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Longwood Gardens Field Trip

March 27, 2010
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(Sorry condensation or something on the camera lens.)

What is there to say.
Jan and fountain
Mary Jo and the Red Hat ladies

Autumn Woods
Lisa and Becky
Rose 'Knock Out'

The pink version of the Mexican sage
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides - 'Sao Paulo' - Orangeglow vine
More Mexican Sage

Some of the Mexican Sage that was growing everywhere.
Lisa among the Arundo grass
Pat, Linda, Becky, Lisa and Mary Jo

Fountain with Pennecetum
One of fountains.

Longwood Gardens Lily Ponds

Second Lily pond. The lilies are tropicals.
White hardy lilies.
Tropical day flowering lily

Some of the tropical lilies that have to be taken indoors for the winter.
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l06

Center plant is a banana-leafed Thalia (I think)
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Longwood's own Hybrid Lilies

The giant lily pads: Victoria Amazonica and Victoria Cruziana
The Lily Pond

Inside the Conservatory

Old fashioned garden
Some more of that Mexican Sage. This one is 'Tula'.
One more time.

No clue what this jumble is.
Many Perfect roses. The background plants are datura or brugmansia.
One perfect rose.

More bromeliads.
Flights of fancy.
Aroid Palm 'Zamioculcas zamiifolia' Found one of these at Lowe's, of all places. Am willing to share when it gets bigger.

Munchkin among the bromeliads.
Close up of the carnivores.
The tag reads

Recognize these? The tag reads
What the passionflower was growing in. Unbelievable, huh?
Passionflower

How I remember what these plants are. If you zoom in on that sign it says
Fishtail Palm against the conservatory roof.

 

 

 

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