LATE SPRING GARDEN
RHODODENDRONS and other SPRING FLOWERS
Photos taken in the country garden by Gay Klok during November 1999
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The November garden is full of fresh green leaves and Rhododendrons, a beautiful time of the year
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There are the Tree Paeonia that are of such fleeting beauty but worth it
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Slow to start growing the Peony will live for many years. They like a good feed of animal manure now and again but are mostly disease free
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I don't know if you can see him but Kees is standing in front of the old Rhododendron "White Pearl" - on the right of the picture. Next time I will tell him to wave a red handkerchief - I think it is 18ft tall x 24ft wide
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here is another garden ornament, the lead sculpture "Cupid" looks at himself in one of the old coppers little pools
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You can see Kees a little better in this photo in which he is admiring the Kolwitzia "Chinese Beauty Bush"
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Closeup of the Beauty Bush which flowers for a long time. An old fashioned plant, it is easy to grow and looks lovely in a vase. This one is really a pale pink
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Another old fashioned plant, Weilgelia will give you two shows - in Spring and again in Autumn
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Old fashioned Rhododendron "Alice" which was pruned quite heavily last year because the blooms were so heavy they bent the branches down to the ground. It didn't seem to mind
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The broom in flower near the garden gate, its unusual perfume greeting our visitors
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The white peafowl comes to say goodbye
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