Week of August 13, 2010

Mandevilla 'Sunmandecrim', Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' with a red foliage Hibiscus in a container on the Pool Terrace.
Photo by Lisa Roper

Sium sisarum (skirrett or crummock), a root vegetable, growing in the Vegetable Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft

Tiger swallowtail feeds on Tithonia speciosa 'Torch' at the edge of the Minder Woods.
Photo by Laurel Voran

A view of the Pond beyond the Lotus; a nice interplay of Thalia dealbata and Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway'.
Photo by Erin McKeon

Coming in for a landing on Nelumbo 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum'.
Photo by Joe Henderson

Intern, Mariel Tribby cradles a Tigger Melon, grown in her personal vegetable garden.
Photo by Laurel Voran

Bird like flowers of Lobelia cardinalis at the pond.
Photo by Joe Henderson

Nymphaea 'Texas Dawn' floating next to Acorus calamus 'Variegatus'.
Photo by Erin McKeon

Sunflowers begin to open in the Serpentine.
Photo by Lisa Roper

The red flag bush, Mussaenda erythrophylla is a stunner near the main restrooms.
Photo by Jonathan Wright

Clove scented Dianthus 'Unique' adds interest to a trough container in the gravel garden..
Photo by Laurel Voran

Dahlia 'Mystic Spirit' is visited by a busy bee.
Photo by Jonathan Wright

New York Iron Weed, Water Canna and Joe-pye Weed by the pond.
Photo by Joe Henderson
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