Summer in the Japanese Garden

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Yellow loosestrife beside the bridge

Water Lilies frame the Snow Lantern

The Gunnera just gets bigger

Crocosmias beside the Pavilion

 

 

' Up beside the waterfall, most of the colour comes from the varied shades of green of the dwarf conifers, hostas, grasses, and pines.  A solitary Acer (Sango Kaku) with its pink red stems is striking.  Two small specimens of Acer Dissectum Garnet give a splash of red. On the other side of the path the bright yellow/pale green of two small Acer Saraswanum catch the eye.  A bamboo nigra stands at the head of the fall itself in sparkling jet black.  The deep purple red of a small Australian cordyline palm nestles quietly on the rim..............'

 

 

 

' ..............the fish now grace the pond every day, the orfe (some 30 of them now with the latest additions) swimming in shoals, some forty or so small black fish of unknown variety, and half a dozen varied goldfish which have so far managed to avoid the heron’s dreaded attention.

 

The tinkle of the wind chimes, the trickle of the waterfall, the soft rustle of the breeze in the warm rays of the sunshine.  The serenity of the Japanese Garden, the feeling of being at one with nature. 

 

The pleasures of life itself.....'

 

 

These extracts from the author's book 'How I Built a Japanese Garden' are reproduced courtesy of the publishers.

 

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