Thought I'd pirate some beauties from the public gardens, since the sun is still shining, the Datura's still blooming (sigh, that's what overwintering in a greenhouse will do for it! What a beauty.) This blossom is intoxicating and, unbeknownst to JJBean-imbibing customers in the vicinity, emanating mysterious powers only known to South American shamans. Shamen. Inhale if you dare.
Now I've finally got a photo of ...
...a relative of the common Burning Bush--Euonymous alata--but enormous, and bearing a lovely show of fruit-escences (my word for something that is half-way between a fruit and a flower) this time of year. So beautiful! Why don't we see this around more often? I want to plant them in my gardens!
And last of all, an electric combination of a red Abutilon (not hardy, sorry) and the famously invisible-until-its-berries-appear Callicarpa bodinieri. So beautiful. (Have I used "beautiful" too often in this entry?)
Thank-you, Park and Tilford Garden folk.
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