Diomedes Botanical Garden part 2
Next we arrived at the Ornamental Plants Section
There is a line of trees along one side of this section, including, among others,
Ginkgo biloba,
Cercis siliquastrum, Judas tree,
Duranta erectum bushes, probably an
Acacia farnesiana, Sweet Acacia and many other firm favourites for Mediterranean gardens. Our knowledgeable guide centered his talk at this point on the
Ginkgo biloba which fascinated everyone.
The flower beds in the lawns were rather short of flowers it being autumn. I did see a
Trachelium caeruleum, Blue Throatwort which Oron, of this Forum, kindly identified also a lone
Canna flower.
Growing up the pergola was a
Bauhinia yunnanensis, Orchid Vine, which I was able to identify from the article by Diana Farr Louis which I mentioned yesterday.
Pampas Grass,
Cortaderia selloana, dominated one of the lawns and there was a rose collection in another.
The line of ornamental trees can be seen in the photo which shows the rose bed.
I love it when there are labels and one of the rules of the garden states, I quote
“Misplacing or damaging the Garden signs or the tags identifying the plant species, besides the inconvenience it causes to visitors, is extremely costly for the Garden and troublesome to the maintenance personnel.”