A second visit
to Butchart Gardens highlighted ‘the Obedient Plant’ … having come across Miss
Willmott’s Ghost at the Abkhazi Gardens in Victoria … the Obedient Plant became
an obvious candidate for a post.
Obedient – the flowers stay in situ
once bent back … as here ...
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For those Latin minded gardeners - it is Physostegia |
Unobedient … if that’s a word?! As the poor plant should be without man-handling!
So here are
some views, some notes, some comments for a Thanksgiving post … Canadians
celebrate on Monday … the history I will do in a follow up …
An early 1900s view of the limestone
quarry (cement works) prior to its conversion into the Gardens we see today …
The Sunken Garden as I saw it … sadly it was a gloomy day ...
I’d gone
back because I wanted to take the boat trip they offer from the tiny Tod Inlet –
which is the secluded water leading up into the Gardens.
Tod inlet – small and sheltered …
though the boats only run during early Spring to early Autumn (Fall I guess to
you!) …
The trip
gives a little history of the origins of the Gardens and goes around Brentwood
Bay … I’d come over on the ferry – as a way of connecting the Cowichan Valley
across to the Saanich Peninsula where Victoria’s airport is.
This captured pic gives an idea … I
live just to the north of Mill Bay …
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One of three ... |
I love the
specimen trays they have out in the information centre – which is where I’d
found Miss Willmott’s ghost.
Specimen trays and …
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Pears, Walnuts, Beechnuts and a Dogwood berry |
Autumnal displays …
Here another
find is the green Echinacea flower … interestingly the Greek ekhinos means hedgehog: live and learn!
There were
hundreds of people there … and trying to find a few quiet moments is almost
impossible – but good that the Gardens are thriving, I guess!
Seedbeds that earlier in the summer
were grass … they are utilising their space effectively …
The various
photos are briefly described …
My tomato and goat cheese tart was
positively delicious – I went back for another before I left … couldn’t
resist! Apologies for the bite out!!
From a very
wet Black Friday … the sun is due to reappear tomorrow … I hope you all have
lovely weekends and for Canadians enjoy your Thanksgiving day …
This is an iphone photo… I think it
is the Eunonymus Europaeus …
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This iphone photo doesn't do it justice - the colours are lovely ... while the Blue Poppy itself is gorgeous |
You can buy
one of these delightful shopping bags … advertising their special Tibetan Blue
Poppy … another story – another day!
Hilary
Melton-Butcher
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