3/27/11

Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden

This garden is one of my favorite destinations up here. Although not a great time of year to visit gardens, I had to stop by. Most of the garden was mellow, but I found some heat in the heather and heath garden (Calluna and Erica).

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The vegetable garden looked spiffy too.

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The Angelica stricta 'Pupurea' some of us got from Annie's Annuals has its origin in this garden. It was kinda neat to see it there.

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I guess with time, and allowed to self sow, it forms quite the purple carpet.

Angelica stricta 'Purpurea'

Views from the tip of peninsula beyond the Botanical Garden offer more views of the coast.

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3 comments:

Christopher C. NC said...

The painted bamboo poles with the purple angelica are nice. I may need to make some. It would be easier to borrow them though.

rainymountain said...

That is a lovely garden. I so enjoy your road trips and walks. Thanks for taking the trouble to share. I hope that the trip provided a good break from studying.

Megan said...

The heath/heather section's looking pretty awesome!