Eric's "Amazing Technicolor Dream" Garden ...
Omar and I visited Eric's garden today. The subject line says it all!
Dave chatted with us at bit, then left to run some errands. Three hours later we had only gotten three fourths of the way ...
... along beautiful paths such as these ...
Some leading to a lovely bench ...
And other cool shady seating areas ...
All with a view ...
Everything is a study of form, texture, and shadow ...
Shadows cast on walls and stones highlighted the scenes ...
Plants were seen growing out of cracks in several places ...
I'm madly in love with this plant ... (Giant nolina??)
And also am very fond of this large red Crinum backed by an Angel's trumpet ...
Another Crinum ... in the next post.
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roselee z8b S.W. Texas
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoAnother large crinum ...
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Angel's trumpet ...
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Some of the several varieties of shrimp plants have hybridized to produce this unusual color ...
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More color from salvia sinaloensis ...
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A very colorful ginger. Zingiber Zerumbet ......
The headwaters create a stream leading to the pond ...
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Pond waterfall. All of this was constructed by Eric ...
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Eric is planting tropicals around the large, clear pond, which, by the way, was very hard to capture in a photo. Most of what you see are reflections from trees and light from the dappled mid day sun dancing on the surface. Some day I'll try to catch it on a cloudy day.
Fancy fish will be added when the alkalinity from the concrete reduces. For now little mosquito fish are doing their job.
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I can't get enough of this fossil seabed stone Eric used for patio material cutting each piece to fit like a puzzle ...
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Eric incorporated a gift ammonite fossil into a stone wall -- perfect!
But that's not all ... !
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoExcellent!!!
By the way Eric said the Nolina nelsonii has the more weeping form that is pictured above when grown in part shade.
And this is:
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMara, it would have been so much fun if you could have dropped by and surprised us all, yourself included!
A few more; giant turks cap "Big Mama" ...
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Steps leading into back of house ...
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Another study in contrasts ...
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Beautiful variegation in this Trachelospermun asiaticum "tricolor" ...
Omar says that the red flower plant growing out of the crack in the patio stone is Ruellia elegans. ...
Dry land fern ...
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"Texas native shrimp plant" Yeatesia platystegia ...
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I've seen the giant pathos ivy growing up trees in Florida, but this is the first time in Texas ...
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Thank you Eric, and Dave, for granting us another look at your amazing garden!
Todd C
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoEric (8B San Antonio, TX)
6 years agoRagna, your photography skills treat my garden like an air-brushed model photo. Omar, it was great to meet you and compare plant notes. All you others, thanks for the kind words.
Todd - it’s Nolina nelsonii. Seven are planted around the garden. Two bloomed last year and the one below bloomed this spring. Flowers are nothing spectacular but the scape is massive.
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