tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83086258431574456132024-03-04T23:30:06.925-05:00The Elizabeth Lawrence House & GardenThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-55696484919699378092017-01-20T16:59:00.003-05:002017-01-20T17:02:05.236-05:00Bloom Journals + Winter Weather <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I always find it fascinating to compare Elizabeth Lawrence's bloom journal entries with what's happening in her garden present-day. A better biographer this garden could not have had; on-site, we have 30 years of bloom journals - 1953 through 1983. Here are a couple of entries I recently found interesting:<br />
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Elizabeth's Algerian iris, <i>Iris unguicularis</i>, still lives under the kitchen window, albeit not <i>nearly</i> as heartily as I'd like. Truth be told, I've been fighting like mad to keep any amount of it in the garden for my entire six year tenure, and have enjoyed exactly <i>four</i> blooms in that time. After her original clump rotted under an ill-draining gutter, I rescued more of it from elsewhere. I planted it in gravel (as advised), which I have always done in my own garden. Those haven't fared much better. Thankfully (at least in this case), I am stubborn and will continue to hold vigil over the two small patches of Elizabeth's prized Algerian iris. This is <i>under the rose</i> - I think I might just feel a bud down in the foliage!<br />
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Elizabeth's Christmas rose<i>, Helleborus niger</i>, has long been gone. In 2013, I planted a new one whose tag had no name other than "HGC" (aka: Gold Collection®). This year, its first flower opened Christmas Day. Elizabeth would have loved that! Wide flat white blooms have opened steadily ever since. They get lovelier with age as they turn golden green and backs of the petals become washed in tones of pink and maroon.<br />
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As for the weather, well, it's been all over the place. Just two weeks ago, we were heading into the first major winter weather of the year - <i>Snowpocalypse 2017!!</i> - with predicted snowfall of 2-6" and lows in the single digits. They were wrong about the snow (we got ice and a smattering of snow), but they were almost right about the temperatures. On Sunday, January 8, we hit a low of 16º F, and 18º F the next night. Brutally chilly. That's when I was glad for the ice cover - it may well have saved some buds. By the following Friday, we hit a high of nearly 80º F. Winter in the Carolinas can be like riding a yo-yo. I don't really let it bother me. Besides, what better way to find out which plants are truly garden-worthy?<br />
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Yours in Dirt,<br />
Andrea<br />
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Elizabeth Lawrence Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017007479925039992noreply@blogger.com0348 Ridgewood Ave, Charlotte, NC 28209, USA35.179868 -80.843419000000049.1113 -122.15201300000004 61.248436 -39.534825000000041tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-28513853503058307002015-08-17T10:36:00.003-04:002015-08-17T10:36:54.486-04:00The "Dog Days of Summer"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Elizabeth Lawrence Garden fares amazingly well through the long dry periods we call the "dog days of summer". (The dry spell started far too early this year... months before the traditional "dogs days" begin!) The soil is so well-drained and the 5' elevation change of the property means any much-appreciated rain or city water disappears astonishingly rapidly. <br />
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Even so, phloxes bloom fluffy bunch after fluffy bunch, roses continue to open delicate cups of soft fragrance, <i>Rudbeckia</i> 'Henry Eihlers' still dazzles with spiky yellow stars of slender tube-shaped petals, doll's daisy (<i>Boltonia asteroides</i>)<i> </i>dances like a sliver of the milky way, and the ironweed's royal purple blooms sway in the slightest breeze. Swallowtail butterflies flit from puff to puff of the joe pye weed (<i>Eutrochium purpureum</i>) while checkered skippers light on blooms of lantana and verbena-on-a-stick (<i>Verbena bonariensis</i>)<i>. </i>Every once in a while, the staccato chirp of a hummingbird is heard near any of several species of Salvia in the garden. And that's just a small list of blooms to be enjoyed - by <i>all</i> garden visitors!<br />
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Visit Miss Lawrence's garden for a refreshing retreat from the draining heat of the dog days of summer. Open Fridays and Saturdays, 10 - 5. <br />
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As I stood in Miss Lawrence's garden on a sunny Saturday in early May, talking with Katie Mullen (former Elizabeth Lawrence Garden Associate and Marco Polo Stufano Fellow), I noticed blooms in the top of a narrowly conical evergreen tree on the east property line. This is the first time I've seen any blooms on this tree since I've worked here. I interrupted myself mid-sentence to point it out to Katie. "I've been thinking that was some sort of Gordonia - loosely according to Miss Lawrence's records and not having seen a bloom ... but that's no Gordonia." I could feel the rush of adrenaline - I just <i>adore</i> solving a good botanical mystery.<br><br>
We immediately went over to it and struggled to pull a branch down just far enough to snip off some small flowering branches. We took the blooms into Miss Lawrence's studio for closer examination, and easier access to her index card database and bloom journals. (That is usually the first place I go to solve botanical mysteries in her garden.)<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKWP0elOkOcNUOrTPRMmH5UpzkNu05CQ4uuQWQO2JGLPC-ILXQQhUfpecI8z4n6fmOfhAcLBJRR2DMcMyfRIjhG1YaFjaGWp5ylj1PWrVUyzXZJ5ITsMWCB9PWot0rJcX2xnlMFzIxTM/s640/blogger-image--1773557866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKWP0elOkOcNUOrTPRMmH5UpzkNu05CQ4uuQWQO2JGLPC-ILXQQhUfpecI8z4n6fmOfhAcLBJRR2DMcMyfRIjhG1YaFjaGWp5ylj1PWrVUyzXZJ5ITsMWCB9PWot0rJcX2xnlMFzIxTM/s640/blogger-image--1773557866.jpg"></a></div>
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Katie immediately whipped out her iPhone and started searching online. She noted that the bark reminded her of a <i>Prunus</i>. She followed her instincts, delving deeper into the cyberspace library as I, in true luddite fashion, flipped through Miss Lawrence's index cards. No more than two minutes passed when Katie landed on a blog post and began reading the description given there of <i>Prunus lyonii</i>. Sure enough, the flowers matched up beautifully to what was blooming here - a raceme of sweetly fragrant, white, wax-flower-esque blooms. I imagine if I paid closer attention to an ever-present landscaper favorite go-to foundation shrub, Otto Luyken laurel, their flowers would be much the same. <br>
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So that helped narrow my search of Miss Lawrence's records, but I wasn't totally convinced of the tree's identity, yet. I came across an index card describing <i>Prunus illicifolia</i>, which nearly perfectly fit the tree that stands like a rocket hiding behind two large Camellias. But the evergreen leaves of the tree in the garden were only 2 1/2" <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">long... shorter than</span> those described. I turned to Miss Lawrence's reference library for confirmation, plucking <i>The</i> <i>Flowering</i> <i>Trees</i> <i>of</i> <i>California</i> off the shelf. There, I found exactly what I needed - the exact match of the plant before me: <i>Prunus illicifolia </i>ssp<i>. lyonii. </i>Eureka!<br>
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Although I was a little sad that the internet seemed to initially trump a good old-fashioned paper search, it really only more quickly lighted the narrowing paper trail which ultimately led to the answer. Regardless, the mystery is solved! After years of admiring this fairly small but statuesque broad-leaved evergreen tree, now knowing its true identity is a small triumph - another small piece of the puzzle of Miss Lawrence's garden... this amazing garden that still provides plenty of inspiration, discovery, and botanical mysteries.</div><div><br></div><div>Until next time, I remain</div><div>Yours in Dirt,</div><div>Andrea</div>Elizabeth Lawrence Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017007479925039992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-88866934862977966272015-03-24T18:05:00.005-04:002015-03-24T18:05:54.544-04:00Are you cruel enough to be a gardener?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the past four years, I have kept a close eye on Miss Lawrence's <i>Camellia sasanqua </i>hedge at the sidewalk. It was not uncommon to see evidence of scale in the hedge, which had been kept sheared. Scale is an insect pest that feeds on plants by piercing plant tissue and sucking sap... literally sucking the life out of a plant. All kinds of scale like close, dark, humid quarters. In an effort to create a less hospitable environment for it, I thinned out some of the densest parts of the hedge last year. The intention was to increase air circulation and light. While performing an annual plant assessment this winter, I realized that the scale infestation was quite severe. This was confirmed by local experts and members of my garden committee, as well as my gardening colleagues, Ben, Damou, and Danny, who have been battling scale on the oldest camellias in the Clarkson Garden.<br />
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During the process of educating myself on these nasty little vampiric creatures, I learned that there are several different species - most of which were attacking the hedge. Most were on the undersides of the leaves, but a lot were also on the limbs. Not good. Some species of scale are "easier" to control than others, but none are exactly "easy" to completely eradicate. So what does one do in a case like this?<br />
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The most important thing: <i>do whatever I can to keep existing plants happy and healthy</i>. I weighed all of my options, keeping firmly in mind that many of the plants in the hedge are nearly 70 years old. Behind door number one, the less radical treatment - a regimen of chemical drenches, periodic spraying and pruning - over the course of years - which may or may not be completely effective in the end. (Ugh) Behind door number two, the more radical approach - renovate the hedge by pruning it way back, giving it a chance to regenerate with clean, healthy foliage that can be strategically pruned as it grows. (Seems drastic) And finally, behind door number three, the most radical approach - completely remove the existing hedge and start over. (Can you say "last resort"?)<br />
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It wasn't an easy decision, but the best option - and definitely most environmentally-friendly - was behind door number two: <b>rejuvenation pruning</b>... or, as I like to think of it, pressing the "reset" button. Older plants usually respond better to hard pruning; they have well-established root systems that enable quicker regeneration. Plant maturity is definitely on my side for this one!<br />
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So Ben, Damou, Danny and I set to work, and in one afternoon, completed the first pass. It's best to start off a pruning project like this by being a bit conservative with your cuts... you can always prune off more later. And I did.<br />
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Sometimes older gardens present difficult situations. Hard decisions must be made. Such was the case with the sudden death of most of Miss Lawrence's witch hazel, <i>Hamamelis </i>x <i>intermedia </i>'Jelena', which required the same type of severe pruning. Thankfully, that turned out to be a success story. I remain ever-hopeful (crossing my fingers, toes, and nose hairs) that rejuvenating Miss Lawrence's <i>Camellia sasanqua</i> hedge will reap similar results. I suppose I am, after all, cruel enough to be a gardener.Elizabeth Lawrence Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017007479925039992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-34657884591199970112015-01-22T17:19:00.000-05:002015-01-22T17:21:07.327-05:00It's a Blooming Winter!<i>"It seems to me that there is never a time when some living thing is not pushing up from the ground, and that at the beginning of the year there is a more vital stirring."</i><br />
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There are many wonderful winter blooms in Miss Lawrence's Garden right now. A few that she loved have become ones I, too, most cherish. I thought I'd better capture their images today - before the rain and colder temperatures set in tomorrow.<br />
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<b>Amur Adonis</b> (<i>Adonis amurensis</i> 'Fuku Jukai') Rare, nearly impossible to establish, this is not a plant for the faint of heart. The blooms remain perfect for weeks on end, come rain, snow, or below freezing temps. Every year that it begins to bloom tells me I haven't killed it, yet. Pshew!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Roman Hyacinths </b>(<i>Hyacinthus orientalis</i>) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are not your run-of-the-mill hyacinths; these are the true original white hyacinths still blooming early every year in old southern gardens. They come close to blooming on New Year's Day. And the fragrance... oh, such sweet aroma! They are the first hyacinths to bloom in Miss Lawrence's Garden.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come by soon to see what else is blooming; contrary to popular opinion, winter is a <i>fantastic</i> time to see flowers in Miss Lawrence's Garden. (It's so great, she even wrote a whole book about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Gardens in Winter. </i>It's my favorite of her manuscripts. Grab a copy if you find one; it's out of print.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea</span></div>
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Don't get me wrong: I have found some GREAT plants this way. Lots of great plants, actually. And I have learned a ton of great information... about most of which I remain somewhat skeptical because it is, after all, the internet. I also gain a lot of inspiration, which is a wonderful thing that keeps me engaged on so many levels. But at the end of it, I am a bit exhausted. A bit spent. A bit in need of serenity.<br />
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When I'm in the garden, time seems to stand still. Nothing else matters except that visceral connection I feel to Elizabeth and her world. I take time to really study the garden. I get down on the ground to appreciate a new perspective. I hold a bruised leaf to my nose to see if I can discern any fragrance. I weed an area - always carefully - searching for freshly uncovered bulbs emerging from dormancy. I have found SO much in this garden. Countless discoveries have come above the ground, but equally as many beneath the soil... partially rusted plant tags still boasting Elizabeth's handwritten identification, gnarled plant stakes, stone edging long covered over with layers of soil, mulch and leaf litter. Even bulbs that hadn't seen the light of day in years. There's always cool stuff to see here. And the best way to see it, if you're not sitting on my shoulder while I'm digging around in the garden, is through a camera lens. <br />
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I take a LOT of pictures. Since November 2010, I have taken 3,307 in this garden. All of those pictures do no one but myself any good if I don't share. But don't expect the garden to look the same when you come to visit. Elizabeth was fond of saying, "You have not seen my garden. You have only seen it TODAY." <br />
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So here is a month in pictures in the Elizabeth Lawrence Garden. Enjoy.<br />
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Yours in Dirt,<br />
Andrea Sprott<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original door knocker, adorned with holiday greenery, welcomes me to work every day.</td></tr>
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This <i>Camellia sasanqua </i>has been blooming since September.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The feathery texture of the foliage of <i>Spiraea </i>x <i>arguta </i>(garland spirea) still original to Miss Lawrence</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish you could smell this <i>Chimonanthus praecox </i>- winter sweet. Intoxicatingly wonderful fragrance!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Illicium anisatum</i> - Japanese anise<br />
This one blooms more than 6 months of the year!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A camellia seedling I want to register with the American Camellia Society as <i>Camellia </i>'Lindie Wilson', <br />
in honor of the woman who saved this garden and loved it for 23 years.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Helleborus torquatus </i>(species Hellebore) generously donated to the garden by Pine Knot Farms. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun plant combination:<i> Acorus gramineus</i> 'Ogon', <i>Lychnis coronaria</i>, and <i>Tanacetum parthenium</i> 'Aureum'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My very favorite species camellia, <i>Camellia saluenensis</i>, still original to Miss Lawrence.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The path is bordered by <i>Camellia saluenensis</i> blooms. This camellia blooms from late October through March.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Physostegia virginiana </i>'Vivid' (obedient plant) still strutting her stuff in December.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gentiana andrewsii </i>(bottle gentian)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>December 31</b>A recently transplanted clump of <i>Adonis amurensis </i>'Fuku Jukai' is preparing to say "Hello Winter!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Helleborus niger </i>'HGC' (Christmas Rose)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's snowdrops season!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been working to beef up this mass of <i>Galanthus elwesii</i>, and it's paying off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Groups of cyclamen and the "Lindie Wilson" camellia to the left, snowdrops to the right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun discovery: a reverse-variegated <i>Alstroemeria psittacina</i> (peruvian lily)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bloom of <i>Camellia japonica </i>'White Empress' that escaped the frost.</td></tr>
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The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-12953425836544098992014-05-12T12:18:00.001-04:002014-05-12T12:18:53.767-04:00Seeing the Garden Through Elizabeth's Eyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past Saturday afternoon, I tackled a project with April Ryan<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <i>(see my 12/11/12 post)</i></span>. For a garden curator of an historic property, it's important to see the garden as much as possible through the eyes of its original creator. In order to do that, the original design must be restored where time, plants, or new ownership has changed it - purposefully or not.<br />
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I spend a lot of time studying photographs of the garden structure. There is always something new to discover in Miss Lawrence's garden, even in a literal snapshot. Relatively speaking, we have very few photos of the garden during Miss Lawrence's tenure. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><i>(If you have, or someone you know has, any photographs of the garden, I would very much love to have a copy - for reference more than anything else. <span id="goog_440982815"></span><a href="mailto:lawrencegarden@carolina.rr.com" target="_blank">Contact me<span id="goog_440982816"></span>!</a>)</i> </span>The photos we do have offer up a bit of pixelated revelation. Take, for example, this series of photos of the front of Miss Lawrence's house:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo was taken in the early 1980s - probably 1984, the year Elizabeth sold her house and moved to Maryland. <br />
Notice the gentle curve of the front right bed line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wing Haven owned the property when this photo was taken in October 2009. Again, that front right bed line has its gentle curve. Very much worth mentioning here is that Elizabeth Lawrence Garden savior and gardening goddess, Lindie Wilson lived and gardened here for the previous 23 years... saving all elements of Elizabeth's original design. <i><b>Thank you, Lindie!!!</b></i></td></tr>
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Now here's that same area in April 2010:<br />
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So there obviously was a design change made, probably to maximize planting area. While it's certainly not offensive, it is not true to Elizabeth's original design. And frankly, that just makes my teeth itch. <br />
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So, as I said earlier, I tackled a project:<br />
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The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-42745505661928391632014-02-20T16:39:00.001-05:002014-02-20T16:39:29.733-05:00The Signs of Spring<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"></span>It's hard to believe that only one week ago, we were in the clutches of a snow storm here in Charlotte, NC. Today, I've opened all the windows in Miss Lawrence's House, and the sweet songs of birds have replaced the dull droning of the heating system. Out in Elizabeth Lawrence's Garden it's 75℉, daffodils are popping up all over, <i>Trillium underwoodii</i> and <i>T. decumbens</i> are yawning out of winter's slumber, the intoxicatingly fragrant <i>Prunus mume </i>"Elizabeth Lawrence" is just spectacular, <i>Galanthus </i>are still nodding their delicate pristine heads, and the little tommies (pictured above) are smiling at me from nearly every planting bed. It's a most magical time in the garden... so many botanical treasures are just waiting to delight visitors with their sweet flowers and precious fragrances. Come see (and smell) them all! </div>
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The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-70397640556529169242014-02-20T15:16:00.003-05:002014-05-12T12:23:51.184-04:00the Love, History and Science of a Garden<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I hope you will all help spread the word about this opportunity for Wing Haven - our latest "power2give" project, <b><a href="http://www.power2give.org/charlotte/Project/Detail?projectId=2882" target="_blank">"the Love, History and Science of a Garden"</a></b>. </div>
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We are in need of funding for archive materials to properly preserve and house all of the fantastic items we're so fortunate to have in Miss Lawrence's house. These items include: original manuscripts, articles and correspondence - and her database of tens of thousands of hand-written index cards. </div>
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Click <a href="http://www.power2give.org/charlotte/Project/Detail?projectId=2882" target="_blank">here</a> to read more about the project and to find out how you can help preserve the learning legacy of Elizabeth Lawrence!<br />
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<b>UPDATE MAY 12, 2014: <i>***Thank you to all who so generously helped us reach our goal! We will be tackling our archiving project this summer. Again, thank you for your support!***</i></b></div>
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The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-61536345858406525762013-10-18T23:08:00.000-04:002013-10-19T00:15:07.447-04:00Part 1: Change in a Garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes it is harder to make changes in a garden than one would like. It was certainly difficult to make the final decision to take down the once-magnificent witch hazel, <i>Hamamelis x intermedia</i> 'Jelena', in front of Elizabeth Lawrence's house. Dealing with terminally ill plants is inevitable in gardening, especially in a garden with so many mature specimens. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every plant loss in Miss Lawrence's garden weighs much more heavily on my mind than those in my own garden, for those are my (much) younger plants; they are not on public display, or documented on small index cards or large maps... much less, an integral part of a garden that is a Preservation Project of the <a href="https://www.gardenconservancy.org/" target="_blank"><b>The Garden Conservancy</b></a>, listed on the <a href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/nR/" target="_blank"><b>National Register of Historic Places</b></a>, entered into the <a href="http://gardens.si.edu/collections-research/aag.html" target="_blank"><b>Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens</b></a>, a recognized <a href="http://www.cmhpf.org/" target="_blank"><b>local historic landmark</b></a>... and, oh yes, have I mentioned that this is the garden of the South's most pre-eminent garden writer of the twentieth century? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, all of that aside, what I attach to more than anything else is imagining the years of care and attention that Elizabeth gave to each plant. I imagine all of the knowledge she gained over the years, and then documented so eloquently for all of us to learn in perpetuity. Seeing all of this, like movie clips in my mind's eye, does not make it any easier to decide that an original Lawrence plant needs to go. But there are times when decisions must be made - as in the case of the Jelena witch hazel - because the plant is telling you - perhaps with its very last breath - that it is time to make a change. </span></div>
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The summersweet to which Miss Lawrence refers is still in her garden, just beginning to reveal its first delicate fragrant blooms. I experienced the same wonder on a hot July afternoon as I walked down her garden path two years ago. The fragrance of the mountain summersweet is said to smell like heliotrope, but I agree with Miss Lawrence - it is more like vanilla. It's a scent I never tire of noticing.<br />
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The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-51418206294099892192012-12-11T11:38:00.000-05:002012-12-11T11:38:00.492-05:00Taking Time to Enjoy the Garden<div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">So at long last, I am finally making the time to sit, chill with nature, and write another post. How amazingly busy (in a good way) it has been here in the Lawrence Garden! I have kept my schedule so filled with reorganizing garden areas, research, our incredible volunteer group (the Keepers of the Garden), and several fantastic workshops; I’ve left myself no time to fill you all in on the garden goings-on. And there has been a whole lot going on! </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">If you've visited the Lawrence Garden since August, you may have noticed a new face helping me out. We were lucky enough to have a co-op intern from the Horticulture program at Central Piedmont Community College, April Ryan. April has helped me out with many aspects of the garden in her 4 months here. Although her internship officially ended December 4th, she will continue to volunteer some of her time here in the Lawrence Garden. April has just been awarded an American Hemerocallis Society scholarship, and has been named President of the CPCC Horticulture Club for 2013.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">One of my all-time favorite plants is the <i>Chimonanthus praecox</i> (wintersweet), whose relatively small flowers permeate the entire Lawrence Garden with their intoxicating fragrance... especially when the late afternoon warms them. I routinely cut branches for Elizabeth’s desk to admire the delicate flowers and sweet perfume up close.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Last year, the Algerian iris, <i>Iris unguicularis</i>, made its fleeting debut on December 16th; I am sitting on tinter-hooks eagerly awaiting the first bloom's arrival this year. I have seen it in other gardens... Ann Armstrong’s was blooming in late October! Hopefully we will see a bloom here before too long. This is Elizabeth Lawrence’s original plant... still under the kitchen window where she planted it so long ago. I find this kind of perennial longevity absolutely amazing, and it’s part of the unseen depth of this garden.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the latest discoveries in the garden: an entire stone landing that was hidden under 3-4" of pathway gravel! It is amazing how time changes a garden. Mostly, we think of change in terms of plant material, not in hard-scape. Once I uncovered and relaid the landing, it made perfect sense to be there. Yet more testimony to the success of Elizabeth's keen design skill. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each time I find something new (to me), I get a deeper sense of the meaning of this garden. It's as if Elizabeth is with me, understanding the wonder and delight that this garden brings. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>"Sometimes, in January, I find something new in bloom every time I go into the garden; even when there is no new flower, I find a tender leaf of hope."</i></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Elizabeth Lawrence</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Gardens in Winter</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Happy winter greetings! I am thrilled to be Wing Haven’s new Lawrence Garden Associate. Having known this garden for many years, I never truly took the time to visit with it as I do now. This is a most intimate garden. I am humbled by the mastery and success of the garden's design. Elizabeth Lawrence was so ahead of her time in her plant collections and trials; many plants she grew here sixty years ago are still rare in the trade! Part of what we hope to accomplish here is propagation of many of these special plants, as well as trialing new plants from around the world, to continue Elizabeth’s philosophy of using the garden as a laboratory. I so look forward to sharing with you everything we learn along the way.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Each winter day that I am here in the Lawrence garden, I find myself searching, almost feverishly, for some delightful discovery; spotting a fresh tiny bloom of <i>Galanthus elwesii</i> (snowdrops), catching the intoxicating fragrance of the <i>Chimonanthus praecox</i> (winter-sweet), or perhaps unearthing a stone laid decades ago by Miss Lawrence. With each discovery, I get a rush of excitement and wonder. Even on the harshest days, when the crisp winter winds whip through several layers of clothing, and my hands and feet are so chilled they are almost numb, my heart is filled with the warm joy of uncovering the many secrets this garden tirelessly gives. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Come discover for yourself the magic that is Wing Haven Gardens! Visit our <a href="http://www.winghavengardens.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">website</span></a> for all the information about our fantastic <a href="http://winghavengardens.com/AdultClassesFallWinter.asp"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Winter Lecture Series</span></a>, with classes starting next week and continuing through the end of March.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Happy Gardening!</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Andrea Sprott</span></div></i></span>The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-90150254480488661592010-09-16T12:32:00.000-04:002010-09-16T12:32:35.973-04:00Aesculus parviflora seed update!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_HiGn84mr-v5ltvhXktM3_H73I2_G2oi81WM849v1PmN7UWuq2qAujCtMOEh-Zms1q36oaaA4GSfLIq8l53cHwhc5H1E57t0m9xcqyPmerA7gDMageAQtcUVl7U_3AYVcYEXAtlY5Cs/s1600/Aesculus+parviflora+fruit+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_HiGn84mr-v5ltvhXktM3_H73I2_G2oi81WM849v1PmN7UWuq2qAujCtMOEh-Zms1q36oaaA4GSfLIq8l53cHwhc5H1E57t0m9xcqyPmerA7gDMageAQtcUVl7U_3AYVcYEXAtlY5Cs/s200/Aesculus+parviflora+fruit+002.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>On July 27th, I posted about Elizabeth Lawrence's experience with Buckeye seed from June of 1962. Her luck almost 50 years ago did not produce much by way of seed, thanks to little critters, but this year luck has been on our side! I've been watching the few remaining pods and this week they have split, some even falling to the ground. I collected a handful and planted them right away. A few more remain on the tree and my hope is to collect them too. They are really just spectacular! <br />
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Stop by and visit the Aster tartaricus that is just opening and soon, the Helianthus angustifolius will be too!<br />
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Yours in the garden,<br />
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Katie MullenThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-48738221381483691112010-09-01T08:45:00.002-04:002010-09-13T12:04:41.089-04:00Lycoris sp.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQifEwnBGBWbZFjvBQrXJxLHSBU4rSmz6dMB0ZtT7uiQaczgHp0na3ito7bkLcbO2JsTKVOJiBeJmrmcXWjw7l3BdpI0zPTbSKJS65-tVo7kehWlG6QwSnFLkwZveRR1FysLGTBcnhmdV/s1600/August+31,+2009+003.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQifEwnBGBWbZFjvBQrXJxLHSBU4rSmz6dMB0ZtT7uiQaczgHp0na3ito7bkLcbO2JsTKVOJiBeJmrmcXWjw7l3BdpI0zPTbSKJS65-tVo7kehWlG6QwSnFLkwZveRR1FysLGTBcnhmdV/s320/August+31,+2009+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511972329087084914" /></a><br /><em><em></em>"In midsummer, when heat and drought have drained all color from leaf and blossom - in spite of all of the city water that is poured on them - the surprise lily rises mysteriously from the ground. One day there is nothing, and the next there is a tall, pale stem that grows to about three feet and then produces, at the top, a circle of flowers of the most luminous and delicate pink. The surprise lily is not really a lily. It is a lycoris, as lovely as the nymph it was named for, and belongs to the amaryllis family."<em></em></em><br /><br />Elizabeth Lawrence<br />August 18, 1957<br /><br />Fifty three years later, almost to the day, the lycoris are here again. The garden has been showing different species the last two weeks, and the one pictured above is the latest to emerge. Truly a surprise in such hot, dry weather we are having right now. <br /><br />See you soon in the garden,<br />Katie MullenThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-19986342020444414462010-07-27T16:29:00.009-04:002010-07-28T12:21:03.535-04:00Aesculus parviflora<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1HUOTYL7IkPcTDAUN7qShQ5m_22IhB96VpjDvjodmH_WIZCeoR9kAqKiu7Gpn1oyoV0NOyzw-Qf-roaLT4YObh7XsvD5DEreD2LvjqToYcjoVV8odFZLns5UihKQlHbd4ic55V8JA1M/s1600/July+27,+2010+002.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1HUOTYL7IkPcTDAUN7qShQ5m_22IhB96VpjDvjodmH_WIZCeoR9kAqKiu7Gpn1oyoV0NOyzw-Qf-roaLT4YObh7XsvD5DEreD2LvjqToYcjoVV8odFZLns5UihKQlHbd4ic55V8JA1M/s320/July+27,+2010+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498989641938524514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>"The dwarf bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora, is not really small flowered. The specific name applies only to the individual flowers. The inflorescence is an impressive slender spike, like a foxtail lily, from twelve to sixteen inches long, with apricot-tipped stamens standing out beyond the white flowers. They bloom punctually the first part of June, almost always beginning on the eigth... In spite of the fact that the flowers are so plentiful, there are very few buckeyes, and those few disappear before I can gather them. Last summer I found out where they go. I caught a chipmunk lugging one into his tunnel. Lacking seed, propagation is by division."<br /><br />Elizabeth Lawrence<br />June 24, 1962</em><br /><br />The Buckeye has long since flowered and now there are a few remaining seed pods. I thought it was interesting that Elizabeth Lawrence made note of the disappearing buckeyes and I believe her thought remains true today. I'm sure in a few days the handful that are left will be gone too. Summer is moving quickly and other things are passing by including the daylily, Cestrum, and Rose Campion. However, the Eupatorium, Physostegia, Chelone and Lobelia will be in full color before long.<br /><br />Come see our end of summer flowers soon,<br /><br />Katie MullenThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-64512182467753594742010-07-24T13:51:00.005-04:002010-07-27T16:28:19.404-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KeoM0lv62fcmpUiMt5Sp79RsTM_9ZdgxjTnBdr6exMBhdOcE5zANxDA9l8753nuyYZ7EMwDXL_or3keb4zv6q5QSp54RHiiO9tR1GsuMWPk5Vd0vSI65zWGR0OvQmGJsCrVMEOdnR6I/s1600/Cyclamen,+July+24,+2010+001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KeoM0lv62fcmpUiMt5Sp79RsTM_9ZdgxjTnBdr6exMBhdOcE5zANxDA9l8753nuyYZ7EMwDXL_or3keb4zv6q5QSp54RHiiO9tR1GsuMWPk5Vd0vSI65zWGR0OvQmGJsCrVMEOdnR6I/s320/Cyclamen,+July+24,+2010+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497532716100348834" /></a><br /><br /><em>"[Cyclamen] neapolitanum is a fall-flowering species, but I have had bloom as early as the Fourth of July. Last year the first flower came at the end of August, and buds continued to appear until early December, in spite of a series of hard frosts that put an end to all other flowers except Chinese violets. The first flowers come before the leaves, resting as lightly as butterflies on their short, stiff stems and looking as if they had settled but for a moment between flights... The common form is very pale with the faintest shimmer of lilac, and at the mouth are even marks of magenta rose, two to a petal." <br /><br />Elizabeth Lawrence<br />The Little Bulbs</em><br /><br /><br /> A visitor last week pointed out that a lone Cylcamen flower had come up and I had missed it in my usual hurry through the garden. Even more enjoyable, the visitor had a lovely english accent and pronounced cyclamen with two short 'i' sounds, like 'siklamin'. She went on to reminisce about her family's gardens and it made me wonder how many people come to the Lawrence garden and recollect previous garden experiences? I often hear about "Grandmother's garden..." when visitors are in the garden. Are our children and grandchildren going to remember our gardens when they are older? We are fortunate to be able to relive Lawrence's garden experience in her books and garden, and reminiscing about little plants such as the Cyclamen.<br /><br />Learn to create a memorable garden by visiting ours at Wing Haven!<br /><br />Katie Mullen<br /><br /><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em>The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-63632529659417779362010-07-07T11:43:00.004-04:002010-07-07T12:20:05.228-04:00Hemerocallis sp.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjy8XvTaaASxXNdVpb8uMYGPgxwhhnlHSHzleB5v474DbkMxDhQShD1V_qWcm_hB0oIaHC-3uiPnkYxLroyXEO519rUfaWVvBOO8Wi5uOgOu40OSALmNGXjEn6tsdqoqR5cP34hllEBNw/s1600/July+2,+2010+001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjy8XvTaaASxXNdVpb8uMYGPgxwhhnlHSHzleB5v474DbkMxDhQShD1V_qWcm_hB0oIaHC-3uiPnkYxLroyXEO519rUfaWVvBOO8Wi5uOgOu40OSALmNGXjEn6tsdqoqR5cP34hllEBNw/s320/July+2,+2010+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491195260625146354" /></a><br /><em><em></em>"In early summer southern gardens come into a glory that has come to them only in recent years with the development of the day-lily. It is seldom that the perennial of the day proves the perennial of all others for the South, but this is one that thrives in all climates. We are particulary fortunate in a long season that allows for a second, and even a third crop of flowers from some of the persisitent bloomers. These tall hybrids begin to bloom late in May. By the middle of July they are on the wane. In my garden they are gone by the first of August. The flowers range in color from the palest canary, through peach and apricot, deep yellow and orage, to rich reds."<br /> <br />Elizabeth Lawrence<br />A Southern Garden</em><br /><br />I am constantly amazed by the Hemerocallis in this garden. While I don't know all the cultivars, there is one in the garden that reaches over 5'. It seems taller cultivars are harder to find in today's industry, but some heavier research may hopefully prove my thought wrong. I counted the stalks on this particular daylily and there are seventeen! In another of Elizabeth Lawrence's writings she notes of one daylily with thirty-two! The daylily is definitely a southern favorite.<br /><br />Other items in flower in the garden include Crinum, Salvia, Phlox, Gloriosa Lily, Kalameris, and Rain Lily, to name a few. Come see this wonderful garden in summer color, before the heat fades our flowers!<br /><br />KatieThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-82456836030372234122010-05-05T15:53:00.016-04:002010-05-05T16:26:46.904-04:00Yucca gloriosa and others flowering soon...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcaNlSI8Ja9q7zwCh2R3fs6fUuamw8tHRmgcKd5mJonHKLRAd4FGPRNje9SeB3e6pzdZ01_Lm7rYN2RvSt-b7sNBihw4ORENIFmGpHXqVaItUgMXe2V6hMKcJIBbj6Fucw7Xdsqv5k0Q/s1600/May+5,+2010+003.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcaNlSI8Ja9q7zwCh2R3fs6fUuamw8tHRmgcKd5mJonHKLRAd4FGPRNje9SeB3e6pzdZ01_Lm7rYN2RvSt-b7sNBihw4ORENIFmGpHXqVaItUgMXe2V6hMKcJIBbj6Fucw7Xdsqv5k0Q/s320/May+5,+2010+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467878095785388194" /></a><br /><em>"I cannot think why the yuccas are so little used. Once in midwinter I went into a little garden that had no claim to distinction in any season, but acquired the charm of simplicity when it was reduced by frost to a pattern of brick-edged walks accented by stiff rosettes of yuccas and framed by a clipped hedge."<br />Elizabeth Lawrence<br />A Southern Garden</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There are many things about to bloom in the garden and this Yucca is one of them. Many visitors are amazed by the height of this flower stalk. Also soon to flower, below, is Stewartia pseudocamellia.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6gMT205EzutQTx5CIzJq8DgZPDBGSZD3_X-8QsZEEK1lpqVncxh1x_ZzK2SkIuyE21q5rTMXhzP4-c-nAmvOoM-jwefrlgktmt6NRXoqIBU1bqNuCtTX0bevhBZ0jjTieeZ9koj4HSM/s1600/May+5,+2010+007.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6gMT205EzutQTx5CIzJq8DgZPDBGSZD3_X-8QsZEEK1lpqVncxh1x_ZzK2SkIuyE21q5rTMXhzP4-c-nAmvOoM-jwefrlgktmt6NRXoqIBU1bqNuCtTX0bevhBZ0jjTieeZ9koj4HSM/s320/May+5,+2010+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467880436873534450" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Below, also is Agarista populifolia.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pJ8uXeg9YPki2lJv7xqsCJ1-DB05ZjT4SKC5ag8C-eZPdRScEK173ls0-18y39Wg8DeynBWYJ3qegxzPXMqdxl30UXIa2hrzORpRTq6Ed7NvtILZxqG_FqfxPvnN_BwPkk7tOlK-5zU/s1600/May+5,+2010+010.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pJ8uXeg9YPki2lJv7xqsCJ1-DB05ZjT4SKC5ag8C-eZPdRScEK173ls0-18y39Wg8DeynBWYJ3qegxzPXMqdxl30UXIa2hrzORpRTq6Ed7NvtILZxqG_FqfxPvnN_BwPkk7tOlK-5zU/s320/May+5,+2010+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467882304304116978" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And last, Aesulus parviflora.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRSB9zmvmhZFs3jVDwnJHGHdMKoL36r_8TXBehzG7jjtCaxj837DMA5h7P9oD2tsi4DrrQ0zJKW77sGcjeJAw1FC2zAuhQ-AR3UWYTzP2alxzlRpvs5Z0GWVWB6Z7f6WDgRCzyvyG1G0/s1600/May+5,+2010+009.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRSB9zmvmhZFs3jVDwnJHGHdMKoL36r_8TXBehzG7jjtCaxj837DMA5h7P9oD2tsi4DrrQ0zJKW77sGcjeJAw1FC2zAuhQ-AR3UWYTzP2alxzlRpvs5Z0GWVWB6Z7f6WDgRCzyvyG1G0/s320/May+5,+2010+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467883594276730082" /></a>The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-86424532571335209452010-04-20T16:36:00.004-04:002010-04-21T10:04:24.621-04:00Elizabeth Lawrence's Study View<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffUOJMGk3I8_MS5RaiUdRdguGRAIGp6DZJRKqfM95iZJvyS39azBBSR_C_57IIl5lme2D-rTmr1f890KboPGPcMSBm3iT06xEbNSOwAFPr5buytrOK-jI0iZLIwCadVuqnVN1V8awoTs/s1600/April+20,+2010+001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffUOJMGk3I8_MS5RaiUdRdguGRAIGp6DZJRKqfM95iZJvyS39azBBSR_C_57IIl5lme2D-rTmr1f890KboPGPcMSBm3iT06xEbNSOwAFPr5buytrOK-jI0iZLIwCadVuqnVN1V8awoTs/s320/April+20,+2010+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462322411256672354" /></a><br /><br />I thought a quick picture of the garden through Miss Lawrence's study today would be of interest. I often wonder how many hours Elizabeth spent sitting in front of this window watching and writing. The garden view has changed since I started the fellowship, mainly that the Cherry Laurel Allee has been removed and started over, and the stone walls refurbished. I hope you have windows to your garden that offer inspiration, wonder, and adventure just as Elizabeth's did for her!The Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-3133823670198410452010-04-14T13:54:00.002-04:002010-04-14T14:02:48.496-04:00Cydonia oblonga<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHz8PdXk8fMmFr5PEaNLtd3kUqbgOVdU-zLu-_WoTVwpLA3W9GLKNeeRw2PspuSqSBcD_RiRINqj7GpoB4CXTus8JA5OACRG_mZisV1pdYz4kd9UwxNKFYL72C-Vbn-T78DWmm88mm6M/s1600/April+14th,+2010+001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHz8PdXk8fMmFr5PEaNLtd3kUqbgOVdU-zLu-_WoTVwpLA3W9GLKNeeRw2PspuSqSBcD_RiRINqj7GpoB4CXTus8JA5OACRG_mZisV1pdYz4kd9UwxNKFYL72C-Vbn-T78DWmm88mm6M/s200/April+14th,+2010+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460053811024423026" /></a><br />While carrying branches from Lawrence's Chaenomeles 'Apple Blossom' that I've been pruning this week since it's finished flowering, I noticed another Quince at the curb shedding it's bark. This tree form is actually Cydonia oblonga that Elizabeth Lawrence planted while living here. It has also finished flowering, which is often missed since they are tiny, and above eye level. The bark is hard to miss and I thought I would share this interesting picture. I briefly researched my collection of Elizabeth Lawrence books for a Cydonia comment, but could not find one. For now, we'll just have to thank Miss Lawrence for leaving us with this spectacular tree.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting,<br /><br />KatieThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-77354683987159457032010-04-12T12:21:00.009-04:002010-04-15T10:06:04.721-04:00Creatures Add to a Garden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gDP4yH92L3uk1HTgU7zGmIrzHUaZe8aKyEzNuU4Tq1CCam-4V1jTr01MdItxRvsl-KA2VCR07-4KBl4gkFNtkAJ0aeKeJVNlGHMbMAOyvhDGJ1pw_7cbItf7iUnqL039ZkA_rcb_5Go/s1600/April+12,+2010+004.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gDP4yH92L3uk1HTgU7zGmIrzHUaZe8aKyEzNuU4Tq1CCam-4V1jTr01MdItxRvsl-KA2VCR07-4KBl4gkFNtkAJ0aeKeJVNlGHMbMAOyvhDGJ1pw_7cbItf7iUnqL039ZkA_rcb_5Go/s320/April+12,+2010+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459291319847915714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJY3YS4TticUJ2vH6xAp6oulS09LNYv_T143AW-mcmrpmhVEUqVyMRpRXGZiz-y5N2S8rDC7PKG2XimE7oqOf7cDgnBogB5f532KRB5t6OTSQzvL2lcYwjMmFJDTFodgELwr_JSKRzCg/s1600/April+12,+2010+003.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJY3YS4TticUJ2vH6xAp6oulS09LNYv_T143AW-mcmrpmhVEUqVyMRpRXGZiz-y5N2S8rDC7PKG2XimE7oqOf7cDgnBogB5f532KRB5t6OTSQzvL2lcYwjMmFJDTFodgELwr_JSKRzCg/s320/April+12,+2010+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459288165234522770" /></a><br /><em>"Last summer I never saw my toad - or toads. I have never been sure whether it is the same or several. He usually startles me hopping out from under a plant when I am weeding the border, and I think he lives in the rock wall. If toads are really so valuable I think something should be done to attract them, but I have never known what they like."</em><br /><strong>Elizabeth Lawrence<br />Beautiful at All Seasons</strong><br /><br />I have had the opportunity to see some toads sitting on the edge of the pond this past week and can't seem to get close enough for a picture without scaring them. All I have for evidence is a body print! I had a hunch Miss Lawrence has had experience with all forms of creatures in her garden. The excerpt above is from a Charlotte Observer article dated February 5, 1961. Forty-nine years later, the toads are still busy. Just in the past week, I've seen a long black snake, the toads, and a few chipmunks drinking from the pool while perching on Miss Lawrence's frog fountain. There are always creatures in the garden!<br /><br />Thanks for visiting,<br />Katie Mullen<br />2009 Marco Polo Stufano FellowThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308625843157445613.post-30960612968153137132010-04-03T14:04:00.002-04:002010-04-03T16:41:35.282-04:00Elizabeth Lawrence's Gate<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95_sAUxFkp0wQr7qa_H6vTCs3yEKYT0dnNVsreXwW2OOOcnxKkUOiv9E7AnqU116u0FjVUTDczSSvg1x3V6jd3kgwv70GeOleSqEZ4Yq7zfg5UOBpWK_YRAqzYMq0BPgMaqsONgHMcTk/s1600/April+2+2010+009.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95_sAUxFkp0wQr7qa_H6vTCs3yEKYT0dnNVsreXwW2OOOcnxKkUOiv9E7AnqU116u0FjVUTDczSSvg1x3V6jd3kgwv70GeOleSqEZ4Yq7zfg5UOBpWK_YRAqzYMq0BPgMaqsONgHMcTk/s320/April+2+2010+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455974586290981522" /></a><br />"This is the gate to my garden. I invite you to enter in; not only into my garden, but into the world of gardens - a world as old as the history of man, and as new as the latest contribution of science; a world of mystery, adventure and romance; a world of poetry and philosophy; a world of beauty; and a world of work."<br />Elizabeth Lawrence<br />The Charlotte Observer, August 11, 1957<br /><br />Being a focal point to the garden, we recently had the gate refurbished and today it was returned to the garden. Over the years, the top scroll had disappeared and we thought it was important to bring it back. One of Lawrence's iconic picture is of her inviting people through the gate. I'm excited to have it back and hope you'll come see it too.<br /><br />Enjoy the weather!<br /><br />Katie Mullen<br />2009 Marco Polo Stufano FellowThe Elizabeth Lawrence House & Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731008382277978798noreply@blogger.com0