sakonnetgarden
Internally Illuminated
Every June, the central "red ditch" converts from green to scarlet. Rhododendron Vulcan's Flame is a wonderful old West Coast hybrid that has done well for us, slowly building in scale, blooming after the general peak of late May. After years of tough triage, we started winnowing down to our favorite rhodys, adding more of the same. Doesn't this work better here than a collection of colors?
"The rake's progress" (with apologies to Mr. Hogarth) : we find ourselves increasingly more interested in "creating experiences" with plants than in just having or growing them. We enjoy visitors' surprise in coming around a hedge to suddenly be blasted by this scarlet vision. The rhodys are planted to be backlighted after noon, so the result is the red is exaggerated even more.
Here, the backlighting is in fog, causing the flowers' edges to dissolve a bit in haze. Fun!
(2014)
Internally Illuminated
Every June, the central "red ditch" converts from green to scarlet. Rhododendron Vulcan's Flame is a wonderful old West Coast hybrid that has done well for us, slowly building in scale, blooming after the general peak of late May. After years of tough triage, we started winnowing down to our favorite rhodys, adding more of the same. Doesn't this work better here than a collection of colors?
"The rake's progress" (with apologies to Mr. Hogarth) : we find ourselves increasingly more interested in "creating experiences" with plants than in just having or growing them. We enjoy visitors' surprise in coming around a hedge to suddenly be blasted by this scarlet vision. The rhodys are planted to be backlighted after noon, so the result is the red is exaggerated even more.
Here, the backlighting is in fog, causing the flowers' edges to dissolve a bit in haze. Fun!
(2014)