Sign on the corner directing visitors to entrance.\
Vista through the pergola loaded with wisteria.
Vista into sunny garden with pools, fountains and Iceland poppies in bloom.
Liz at a garden gate at one of the houses we visited.
Rose growing between a SW facing house wall and the walkway. I believe this is "Stars and Stripes" rather than "Fourth of July" - mostly because of the small space it fills.
One color of the many different colored ephiphyllums growing at Sherman Gardens.
"Mistletoe Cactus" Rhipsalis cassutha This specimen is about six feet tall (? long?). The same family as the Christmas and Easter cactus - but it looks like thick hair.
Ocotillo in full leaf. Neither of us realized that there are so many varieties of Ocotillo.
Gorgeous cut flower arrangement in Sherman Library office. Sedums around the bottom and also the donkey tail variety hanging over the edge of the vase. Note the Sansieveria leaves stuck down into the vase to cover the stems of the Amaryllis. The Amaryllis are grown in pots and moved around as needed to fill in different areas - however, they are a perennial bulb here and are just grown in the soil. They will multiply and fill in large planting beds.
Sherman Gardens grows many different hanging baskets. This one composed of variegated ivy and impatiens.
A Jelly Palm planted with impatiens. This is a delightful accent to this graceful blue-grey palm with long arching fronds,
Chinese Silk Fringe tree.......
.... is covered with bunches of elegant white blossoms. No fragrance.
Sherman Gardens are comprised of only 2.2 acres, but they cover a variety of climates and have something in bloom throughout the year. The Research Library is a repository of information about the Pacific Southwest which includes books, maps, newspapers, land grant records - just about anything you can name. There were California Impressionist paintings on display in the Library, part of the collection that are not normally seen by the public.
Liz and I think we'll try to do this again next year.
1 comment:
As always, your photos are a treat. Can I come along next time you do this trip?
xo
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