We’re back with more from Susan Esche’s visit to the beautiful University of British Columbia Botanical Garden in Vancouver in early September. It is open to the public and has many different sections and types of gardens to explore.
An Unexpected Garden
12.10.2023 - 08:37 / finegardening.com / GPOD Contributor
Nicki Snoblin in Lake Bluff, Illinois, found a wonderful little treasure to share with us.
Today I would like to share some photos of a tiny garden in an unexpected place in my neighborhood. I don’t know who owns it, but it’s clearly a labor of love. Encountering a garden like this is like getting a wonderful gift.
This garden is nestled under two oak trees in a carveout between a parking lot and an alley, just off a major two-lane road. It’s packed full of eclectic edging and path materials, plants in pots and in the ground, and half-hidden delights.
The centerpiece of the garden is a three-level fountain.
A creative use of branches made this path and edging.
This large and beautiful hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Zones 9–11) in a pot must be overwintered indoors.
A rectangular planter contains what I think is a rooted cutting from the hibiscus, about to bloom.
This trellis covered with wisteria (Wisteriasp. Zones 5–9) has a little pot of oxalis (Oxalis triangularis,Zones 7–10) hung from it with a bent shirt hanger.
Blackberry lily’s (Iris domestica,Zones 4–10) namesake shiny, berrylike seeds are the follow-up to cherry-orange flowers.
A blue chair provides a pop of color.
Just visible behind this rosebush is a metal decoration hung with crystals.
A few colorful mushrooms
A concrete turtle makes its home beneath the edge of the fountain.
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