Cinnabar and Dragon blood come to mind when seeing the vibrant vermilion sprays of our middle garden Japanese Maple. Its blazing breath reaches over towards payne's gray shadows racing through the forested hills, we call Walnut Hill and High Ridge, creating a stunning contrast. Sturdy oaks still grasping their last burnt sienna leaves are nearly naked now. The Japanese Maple is as out of place in our landscape as an ancient Dracaena cinnabari might be, but it is a dormant dragon so lifting the … [Read more...] about Vermilion Murmurs and Malus within a November Landscape
Vermilion Murmurs and Malus within a November Landscape
Cinnabar and Dragon blood come to mind when seeing the vibrant vermilion sprays of our middle garden Japanese Maple. Its blazing breath reaches over towards payne's gray shadows racing through the forested hills, we call Walnut Hill and High Ridge, creating a stunning contrast. Sturdy oaks still grasping their last burnt sienna leaves are nearly naked now. The Japanese Maple is as out of place in our landscape as an ancient Dracaena cinnabari might be, but it is a dormant dragon so lifting … [Read more...] about Vermilion Murmurs and Malus within a November Landscape
‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
We are now in the last week of May, as I step back into the second week of May redressing our 'Three Graces' Crabapples and early Viburnum carlesii with fresh blooms. The limbs of the 'Three Graces' (to the left) hold three different varieties of blossoms. Stepping away from the 'Three Graces' the distant cloud of sweet-scented crabapple blooms from the Crabapple Orchard offer quite a show. The 'Three Graces' Crabapples looking towards the east. Looking out from the barn studio facing … [Read more...] about ‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
We are now in the last week of May, as I step back into the second week of May redressing our 'Three Graces' Crabapples and early Viburnum carlesii with fresh blooms. The limbs of the 'Three Graces' (to the left) hold three different varieties of blossoms.Stepping away from the 'Three Graces' the distant cloud of sweet-scented crabapple blooms from the Crabapple Orchard offer quite a show.The 'Three Graces' Crabapples looking towards the east. Looking out from the barn studio facing … [Read more...] about ‘Three Graces’ Crabapples in Middle Garden
Blooming Apple and Crabapple Orchard in North Gardens
Days of rain and cooler temperatures are allowing me to catch up with the virtual gardens. In real time we are beginning the last week of May . . . the month seems to have bolted by with little rain and cool temperatures that held a multitude of blossoms longer. Stepping back into earlier spring again and walking away from the south gardens and the Apple Gateway out towards the north field, beneath the serpentine Black Cherry 'Michael's Tree' (holding the meticulously woven Baltimore Oriole … [Read more...] about Blooming Apple and Crabapple Orchard in North Gardens
