Last week I was in Montreal and had a chance to visit the Botanic Gardens, which
are very large and rich. They were filled with late summer and early fall flowers.
This is the central portion of one of the Exhibition Gardens.
The entrance and fountains at the Montreal Botanic Gardens.
The "trees" are New Guinea Impatiens on top of metal poles.
New Guinea Impatiens trees, marigolds, dark green kale.
Impatiens trees, marigolds, decorative cabbage and kale.
"Subpatience Shell Pink New Guinea Impatiens."
"Shell Pink Impatiens," tall cannas, and light green sweet potato.
Entrance to the Rose Garden. The large cranes are Chinese lanterns which are
lighted from inside at night as part of the Lantern Festival.
The Rose Garden has hundreds of varieties of roses and about 20 plants
of each variety so you can see what they look like in a garden.
"Lady Marian" Rose
This is one of the popular bi-color roses.
"Lady Marian" Roses
"Daphne" pink rose
"Dream Come True" Rose
"Peach Chiffon" Rose
"Lemon Sorbet" Rose
"Elina" hybrid tea rose
"Marie Antoinette" pink rose
"Rainbow Sorbet" grandiflora rose
"Lemon Drop" cluster roses
A visitor in the Rose Garden, with some crane lanterns.
The entrance to the Chinese Garden is marked by this weathered old stone.
"Lemon Ball" sedum made an interesting contrast in forms.
There is a large lake and several buildings in the Chinese Garden.
The fishermen are lanterns, filled with LED lights and illuminated at night.
A stone bridge and poet's shrine, white hydrangeas.
The Temple of the Winds sits high on a hill, and during September, the lake is covered
with lanterns in many shapes, fish, fishermen, birds, fantastic creatures.
One of the buildings has a courtyard with bonsai trees and a Moon Gate.
These trees are 45-75 years old.
A giant panda and two cubs are lanterns on the hill.
Chinese Golden Flower covered the hillside below the temple.
Blue Balloon Flowers
"Rain Lilies." We have these in Florida.
Lilac and white Sweet Alyssum
The Japanese Garden and Pavilion also has a collection of bonsai trees.
This Japanese Pine is 100 years old.
The oldest tree in the collection is this 475 year old Japanese Pine.
It was a gift of a bonsai society in Japan. It was planted while Columbus and
Michelangelo were alive.
It was a gift of a bonsai society in Japan. It was planted while Columbus and
Michelangelo were alive.
To be continued . . .
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Just beautiful! I have lots of sedums, but have never heard of Lemon Ball sedums and would love to add some to my garden next year. I've also had balloon flowers for many years and love the color it adds to my garden.
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