Thursday, June 13, 2013

Lilies

When I went to the Memphis Botanic Gardens to see the hydrangeas, there was a lot more to see. The lilies looked beautiful. My favorites are the regular orange field lilies, which they have at the edge of their woodland garden:


but they also have a formal lily garden:

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  1. Viktoria Berg9:50 PM

    This post made me think of Sissinghurst´s White Garden, that I always wanted to see. And it occured to me that it´s just near Dover, where we will be staying for a few days this summer! Now, I only have to convince the husband... ;)

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  2. Anonymous6:46 AM

    Pretty!
    --A Pal

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  3. Divers and Sundry7:02 AM

    i love the internet! i googled Sissinghurst´s White Garden and found a wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissinghurst_Castle_Garden . it says the castle garden was created by Vita Sackville-West, whose name is familiar to me but i'm not sure from where. the pictures at google's image search are beautiful!

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  4. Viktoria Berg11:18 AM

    Vita Sackville-West was the lover of Virginia Woolf, and the novel "Orlando" was a kind of love letter to Vita. I have a tv-series on my shelf about her, "Portrait of a Marriage" from 1990, with Janet McTeer as Vita. She had an open marriage with Harold Nicolson, they both had same-sex affairs, but were very devoted to each other.

    "Orlando" was also made into a visually stunning film with Tilda Swinton.

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  5. Divers and Sundry9:38 AM

    i've read orlando, so maybe that's it. i've never seen the movie, but i loved the book.

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