Sculpturally rich in architectural shape & form.
Replete with decadent and ostentatious coloration.
Gardeners with an eye towards detail are captivated
with wild infactuation with foliage plants
and overindulge in their tactile exuberance.
Who could resist pairing the vividly striped spiky red foliage of
Phormium The Guardsman with the big bold yellow and
green zebra striped leaves of Canna Bengal Tiger ?
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Photo by Marion Brenner for Garden Design Magazine
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A container planting supports a variety of textures, shapes and forms of foliage.
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| From New Album 6/2/09 4:27 PM |
Contrasting colors and forms united together poolside.
Pennisetum rubra, lysimachia, glechoma and variegated strawberry
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Textural low maintenance entry :
Tree fern, agave attenuatta, lysimachia, succulents, alocasia + heuchera
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The west coast master of Sexy Savory Foliage Gardens : David Feix
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| From Bromeliad Society Tour 2008 |
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| From Bromeliad Society Tour 2008 |
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| From Bromeliad Society Tour 2008 |
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| From Bromeliad Society Tour 2008 |
Simplicity of upright reeds. Equisetum
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Carex, choysia, lamium ,black mondo , chondropetalum and phormium :
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| From Paths |
My garden, preparing for a tour on a rainy spring day:
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Succulents at front entry , Photo by Lee Anne white for Fine Gardening magazine
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Pagoda style succulent
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A spikey tillandsia growing out of an Ensete ventricosum Maurelii
with a plectranthus caressing the trunk of the red banana.
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San Francisco garden show 2008 - Best in Show ,Golden Gate Cup, APLD , Gold medal awards .
Foreground planter :succulents and carex, Midground - bromeliad surrounded by oxalis and succulents, Background bamboo
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| From San Francisco Garden Show 2008 |
* This essay was originally written for inclusion with the Gardeners Roundtable Colloquim,
but upon reflection I have decided to withdraw my inclusion with the group.
An educated woman should be able to speak on what ever subject she chooses whether it be
politics , religion or poo dunk garden design.
Censorship is the antithesis to expressionism in art.
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11 comments:
Beautiful eye candy, as usual! Tucking a Bromeliad or two amongst the taller plants makes for great textural tapestry and I love that Crassula...
Fabulous essay and luscious photos, I felt like I could walk right in and fondle the foliage on many of them.
Thanks for the beautiful and inspiring photos. The lush foliage juxtaposed with the hardscape elements is just so...rich! Love it!
Michelle, we all wanted you to stay and keep on speaking your mind; any upset was caused by the fact that you did not sign your name to your comments and posted to the Facebook page as "the Garden Designer's Roundtable" instead of "Michelle Derviss".
I don't want you to be building this up into a "thing" when it's not. You're welcome back anytime, just sign your name if you're going to call someone Palin-esque so they know who to rebut.
In any case - a nice discussion of foliage and the photos are, as always, exquisite.
Genevieve,
Thanks for your note, but it did not withdraw from the Roundtable due to the name signing facebook badge thing.
I tend to gravitate towards small groups of people who I know very well and respect.
I felt the group was a bit too large for me and whose points of perspective I did not share, ( especially that repugnant momma knows best comment).
I find censorship unattractive .
Joycelyn, Thanks for stopping it and saying hello.
Loree, Don't you just love lush foliage. Speaking of foliage I need to get that Furcrea out to you asap !
doh !
Christine, thanks for plant name, " Crassula" ! , I had forgotten it. Isn't is a looker !
Tonight is the monthly bromeliad society meeting in S.F. and I hope to swap a few broms with other gardeners !
Hey Michelle (you rebel!), I love the pic with the tree fern in the pot. Haven't had one of those monsters in a while. Nice Pics as always...
Not to be a pest but your page link is still acting up. I just got sent to "Let them eat cake" when I pushed the garden porn link at the top of the comments page while leaving your MG Article, which was very cool! Also, the Google link and the link in the "friends of Garden Rant" sent me to the "Cake" article. Yesterday the garden Rant link was working Okay, so I am not sure what's happening but I thought I would tell you... Chow
Patrick,
Thanks for the info.
I don't know how to fix the link things.
Maybe I will tinker with the blog attributes again, but I suspect that is what is causing the problems in the first place - my tinkering !
doh !
thanks again though, appreciated.
michelle
Michelle,
Simply amazing pictures. Time to start 'Garden Porn' the Magazine, sign me up! I love the Equisetum in the red planters, simple and elegant!
Garden Porn the magazine!! Would it come in a brown wrapper?
No worries on the Furcrea Michelle, whenever! Seriously! Would you care for a tiny Agave desmettiana?
Howdy Michelle, The link, it's Working!!!! Oh, And I third the magazine idea, which could be cyber shiped for an instant download or print. Maybe Amazon will pick you up for the Kindell. But, you should have a different name for the mag and use your last name in the title. How about just plain
"DERVISS"
Sounds Classy... Patrick
Your talent is amazing (and your nerve a close second!LOL!) I am so inspired by your work- thanks for sharing it so freely and challenging the rest of us to think outside the box.
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