Colin PurringtonSep 6, 2023
Because nearby Longwood Gardens is on the national news this week (escaped murderer on the grounds), here are some pics in case you've never visited. First up, hanging hydrangea orbs in the Orangery, from April. #plants #flowers #gardening #LongwoodGardens #KennettSquare #greenhouse #hydrangea 1/n
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Next up is my favorite room at Longwood Gardens, the Acacia Passage featuring the fragrant and beautiful cinnamon wattle (Acacia leprosa). 2/n #legume #flowers #LongwoodGardens
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This shows part of the Tropical Terrace at Longwood Gardens. The roots hanging from the ceiling are from a princess vine (Cissus verticillata). Magical on a foggy winter day. 3/n #LongwoodGardens
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Longwood Gardens has a massive orchid collection and dreams up fun ways to display them each year. Here, Blue Vandas (Vanda coerulea) are suspended in a grid in the Silver Garden. 4/n #orchids #flowers #LongwoodGardens
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In the same room as the previous pic, here are some old man cactuses (Cephalocereus senilis) from Hidalgo, Mexico. They can live up to 200 years. 5/n #cactus #plants #LongwoodGardens
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Longwood Gardens has an amazing display of waterlilies, some of which were produced via controlled crosses on site. Here's the Victoria hybrid. You don't normally see the underside but I was there, early, the day after a wind storm. 6/n #LongwoodGardens #waterlily #botany #plants
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In addition to the conservatories, formal gardens, and fountain displays, don't miss the meadows at Longwood Gardens. Full of native plants, butterflies, meandering paths, and, currently, an escaped convict. 7/n #LongwoodGardens #KennettSquare
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@colinpurrington you're really selling it here
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@nev For the last week I've been imagining Danelo Cavalcante, murderer on the run, walking around Longwood Gardens and savoring his last days of freedom. Using the moonlight to read the interpretive signs, smelling the night-blooming flowers, wishing he'd taken more botany classes. #gardening #LongwoodGardens
Sep 6, 2023 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadneville parkSep 6, 2023
@colinpurrington I'd watch this Coen Bros. movie also starring John C. Reilly as an avuncular groundskeeper
Show threadcohanSep 7, 2023
@nev @colinpurrington also made me think of a story or show, hadn't got as far as thinking of plot..lol