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Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


A perfect match

comments (5) January 31st, 2011 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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I took today's photo while touring some gardens last spring with Rebecca Sweet in Los Altos Hills, California. Since she's worked and designed in this garden, I thought I'd let her describe this photo. Rebecca says, "In Geri Macomber's Los Altos Hills garden, she nestled a stately urn in one of her planting beds. The urn's dark brown color with its crackled white glaze help it to blend seamlessly with the neighboring 'Iceberg' roses.  The purple lupine is a welcome jolt of color in this tranquil setting." Thanks, Rebecca! I definitely want to revisit this garden next time I'm in California.

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sheilaschultz writes: This would be a lovely painting... the white crackle of the glaze on the urn plays beautifully with the 'Iceberg' roses. Very serene. Posted: 3:44 pm on January 31st
arboretum writes: and an amphora, not an urn! a lovely lovely scenario. i just wish the exposure weren't so dark.
best,
mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/ Posted: 3:07 pm on January 31st
margotnavarre writes: nice location of urn next to the porch with the combination of roses. Do the roses have a lot of fragrance? Posted: 12:46 pm on January 31st
sweetrebecca writes: Ha! Yes, Vojt above is correct - its salvia. I had just finished ordering some lupine from Annie's Annuals when I wrote that caption so I had Lupine on the Brain! Posted: 10:07 am on January 31st
Vojt writes: Beautiful, and I'm pretty sure that is a salvia, not a lupine. :) Posted: 9:07 am on January 31st
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