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This is a composition which already shows what I would like. In the autumn I still have to change some elements in it, but I hope that later I won’t. Erika asked last week how I’m doing that my assemblies are always successful. Well, they are not always, but I do not give up, and I do it again and again in every place until I am satisfied with it.
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Some details from the same area. This is a close up of the flower of the often photographed Acanthus hungaricus.
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Angelica gigas. Already in the bud it is beautiful. When it will open, it will have eggplant-colored flowers. It is short-lived, but as such perennials in general, it strongly scatters its seeds.
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This is Lilium martagon. I regard it fabulously beautiful, and it is one of the easiest-to-keep lilies at us.
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This is a Solidago virga aurea hybrid, called Citronella, from the Hegede Nursery. Its main attraction is that it does not spread and blooms even in part-shadow.
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Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'. It feels well from full sun to full shade, but it requires lots of water.
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Sedum 'Matrona'. It basically fits warm, dry places, but it is so tolerant that even lives at us.
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Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette' is absolutely not as fastidious as one would think on the basis of its leaves. It requires semi-shade or shade, and well-watered space, but apart from this, it is very tolerant: we have the whole garden full of it. I have seen it in the Mocsáry Nursery, but I do not know whether they already sell it or just experiment with it.
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Two more Angelica gigas.
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And another beautiful ornamental letter: Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'. Zsuzsa Hegede said a couple of years ago that they have lot of them, but nobody buys them. I don’t know whether the situation has changed since then, but it is worth to ask them.
4 comments:
Your mixed plantings, although carefully composed, have a free, relaxed look, and evoke feelings of serenity.
Dear James,
thank you very much. However, I would love a bit more sunshine in the garden (while it is getting more and more shady), because such floating compositions are much easier to do with sun-loving plants.
Here we either have 15ºC or 35ºC. I hope your summer is less extreme.
Have good days!
Kata
Lilium speciosum? -
Unfortunately I cannot look for the original package of the lily right now (and I’m not absolutely sure I still have it), but after a short browsing over the web it is really possible that it is Lilium speciosum. Thank you very much!
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