A view of the Cut Flower Garden, overlooking the Children’s garden.
Brian Dellamore with this year’s garlic crop pulled today, now curing under the extension to the handsome Garden Shed built by Keith Bateman last year.
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Plant Sale:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:00 am to noon
June, July and August
Government House Plant Nursery
next to the Tea Room
The first Plant Sale of the season was held by the Nursery Group on May 14th featuring a wide selection of Bryan Taylor’s beloved Heathers, singly and in kits of nine plants. Also on offer were Peruvian Lilies, Hostas, Orange Geums and Japanese Maples. An enthusiastic line-up was on hand for the starting gun and almost $1000 was raised for the Friends.
An interesting and unusual collection of perennials will be offered at upcoming sales through the summer and fall. Watch for announcements on the timing of future sales.
The Rockland Border gardens contain a number of unusual plants. The photograph on the left shows: top left, Paraserianthes lophantha (Crested Wattle), native to Australia; top center, Tetrapanex papyrifer (Rice Paper plant) native to Taiwan; and top right with purple flowers, Solanum. Planted below are ligularia, restio, Euphorbia griffithii, fuchsia and dahlia. The photograph on the right shows Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’. A tender perennial, Abutilon is a genus of many broadleaf flowering evergreen trees and shrubs, commonly called Flowering Maples.
This is a great time to view the many iris species and cultivars growing in the gardens. While the flowers come in many colours, here is a sampling of three purple iris currently in bloom.
The rhododendrons are in bloom. Close-up photographs can be found in this gallery.
Camas (Camassia quamash) are in bloom on the Terraces and in the Woodlands.
