THIS IS ONE of my occasional collections of recent gardening-related observations, including some updates on past speculations.
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How often have you missed taking a beautiful photograph of a garden specimen in full flourish? Since most of us constantly carry our mobile phones, we can no longer use the excuse that we didn’t have a camera.
I drove to a friend’s house last summer and as I walked up the path to her door I caught sight of a striking and spectacular large red allium () at peak bloom. My friend’s yard is surrounded by a tall oak canopy capable of blotting out a good deal of sunlight at certain times of the year. Somehow, a narrow, bright shaft of late afternoon, rose-tinged light materialized and illuminated this red globe in such a way that it made it look truly incandescent against a dark forest background. I rushed to Linda’s door, knocked and when she answered I quickly explained the breathtaking sight being displayed in her garden. Alas, in the three or four minutes it took for me to do that, the lighting dynamics completely changed and the otherworldly image, the likes of which
