The garden that we made . Digitized by Microsoft® The Gardenthat We Made lambs ear, with woolly leaves as soft as velvet; theplume poppy [Bocconia cordata), a tall plant which is quiteeasy to cultivate though its homeland is Japan—it bloomsin July ; Yucca Jilameniosa, with white, waxen, bell-shapedflowers and lance-shaped leaves pointing upwards; thethistle-like sea-holly {Eryiighcvi alpimim) ; Salvia sclarea,a peculiar plant with decorative leaves, and milk-whiteclusters of blossoms (it was formerly called Oculus Christi) ;Hyacinihus candicans, lily-white in colour ; lavender cotton,with its
The garden that we made . Digitized by Microsoft® The Gardenthat We Made lambs ear, with woolly leaves as soft as velvet; theplume poppy [Bocconia cordata), a tall plant which is quiteeasy to cultivate though its homeland is Japan—it bloomsin July ; Yucca Jilameniosa, with white, waxen, bell-shapedflowers and lance-shaped leaves pointing upwards; thethistle-like sea-holly {Eryiighcvi alpimim) ; Salvia sclarea,a peculiar plant with decorative leaves, and milk-whiteclusters of blossoms (it was formerly called Oculus Christi) ;Hyacinihus candicans, lily-white in colour ; lavender cotton,with its graceful, pale-grey foliage ; and many others inaddition to these I have mentioned. All of these haveeither bluish-grey flowers or grey foliage, and the generaleffect is beautiful as well as The Grey Flower Border. Digitized by Micrdsoft®
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