Tag Archives: alocasia

on the tour; chasing variegated chimeras

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Denise

A garden I visited on Saturday decidedly belonged to a devotee of the variegated leaf. (It takes one to know one.) The infatuation wasn’t apparent at first glance. This was a mature garden, well-treed, bambooed and shrubbed. But after every … Continue reading →

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Dishing with the Girlfriends

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Denise

You didn’t really expect we’d be discussing the latest Manolo Blahniks, did you? Below is the transcribed conversation of a group of cyber garden pals on the topic of various approaches to overwintering tropicals. All but me garden in a … Continue reading →

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