{"id":44771,"date":"2013-09-01T19:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T23:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=44771"},"modified":"2013-09-01T19:03:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T23:03:28","slug":"scenes-from-long-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=44771","title":{"rendered":"scenes from Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like the heat is fairly evenly distributed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend. In between dipping into a steaming hot garden to cut back agastache, anthemis and senecio, I’m catching up on work and going through summer photos, a much cooler occupation than tangling with rampant summer growth. How different were the mild days of late June when a group of us toured Long Island, New York, which has a vibrant garden culture. I had expected Long Island’s weather to be pretty much what I’m experiencing now, hot and muggy, but it was the mildest, most deliciously cool touring weather one could hope for.<\/p>\n


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Madoo Conservancy<\/p>\n

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Longhouse Reserve<\/p>\n

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A charmer in a container, Aruncus aethusifolius. Longhouse Reserve<\/p>\n

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gesneriad in the greenhouse at Old Westbury Gardens<\/p>\n

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Old Westbury Gardens<\/p>\n

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Immaculately kept greenhouse at Old Westbury Gardens<\/p>\n

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Tender exotics like Solandra maxima, the cup of gold vine, at Old Westbury Gardens.<\/p>\n

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Tropical vireya rhododendrons<\/p>\n

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If begonias are the next big thing in plants, Long Island definitely got the memo. Old Westbury Gardens.<\/p>\n

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Old Westbury Gardens<\/p>\n

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Possibly Alcantarea imperialis, a giant among bromeliads and a favorite of Roberto Burle Marx, at Old Westbury Gardens<\/p>\n

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Long Island nurseries were bursting with tropicals which will flourish in the heat and humidity<\/p>\n

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A jubilant celebration of the arrival of summer permeated the island<\/p>\n

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Preparations for a midsummer’s eve party<\/p>\n

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Rex begonia vine, Cissus discolor<\/p>\n

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Garden of the owners of Landcraft Environments,<\/a> growers who specialize in tender perennials and unusual annuals.<\/p>\n

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Curving dry-stacked wall backed by a meadow blooming Knautia macedonia in June, Landcraft Environments<\/p>\n

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Clematis integrifolia as ground cover, Landcraft Environments<\/p>\n

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The entryway parterre at Landcraft Environments planted in color blocks of berberis<\/p>\n

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The meadow in June at Landcraft Environments, with lysimachia and knautia in flower<\/p>\n

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Landcraft Environments, greenhouses in the distance<\/p>\n

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