The succulent society got another invitation to visit my favourite garden and off I went: it's not too late in the season and the light was kinder. Something that Ian the garden maker said really resonated with me and became the focus for the photographs I want to show.
Ian enjoys doing tours and somehow manages not to avoid repeating himself every time. This time he was talking about the 3 qualities needed for a successful garden: patience, a good eye and a love for god's creations. I'm rather atheistic in my outlook but I do appreciate what is around me, regardless of theories about how it came to be here.
I think that the defining characteristic of a good garden is the eye of the gardener: while there's an overall structure to the place, the little details make the difference; the individual choices of placing single or groupings of plants keep us coming back to look and see something different every time. The bromeliads below are a great example of this.
From the speckles of bromeliads to the contrast of leaves and spirals of air plants and wild figs
A delicate little Aloe flower
Looking up at the largest staghorn fern I have ever seen
Late-flowering Adeniums
Thanksgiving cactus flowers a little earlier than Christmas cactus
The task after all the visual and spiritual reasons for gardening is of course the patience to tend all of the plants. Ian's been at it for the past 37 years and it really shows.
This very beautiful
I thought so too! I want to know the species.
Huernia hystrix, it belongs to the stapeliad family
It is one of my favourites too
What a rare and beautiful plants you have @nikv and they are so healthy
Thanks, but they aren't mine
Great photos. Very cool plants. Could you share some of the species?
I mentioned most of them in the post and answered your question above; the bromeliads are a mix of Neoregelia, Dyckia and Aechmea cultivars and the first picture is Hemanthus albifloss
Thank you!
This is a beautiful tour !
Such exotic looking plants and blooms. I enjoyed looking at these photos.
Thank you! To us, they aren't so exotic because they can be grown outside in a suitable garden
Wow, magnificent all the plants, how well cared for they are, you can tell there is passion and patience here to make them look so lively ❤️
Caring for plants is not easy, so I consider it an art ✨
It definitely is an art and requires love
Lovely photos. Looks like a wonderful garden
I think he got this right. It could easily be just "patience, a good eye, and love" same thought.
Yes, for sure
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