapping out its growth. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've come across tree roots that look like a map of unexplored territory. I've</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> visited a flower market, which turned out to be more like a series of connected plant nurseries rather than the florist mecca I imagined. I've enjoyed the perfume of plumeria blossoms. I've walked among treetops in the Xitou Forest Recreation Area and seen tree ferns that delighted the eye. And I'm not done yet. One day soon I'll visit Taichung's Botanical Garden. Perhaps as early as this afternoon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Angel's Trumpet growing near an ancient red cypress tree in Xitou Forest Recreation Area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Why don't my angel's trumpets thrive like this?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Inside a vendor's tall at Taichung's Flower Market</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Bougainvillea galore</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">A segment of the Calligraphy Greenway in Taichung<br /></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Zephyr Lily grow in a Taipei park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Amazing tree roots at Shueili Snake Kiln</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Luxuriant hibiscus growing near Sun Moon Lake</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">At the Bonsai Exhibition in Taipei</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Ornamental ginger at Syuanguang</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The brand new Ikea in Taichung</span></td></tr>
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-80137956526469470242013-09-29T10:58:00.001-04:002013-09-29T10:58:37.037-04:00A Homeplace Garden<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">A glimpse of the grounds</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Stopping by Virginia's Chesapeake Arboretum with my ninety-two-year-old mother, I feel like I'm visiting my grandparents on the farm.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Remember when people grew their own food? In the American South fig trees and pecan trees thrived in backyards. Veggies grew in garden rows. And cannas, hydrangeas, and azaleas provided flowers to be cut for indoor enjoyment. That's what this place is like. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The Caleb Williamson Farmhouse and its grounds are part of the Chesapeake Arboretum</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Hungry caterpillars</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My mother sits on a bench shaded by the sprawling fig tree as I wander around the old homeplace. Bluejays call to one another from nearby trees. Occasionally one swoops in and devours some of the abundant ripe fruit. A gardener comes over and says we should help ourselves to some figs. I pick one for my mother and she finds it delicious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Places like this one inspire me and reinforce my long ago decision to turn my suburban lot into a homeplace garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For more information about the Chesapeake Arboretum, visit their website: </span><a href="http://www.chesarbor.org/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">http://www.chesarbor.org</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In the Scottish Highlands heather tints the hillsides purple during the months of August and September. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">And here I am in the sultry South Carolina Lowcountry wax</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">ing nostalgic about late summer trips to Scotland. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">This year I won't be inhaling the crisp Highland air or the delicate scent of heather. You see, I finished the research for my novel <i>Stumbling through Heather</i> and, in fact, have completed the writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What most surprised me about heather was how sturdy it is. But then it has to be in order to survive in the harsh environment where it thrives. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Heather, also known as ling, is a dwarf shrub with a life span of approximately thirty years. Cross-leaved heath and bell heather grow alongside ling on peaty moorlands. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This heather I photographed growing near the base of Beinn Eighe appears </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">more rosy </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">than purple. Some heather flowers are more pinkish than purple,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In his book <i>Introducing Heather</i>, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">David Lambie</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> states that a single large heather plant can produce as many as 150,000 seeds. No wonder certain hills turn purple when the heather blooms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">During a stay in Lochcarron I observed domesticated heather growing in a resident's garden. It made me want to create a heather bed of my own. Unfortunately, the climate where I live doesn't suit true heathers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mexican, or false, heather can be found in plant nurseries here, but it lacks the vigor of <i>Calluna vulgaris</i>. And where locally</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> might I find the heather-scented air freshener I remember from my stay in Lochcarron?</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"No wonder she's loopy."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I first became aware of Lamb House when I read Rumer Godden's memoir <i>A House with Four Walls, </i>in which </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Godden says "It was at Lamb House that I learned a little about old roses; there was a whole garden of them round a waterlily and goldfish pond where the Garden Room had once stood...." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Henry James resided at Lamb House from 1897 to 1916. While there he wrote <i>Wings of a Dove</i>, <i>The Golden Bowl</i>, and <i>The Ambassadors</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In April of 2003 I came upon a listing for Lamb House in the </span><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Gardens to Visit Guide</span></i><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">, </i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">a free booklet</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> packaged with the </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">BBC Gardeners' World</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> magazine I purchased at Glasgow Airport. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">According to the </span><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Guide</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">, the property "features a charming walled garden that boasts a rich variety of plants, including roses, a gum tree and trumpet creeper." </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I decided to make a day trip to Rye during a trip to London in June of that same year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">With the house and garden only open two days a week, and only open in the afternoon, I knew I would have to take care in planning my trip. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And I did. In spite of issues with the train and a lack of helpfulness from staff members at Charing Cross Station, I managed to get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Arriving in Rye before visiting hours at Lamb House, I lunched at Fletchers House Tea Room where the sedate pace of service slowed further as chef and waitstaff hurried to the door to see and photograph a fellow employee passing by with her uniformed groom on the way from their marriage at the city hall. The bride wore a white sari.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It isn't quite as grand as I'd expected. The rooms are smaller. The oak paneling is dry and contracted. I'm sitting in the kitchen garden to the side of the house near where the garden room stood before a bomb blast destroyed it in 1940. Behind the house stands an Indian bean tree.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On my way back to the rail station, I stopped by Cinque Ports Pottery and ordered a ceramic house plaque. I am sorry to report that the pottery closed its doors in 2007. How fortunate I am to have this plaque.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lamb House is a National Trust property. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lamb-house/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lamb-house/</a></span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-37819025297042755082013-06-16T19:09:00.000-04:002013-11-26T09:36:20.279-05:00Journey to Sissinghurst<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ten years ago, I spent one week in London during the month of June. During that week I made day trips to Kew Gardens, Lamb House in Rye, and Sissinghurst Castle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>At Victoria Station. Am steaming inside. Why didn't I just have a lie in and read all day? Instead, once again I've wasted time by going to Charing Cross Station first instead of Victoria. Silly me - didn't realize they were going to cancel today's run that stops at Staplehurst. So here I am at Victoria losing an hour. I'll miss the direct bus to Sissinghurst. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>But this is what adventures are all about. Or perhaps I should say this is what quests are all about - the struggle, the conflict, the repeated failures, and yet determination to succeed when it would be much easier just to give up.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My introduction to Sissinghurst Castle came late in 1990 while perusing the November issue of <i>HG</i>, the now-defunct American version of </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">House & Garden</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> magazine. The issue included an article by Nigel Nicolson about the renowned garden created by his parents, the writers Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The garden has evolved since its origin in the 1930s. In his article "Sissinghurst Grows Up," Nigel Nicolson wrote "The garden changes because we do not slavishly replace a plant that dies with the same plant in the same place." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On June 22, 2003, I disembarked from the train at Staplehurst Station, located an open taxi stand but decided, after the long ride, to visit the loo before arranging transportation out to Sissinghurst. I retraced my steps to find the nearly hidden sign for the ladies room. Once inside, I saw a urinal and wondered how I managed to end up in the wrong room. It reminded me of a morning a few years earlier when </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">at the Raleigh-Durham airport </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I came upon a man in the ladies room. A victim of poorly placed signage, the man stood inside a toilet stall, door open, with his back to the restroom entrance. His eyes widened when, turning as he zipped up, he saw me enter the room. I imagine that in that instant he comprehended why this airport restroom had no urinals. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">At Staplehurst Station I almost backed out of what must have been the men's room, but having the chamber to myself, I instead opened a stall wherein I found a half-eaten chili dog perched on the toilet tank. I averted my eyes and held my breath, reminding myself how far I'd come to get there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A moment later, back outside, I discovered that the taxi stand had closed during my brief absence. After noting the phone numbers posted on the door, I walked to a pay phone at a nearby car park, dropped in the appropriate coins and dialed. The dispatcher who answered the call assured me a car would pick me up in approximately fifteen minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">While waiting inside the station, I noticed two men peering into the glass windows of the taxi stand. One pointed to the phone numbers and pulled out his mobile. A moment later the station door opened and, walking in, he asked if I had ordered the taxi and would I consider sharing the car to Sissinghurst. I told him I'd be happy to have company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As we waited together I learned that the two men also had expected to take the train out of Charing Cross, the usual point of origination, and like me had to travel to Victoria, thereby missing the 10:32 train as well as the direct bus from Staplehurst Station to the gardens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Both of the men spoke with British accents but one told me he lived and practiced law in San Francisco. Earlier I had heard them asking each other getting-acquainted questions. During our ride to Sissinghurst Castle, the "American" one gallantly attempted to include me in conversations, but captivated with the countryside passing outside the taxi window I left them to their courtship. When we arrived at our destination, the San Francisco resident generously insisted on paying the full fare rather than splitting it as our driver had suggested and as I had expected we would do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Once inside the grounds of Sissinghurst, my only complaint was that I had to share the magnificent garden rooms with so many other people - this in spite of the fact that, because of rain, the gardens had fewer visitors than usual. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The property's current owner, the National Trust, provided a map that guided me to the rose garden, the herb garden, the nuttery, the cottage garden, and the famous White Garden. That afternoon I saw masses of calla lilies, acanthus, yellow columbine. Brick walls served as the backdrop for roses and other ornamentals. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The garden rooms were, if anything, even more lush than portrayed in the <i>HG </i></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">photographs </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">or the written accounts I had read prior to my trip</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">. I found the</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> White Garden breathtaking - </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">something like a giant bridal bouquet with a soft lacy effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Harold Nicolson, as garden designer, put the technique of framing to good use. Ten years on from my trip I still remember admiring the vistas I came upon as I strolled through the garden rooms. C</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">anopies of trees framed three sides of a statue; a stand of ferns provided the bottom of the frame. Was this something Harold Nicolson planned? Or the later work of National Trust horticultural employees? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Always while visiting the great gardens there is much to see, yet not enough time. I take photographs, not only to remember, but so that I can discover later what I overlooked on site. On this day I had only a film camera and evidently a single roll of print film. As a result, I have far fewer pictures of Sissinghurst than I would have if I had then owned a digital camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In Sissinghurst's gift shop I bought a tan National Trust backpack, Vita Sackville-West's novel <i>All Passion Spent</i>, a collection of her newspaper columns entitled </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Your Garden Again</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">, and a children's book <i>The Great White Owl of Sissinghurst</i> written by the late Dawn Langley Simmons, an interesting and controversial former resident of Charleston. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Later while awaiting the train that would take me back to London, paging through </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Your Garden Again,</span></i><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> </i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I located </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sackville-West's June 22, 1952 newspaper column</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">, published in <i>The Observer</i> exactly fifty-one years prior to the day of my excursion. Sackville-West wrote about herbaceous peonies, sharing the secrets to growing them successfully. In closing she noted that the peonies will "...probably outlive the person who planted them, so that his or her grandchild will be picking finer flowers fifty years hence." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Did I see peonies in the garden? Sitting there at Staplehurst Station, I wished I had noticed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For information about Sissinghurst, visit the website of the Britain's National Trust: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst-castle/">http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst-castle/</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For some ideas of what to plant in your own version of a white garden, take a look at <a href="http://gardenvisitor.blogspot.com/2013/04/dreams-of-white-gardens.html" target="_blank">Dreams of White Gardens</a>. </span></div>
Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-90712115094478082872013-05-31T09:41:00.000-04:002013-05-31T13:06:20.253-04:00A Wild and Peaceful Garden <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Almost exactly twenty-six years ago I moved to the Lowcountry and embarked on a career in accounting. The first firm I worked for had its offices on King Street in Charleston. An adjacent path ran from King to the cemetery of the Unitarian Church located on Archdale Street. When things got stressful, as they do in the deadline-driven world of accounting, I sometimes headed outside to walk. That's how I first discovered this distinctive churchyard garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">What I love about the Garden of Remembrance is its riotous vegetation. How can I feel guilty about the untidiness of my own garden when here I see the dazzling communion of weeds and cultivated plants?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">In 1989 Hurricane Hugo overwhelmed Charleston. Its winds removed the roof from one of the two buildings that housed the accounting firm. The roofer got to work quickly, but not until after photographs were taken to document the extent of damage. I remember seeing the pictures during those first terrible days when the whole world seemed to have turned upside down, a time when armed members of the National Guard roamed the streets and a nearby restaurant cooked chicken outside on a grill because electricity hadn't yet been restored. How ludicrous it all seemed. Those photographs captured an unusual view: in the foreground, file cabinets stood in the roofless attic; in the background, blue sky and the tower of the Unitarian Church dominated.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Last Friday, May the 10th, Magnolia Plantation participated in National Public Gardens Day, offering free admission to visitors who printed out a coupon available on-line. I've never seen such a throng of people in Magnolia's gardens, but then I've never before visited during a major event. In times past when I've been there, it's been during the colder months when more camellias are in bloom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Magnolia Plantation and Gardens includes a small formal garden, a biblical garden, a camellia garden, an oak avenue, a wildlife observation tower, a horticultural maze, and a petting zoo. By paying additional fees, visitors can tour the house, take a boat ride, and visit the Audubon Swamp Garden.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">What I like best about Magnolia Plantation is the scenic beauty of bridges over small lakes inhabited by native alligators. I enjoy hearing peacocks call and I love seeing the colors, forms, and textures of camellias and azaleas and a variety of other flowering plants.</span></div>
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-68151751883496313832013-04-30T00:14:00.001-04:002017-05-01T13:20:17.012-04:00Dreams of White Gardens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A few months later the <a href="http://gardenvisitor.blogspot.com/2013/01/camellias-in-bloom.html" target="_blank">camellias</a> that came with the house burst into colorful bloom. Unwilling to uproot them, I relinquished the idea of having my own white garden. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But I didn't give up planting annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees with white blossoms. You see, white helps flowers with clashing colors play well together. Recently my golden native azalea and a nearby peach tree bloomed at the same time. Their blossoms competed for attention until I planted an Easter lily in their midst.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Two years ago after returning from a trip to Japan, where I saw numerous <i>Pieris</i> shrubs growing near temples in Miyajima and <a href="http://gardenvisitor.blogspot.com/2012/12/strolling-through-kyotos-temple-gardens.html" target="_blank">Kyoto</a>, I purchased a small one at the Charleston Horticultural Society annual plant sale. My <i>Pieris</i> is still small. I love the way the tiny bell-shaped flowers dance in the breeze.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlJNd5Oll5Jul2L9kqKv1JI-z1hGNHzXEDAELP0UBTZgqk2KqPnf4FjSBPuQcd3ONMOPtGv-K9VYUDi5HMTVktTWI_kCu9JWuH0AhGtkOwRnLf84uyi1XeVw8WB3yPBxo6IdAwDVNoS8/s1600/Cilantro+corriander+blossoms.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img alt="Cilantro aka coriander blossoms" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlJNd5Oll5Jul2L9kqKv1JI-z1hGNHzXEDAELP0UBTZgqk2KqPnf4FjSBPuQcd3ONMOPtGv-K9VYUDi5HMTVktTWI_kCu9JWuH0AhGtkOwRnLf84uyi1XeVw8WB3yPBxo6IdAwDVNoS8/s400/Cilantro+corriander+blossoms.JPG" title="Copyright 2013 Frances J. Pearce" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUC_tSoRdxOjWa97Ipyvy4wWBxdz5nRSkEIqcmDaa6JYKe8yKD4FM3vfcmFWOpliBzvyIUIsf8kTXqXY-k8tuPIXQ3meVyqBshONMNm0cdpC3LHx3S94dqRCr29m2AdwCEjQ2i-ifplNA/s1600/Open+plum+blossom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img alt="Plum blossom" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUC_tSoRdxOjWa97Ipyvy4wWBxdz5nRSkEIqcmDaa6JYKe8yKD4FM3vfcmFWOpliBzvyIUIsf8kTXqXY-k8tuPIXQ3meVyqBshONMNm0cdpC3LHx3S94dqRCr29m2AdwCEjQ2i-ifplNA/s400/Open+plum+blossom.JPG" title="Copyright 2013 Frances J. Pearce" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nearly eighteen months ago I made a day trip to an out-of-town nursery that imports and cultivates numerous Asian plants. My intention was to purchase a weeping cherry tree. Due to an apparent misunderstanding, a nursery employee sold me a Chinese fringetree rather than the weeping cherry I had requested. Having bought several other plants as well, I was halfway home before I realized a mistake had been made.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Last week I went to <a href="http://gardenvisitor.blogspot.com/2013/01/two-days-in-brookgreen.html" target="_blank">Brookgreen Gardens</a> to hear my poet friends Susan Laughter Meyers and Libby Bernadin read. While there, I saw gorgeous fringetrees covered in blooms. I expect these were the native <i>Chionanthus virginicus</i>.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBVk8CDDTJJRsNmaLiJSzRjayFYTmIWXsqIvsrS9bpJ-x5SbXeDDwUIhOLIfFzmbkK5tVP3F7ONqh-NFi2bLm7JGaHyxHO2OWR3VGYISfY3UDKkc6oToBJsNN-_nfSjsOFkq0YfZ2nPU/s1600/Meyer+lemon+blossoms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img alt="Meyer lemon blossoms" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBVk8CDDTJJRsNmaLiJSzRjayFYTmIWXsqIvsrS9bpJ-x5SbXeDDwUIhOLIfFzmbkK5tVP3F7ONqh-NFi2bLm7JGaHyxHO2OWR3VGYISfY3UDKkc6oToBJsNN-_nfSjsOFkq0YfZ2nPU/s320/Meyer+lemon+blossoms.jpg" title="Copyright 2013 Frances J. Pearce" width="180" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dmNGAn2dK4jQj51veZ437yKDK1_xoI6KUQJ1vnVNs8vxkgFZ1fpn0JCqNG63G6BFydBxb4lSRAqLHp6jfEz7KBO_tR7O011KWs1VL1Mq1RenTBWRnvNIwli726G707fyX3_9LGK-8MA/s1600/White+Lady+Banks+rose.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="White Lady Banks rose" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dmNGAn2dK4jQj51veZ437yKDK1_xoI6KUQJ1vnVNs8vxkgFZ1fpn0JCqNG63G6BFydBxb4lSRAqLHp6jfEz7KBO_tR7O011KWs1VL1Mq1RenTBWRnvNIwli726G707fyX3_9LGK-8MA/s320/White+Lady+Banks+rose.JPG" title="Copyright 2013 Frances J. Pearce" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr>
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-25597915040900962472013-04-14T08:00:00.000-04:002013-11-26T09:34:32.396-05:00Dogwood Tales<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">When I visit other people's gardens, I love to hear the stories associated with their plants. Today I'll share with you a few of my own dogwood tales.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One tree started out more than twenty years ago as volunteer under the live oak in the front yard. Back then I had a front lawn and didn't want to mow over the tiny tree. I dug the volunteer up and moved it to the back yard where I planted it in a depression created, I suspect, when Hurricane Hugo uprooted a tree. At one time this transplanted volunteer looked beautiful. The year my daughter married, a ring of shasta daisies encircled its trunk, but in recent years it began to look bedraggled. I thought it must be diseased. Just over a year ago I talked to the arborist about cutting it down. He convinced me to let him shape it up instead. I'm glad he did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A few months after I transplanted the volunteer, a mature dogwood close to the street met tragedy on Palm Sunday, when a young driver failed to make a curve and his car sailed through my front yard. The hit-and-run driver decapitated the dogwood. I planned to have the remains cut down but the elderly neighbor across the street loved the tree and sent his yardman over to tend to it. It survived. Now it serves as a wide screen - and blooms like crazy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One tree is a replacement for a drought-stricken dogwood I had cut down back in the mid-nineties. My dermatologist drove past my house daily on his way downtown and noticed my dead, and then missing, tree. He dropped off a volunteer he'd dug up in his own yard further down the street. It grows in the small flower bed where its predecessor once stood and has survived several subsequent droughts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Another dogwood bifurcated. It and a cedar were freebies given away by a governmental agency during the Southeastern Wildlife Exhibition several years ago. It's hard to resist a free tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My smallest dogwood is one of perhaps ten the Arbor Day Foundation sent a few years ago in exchange for a small donation. It's the only member of its group to survive - assuming it's still alive. It has barely grown at all and hasn't leafed out yet this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And finally, there was one that I particularly loved. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Another volunteer.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It grew near the house. It looked quite handsome standing between a mass of white-blossomed azaleas and a pittosporum, but quickly grew tall and began to push against an overhanging shingle. The tree doctor said it had to go. I still miss it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Around here dogwoods in bloom are a sign that spring has arrived</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I hope you'll share your own dogwood tales in the comment section below. You don't have to register to comment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An Unrelated Note: The Volunteer Almond</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Earlier this week, while working in my garden, I noticed that a seedling had emerged from the ground approximately a foot away from the almond tree I planted in January of last year. The leaves on the seedling looked much like those on a nearby peach tree. The almond tree grows next to the former site of a compost heap and is dressed with compost. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I wondered whether a peach pit had sprouted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I dug the seedling up and, much to my surprise, found a sprouted almond still attached. The almond certainly didn't come from my tree. The tree didn't produce last year. Apparently the almond was one dropped indoors and relegated to the compost pile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Did the young almond tree mentor this seedling? Sound crazy? PBS recently aired a program about the influence plants have on each other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've transplanted this infant tree to a location where it has more room to grow. But will it survive its first hot, miserable Lowcountry summer?</span><br />
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Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-62239349221435486952013-03-29T01:00:00.000-04:002013-11-26T09:34:06.657-05:00Simply Azaleas<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Recently while looking through an old photograph album, I came across snapshots of Norfolk, Virginia's 1976 Azalea Festival Parade. Azalea Queen Susan Ford, whose father served as US president at the time, graced one of the parade floats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Norfolk is but one of many cities in the American South that celebrate the azalea. Next weekend (April 5-7, 2013) Summerville, South Carolina hosts the annual <a href="http://www.summervilleymca.org/flowertown/" target="_blank">Flowertown Festival</a>. Wilmington, NC holds the <a href="http://www.ncazaleafestival.org/" target="_blank">North Carolina Azalea Festival</a> (April 10-14, 2013). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here in the South Carolina Lowcountry azaleas are bursting into bloom. Drive around old neighborhoods and you see enormous shrubs dwarfing small houses. Magenta blossoms are prevalent in my subdivision, yet many of us homeowners can't resist planting a mixture of azalea varieties. Sometimes their colors clash. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">George L. Taber azaleas are a favorite of mine. One came with the house. I've planted two more.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">These white blossoms (growing on azaleas planted by a previous owner of my house) look to me as though they belong in a wedding bouquet</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By the way, at some point</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> the Norfolk festival leadership changed its name to the International Azalea Festival. In 2009 they changed its name again - this time to the Norfolk NATO Festival. That is why when you visit the </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://azaleafestival.org/">azaleafestival.org</a> website the focus is not azaleas. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">For more information about azaleas, visit the website of the Azalea Society of America: <a href="http://azaleas.org/index.html">http://azaleas.org/index.html</a>.</span>Frances J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15211227181272533773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339437476478463862.post-79884281791744542372013-03-26T08:42:00.001-04:002013-11-26T09:33:34.315-05:00Hanami: Cherry Blossom Viewing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In America when we think of cherry trees it might be in relation to George Washington, our first president, who according to legend said, "I cannot tell a lie, Father. I cut down your cherry tree."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">His namesake Washington, DC is famous for the cherry trees that line its Tidal Basin. My 92-year-old mother recalls my late father's long ago promise to take her there in the spring to see the cherry blossoms. He never kept that promise, which seemed odd to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Living in Virginia during the early years of my childhood, I imagined my father to be a Washington-like figure. Both were land surveyors. Both had an interest in farming. Both had integrity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">People continue to flock to our nation's capital to see the cherry trees in bloom. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This year's <a href="http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/" target="_blank">Cherry Blossom Festival</a> began last week and extends into April. A</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Potomac_Park" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> entry about West Potomac Park tells the interesting story of how Washington, DC got its cherry trees. The idea originated in the nineteenth century with writer and photographer Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore who had spent time in Japan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And when it comes to cherry blossom (sakura) viewing, I think of Japan where it is known as </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hanami</i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and is taken to the level of a national celebration. I've seen tarps spread out along riverbanks in Hiroshima and Ashiya and in a public park on Kobe's Rokko Island, where families picnic and take in the beauty of the delicate blossoms.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Courtesy of <i><a href="http://kyotojournal.org/" target="_blank">Kyoto Journal</a></i> here's a link to Japan International's 2013 cherry blossom forecast map: <a href="http://www.jnto.go.jp/sakura/eng/index.php">http://www.jnto.go.jp/sakura/eng/index.php</a></span><br />
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