Moe's Outerspace - Barnes

The Many Highlights of Chanticleer

10/27/2014

The beautiful colors of Autumn!

Tricyrtis

Sedum Angelina

Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Asclepias) commonly known as Swan Plant or Hairy Balls (NO, I did not make that up!)

Aconitum napellus (Monk's Hood)

Isoplexis Digitalis

Cornus Kousa (Wolf's Eye) Dogwood

Acanthus spinosus (Bear's breeches)

Persicaria

Calicarpa Americana (Beauty Bush)

Verbena bonariensis

Colocasia (Elephant Ear)

Plectranthus & Acorus gramineus 'minimus aureus' (upper left)

Not sure what this is...... Anyone??

Ajuga reptans 'Black scallop'

Eurybia divaricata 'Eastern star' , (white wood aster)

A lone Foxglove

Katsura

Cyclamen, underplanting the Katsura

Ilex crenata 'Sky pencil' (Japanese Holly)

The Ruins

Clematis Tibetana

Corydalis lutea

Charles Kresson's Camellias & Garden highlights

10/27/2014

Hedychium 'Dr. Moy' , Hardy Ginger Lily

Salvia Gregii 'Hot Lips'

Crocus Speciosus , Autumn Crocus

Camelia 'Snow Flurry'

Cotoneaster Salicifolia

White Cyclamen blooming through the fallen leaves

Colorful Nasturtium & Torenia fournieri

'Autumn Spirit'

'Winter Rose'

Camellias

Salvia 'Louie's Orange Delight'

Salvia 'Wendy's Wish'

Salvias in gorgeous colors

Euphorbia Heterophylla , Mexican fireplant/ Japanese poinsettia

Some favorites from Elizabeth Shumacher's beautiful garden

10/20/2014

Sculpture "The Partners"

Katsura Tree

Very cool Actaea Pachypoda with prominent "doll's eyes" berries

Acer Sango Kaku, Coral Bark Japanese Maple

Lovely combination of Begonia Grandis and Hypoestes phyllostachya

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens', Black Mondo Grass

Barnes Arboretum observations:

10/6/2014

Thunbergia Alata 'Spanish eyes"

Hakonechloa Macra 'aureola'

Celosia 'ruby parfait'

Tithonia rotundifolia

Celosia 'ruby parfait'

Cosmos bipinnata

Gorgeous Magnolia grandiflora full of seed-filled cones.

Seed cone of the Magnolia grandiflora splitting open to release the seeds.

Highlights from North Creek Nursery

9/29/2014

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation' (bluestem)

Tricyrtis 'Lightning Strike'

Pachysandra procumbens

Life Wall

Life Wall zoom shot

Echinacea 'Solar Flare'

Aster 'Snow Flurry'

Physostegia virginiana 'Pink Manners' (obedient plant)

Arboretum Field Study

9/22/2014

Koelreuteria bipinnata's reddish seed pods

Sinister bark of the Zanthoxylum simulans (Flatspine Prickly-ash)

Fruit of the Poncirus trifoliata (Hardy-orange) turning from green to yellow.

Gorgeous bark of the Stewartias

Incidental praying mantis sighting

Highlights from Inta's Garden

9/15/2014

Gentian

Shag Bark Hickory

Canna "Stuttgart"

Begonia Grandis

Podopyllium spotty dotty (Chinese Mayapple)

Cornus Controversa variegata

Cornus Mas

Metasequoia

Metasequoia leaf

Voodoo Lily

Bark of the Voodoo Lily

Leaf of the Voodoo lily

Diamond Head Elephant Ears with Iresine

Koi Pond

Field Study - September

9/8/2014

Poncirus trifoliata with its huge, vicious spines and green soft fruit.

2 Different Golden Rain Trees side by side
Koelreuteria bipinnata & Koelreuteria paniculata

bipinnata: Large yellow flower sprays with beautiful dark green leaves.

paniculata: long brown 3-boweled capsule with many seeds.