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To: Duchess47

I seldom see flower displays like that anymore. But the gardeners at the Fresno Zoo and Roeding Zoo always planted a couple of displays when I was a child. I always begged my dad to drive by at various seasons to see what they had imagined.

Now that I am older (much older) I realize what a trick it is to plant a display garden. It is more than choosing the right colors for your picture — it also involves finding flowers that are the right height in comparison to one another and also bloom at the same time. It must take a lot of planning.

The Dutch are very good at this.


162 posted on 09/11/2010 8:52:21 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin, Zone 4 to 5)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I really appreciate displays like that. I don’t have the knowledge or talent to do something like it but I really enjoy them. I just retired this year - maybe if I can figure out vegetable gardening in my area, I’ll give that a try.


164 posted on 09/11/2010 9:50:12 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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