Showing posts with label Beautyberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beautyberry. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Butchart Gardens - October 15, 2011
I thought it would be months before I could face going to Butchart Gardens on my own. I even wondered if I could ever go back - there are so many vivid memories of happy times there with Glenn. But somehow I found myself drawn to the place in mid October, less than a month after he'd passed away. It was my first visit as - strange to think of myself of as this - a widow.
An odd angle view of a large hedge.
Salvia patens (Gentian sage), I believe.
Callicarpa or Beautyberry.
A few Dahlias were still in bloom.
Down into the Japanese Garden. It was too early for foliage colour.
I wasn't able to write down the proper name of the three interesting shrubs/trees in the picture above, but False Cypress would probably do. They are pruned this way.
Some fading hostas.
Up near the Rose Carousel crows were dropping nuts around the walnut trees so you had to watch your head.
The pond in the sunken garden.
I had told myself before I arrived that one thing I couldn't bear to do was stop in the cafe, and walking by on the way in confirmed that feeling. I thought I would burst into tears if I did. But at the end, to my very big surprise, I actually went in, got a hot chocolate and sat down. That's what Glenn would have done. Here's to you, Glenn.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
What a difference 6 days make
Butchart Gardens Tuesday November 2, 2010
Left: last week. Right: this week.
In the Japanese Gardens the orange foliage had really faded. So it seems that the last week of October is usually the best for colour here.
There were still some reds, much of it on the ground.
The lovely Callicarpa (Beautyberry) kind of drives me nuts. The bushes are in awkward places - and here, you can't just tramp through the flower beds for a closer look - plus the berries are quite small, making them a challenge to photograph.
I'm not sure when these potted shrubs showed up.
There were some orange colours outside of the Japanese garden.
Left: last week. Right: this week.In the Japanese Gardens the orange foliage had really faded. So it seems that the last week of October is usually the best for colour here.
There were still some reds, much of it on the ground.
The lovely Callicarpa (Beautyberry) kind of drives me nuts. The bushes are in awkward places - and here, you can't just tramp through the flower beds for a closer look - plus the berries are quite small, making them a challenge to photograph.
I'm not sure when these potted shrubs showed up.
There were some orange colours outside of the Japanese garden.
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