Week of August 10, 2012

Lagerstroemia 'Chocktaw' and pots of Agave americana stand out in the morning mist.
Photo by Lisa Roper

‘Delica Thorn’ bitter melon and purple podded yard long bean ramble along the Vegetable Garden Fence.
Photo by Doug Croft

Boehmeria spicata, with wonderfully jagged edged leaves, blooms in The Asian Woods.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Lycoris squamigera, a bulb commonly called Naked Ladies because it blooms without its leaves, fills The Bulb Meadow.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Eustoma grandiflorum 'Mariachi Carmine', also known as lisianthus or prairie gentian, brightens the Cut Flower Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft

The Pond Garden borders explode with hot colored Lobelia cardinalis, and Hemerocallis hybrid.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Zinnia elegans 'Salmon Queen' attracts butterflies in the Cut Flower Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft

Hibiscus 'Moy Grande', a large flowering hybrid blooms on The Long Border.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Purple variegated Strobilanthes dyerianus and Solanum quitoense, a spiny member of the same family as tomatoes, make a lovely combination in The Teacup Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Newly planted streambank along Bells Run Creek.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Ron Dipietro drives the tractor while Lisa Roper trains the Gingko cordons in The Serpentine Garden.
Photo by Rob Woodcock

Path above The Tennis Court Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Lagerstroemia 'Tonto', a deep pink Crape Myrtle, in full bloom on The Chanticleer Terrace.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Ligularia dentata 'Othello' lines a path in The Asian Woods.
Photo by Lisa Roper
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