Ginger, franklinia and pomegranate…oh my!

Oh how wonderful it is on a cold November day to look back at an open garden visit in August, all sunny and warm.

My Hesperaloe parviflora didn’t bloom this year, I missed them.

This gardeners parking strip was quite wide and packed full of interesting textural plants.

I love the look of this (not sure what it is?), but doubt I would so much in my own garden.

The front garden is not quite as over-planted as it looks…

Although the sidewalk is a little “tight”…

But things do open up on the other side.

There was a couple fixated on the crepe myrtle when I walked up, I felt bad for disturbing them…

When visiting a new garden this is the point where I hold my breath for a bit. Things are about to go one of two ways...

Thankfully this one went the "thumbs-up" way...

Abutilon megapotamicum

And the view across the back garden.

There were gingers, Tara (Hedychium coccineum 'Tara')...

And this! Hedychium aff. densiflorum...

I wish I had space for more gingers because I am in love with this.

There were two short pathways up to the garden along the back of the house, this the first. The tree on the left is a Franklinia alatamaha.

It's pretty sweet...

And I guess quite rare.

This is the other pathway.

Bordered by eucomis...

There was an interesting renegade stem-bloom on one of them.

Near a back door was this, Buddleia lindleyana.

As I recall the homeowner/gardener said he planted it there in order to enjoy the booms from the indoors.

Punica Granatum 'Flore Pleno'

And what I thought was fruit, but are actually flower buds. As it turns out this was my last HPSO open garden visit of the season...thankfully there will be a new open gardens book available in the spring...(spring, I can't wait...)...more gardens to visit then...

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