Actually, that white plant is a bridal wreath spirea. I grew up with them all around the base of our old brick Victorian house so it makes me happy to have them growing in our old cemetery. Please say hi when you come to Open Garden. Glad that this video pushed you over the edge! Anita Here is a link that might be useful: Bridal Wreath Spirea

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Hi, I'm British and should explain that this garden was done for Ground Force, an instant makeover program. Thus it's hardly a mature garden being only 2 days old when these photographs were taken. Britons love gardening and love adding exotic touches to their suburban plots. In my open garden visiting I have seen far worse evocations of Japanese design than the one shown above. It does at least have a sparse colour palette and plenty of rock. In fact the reasons why it fails really do go to the heart of what gives a garden that true Japanese feel. From the photos I'd judge this is a suburban strip garden, long and thin. Part of the problem is packing alot of the view crossways so things look cramped, a better solution might have been a meandering path with reveals. Part of the wrongness IMHO is the two standing rocks, they are too dominant, too tense - like dogs permanently standing on their hind legs. They also have shapes that make me think of ghostly monks or vampires with cloaks. Both could be reformed simply by lying them on their sides. As it is they remind my of what the Sakuteiki calls 'rivets on a helmet'. The pond imbalances the design, although the Japanese abhor symetry a 'double gourd' pond shape with a bridge or stepping stones would be far better than the conflict between earth and water evoked by this design. Actually the detail of the pond banks is problematic too. There should be strong boulders at the water's edge but the water lamely meets the gravel, even the line of driven logs style would be better. Then there's a rock positioned partly as part of the gravel sea and partly on the pond edge. It's like the pond has overflowed to sabotage a decent karensansui arrangement. The stepping stone path is too organic, suggesting another rock arrangement. It should have used more artificial 'I'm a path' stylings. The acer is too upright, it's probably been grown for an 'umbrella' or 'dome' shape, there's none of the 'reaching for the sky' or 'laid low by the wind' vibe that Japanese acers should have.

Melissa never been to Italy in person but many times through books & movies.... I wasn't aware of the professor's death, sad, I came upon his garden's name whilst browsing François Joyaux's collection of 200 gallicas. I got to now Eleonora Garlant through this book, when I came upon this thread last year. Truly interesting lady. Though more interesting is the rose Andrea Di Robilant was looking for its identity. I communicate frequently & fluently in French living in Montreal :-) Thank you for your interest in my small garden. However being in part shade and zone 4, rose growing is a challenge, mostly experimental with roses subjected to less than the optimal growing conditions. However, I don't agree with Campanula's sole preference for words. Words while highly evocative in literature, are often misleading in rose identification. If you've had patience enough to go through the Francis Dubreuil thread many of the problems with this rose happens because of over use of adjectives, pink, cerise, dark red, amaranth..... That doesn't mean that photos aren't misleading at all but its easier to identify a pink rose visually than verbally. The ideal online ID would be a combination of both :-)