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Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


Vines cling to their companions

comments (2) April 21st, 2010 in blogs

Ruth Ruth Dobsevage, Web producer
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Vines are close companions—twining their way up through trees, shrubs, and smaller plants. Lisa D. Cady created this colorful, contrasting combination for a container in the Nancy Bryan Luce Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. The bright yellow-and-green-variegated foliage of potato vine (Solanum jasminoides 'Variegata') mingles among the deep purple flowers and dark grteen leaves of 'African Blue' basil (Ocimum basilicum 'African Blue').

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ThankGod4Gardening writes: Beautiful combo!!! I've never come across a varigated potato...I'll be looking for one now! Thanks for caring and sharing! Posted: 9:59 am on April 23rd
arboretum writes: ooh, HOT combo! but i bet african basil is a hard one to come by. i use that var solanum w/ lobelia and red cordyline
or pennisetum atropurpureum. Posted: 2:22 pm on April 21st
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