Saturday, September 18, 2021
We met fellow Viking Explorers, Joyce and Larry, at Chanticleer Gardens, which we had not visited since
10/4/2019. This is a dynamic garden with plants changing all the time.
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| Tennis Court Garden |
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| Gomphocarpus physocarpus/Butterfly Balls |
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| Dahlia 'Mikayla Miranda' (KSS) |
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| Beanpole with tomato plants (KSS) |
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| Looking from the vegetable garden to the cutting garden |
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| Actinidia arguta/Hardy Kiwi fruit |
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| Lycoris radiata/Red Spider Lily (KSS) |
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| 2011 Greenhouse with tomato "vines" |
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Bell's Woodland Plant List Box
(someday we will have to go check out
all the plant list boxes at Chanticleer!) (KSS) |
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| "Base" end of the Fallen Tree Bridge (2012) |
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| Hibiscus coccineus/Scarlet Rose Mallow |
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| Suillus americanus/Chicken Fat Mushrooms, perhaps |
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1940s waterwheel was used to pump water from
Bell's Run Stream to the swimming pool, or at least
to the fountains on the house terrace (KSS) |
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Cyclops Creek drops into
Bell's Run Stream (KSS) |
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| Arid plants at the arbor |
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| The Arbor |
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| Nymphaea 'Lemon Scent' Waterlilies in Pond 4 |
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| Nelumbo 'Mrs Perry D Slocum' Lotus in Pond 1 |
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| One of a pair of handcarved bridge handrails (KSS) |
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| Koi continue to gather near the pathway where humans stop |
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Paeonia obovata/Japanese Forest Peony;
the seeds are seen after the seed pod opens up |
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| Asian Woods rock pool on moss (KSS) |
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| Japanese Teahouse-style public restrooms! |
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| Tree stump water fountain |
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| Colchicum autumnale/Fall Crocus in the Bulb Meadow |
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| This year the Serpentine is planted with Sorghum bicolor |
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| Sorghum seed head (KSS) |
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Now there are three Yucca rostrata/
Beaked Yuccas |
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| Stokesia laevis 'Colorwheel' Stoke's Aster |
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| Gravel Garden Stone Furniture (KSS) |
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| The stone sofa even has a stone remote control |
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| The Ruin Folly (KSS) |
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| Pool table? |
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We know "mighty oaks from little acorns grow,"
but what grows from mighty acorns?! |
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| A special rock collection |
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| Marble Faces Fountain in the "Pool Room" (KSS) |
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| Bubbles |
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Fountain at the end of the reflecting pool
on the house terrace (KSS) |
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| Aechmea 'Lady D' (KSS) |
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| Chanticleer House (1913, wing added 1924) |
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| Red twigs outside, rather than inside, the planter |
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| Forecourt Zen-like raked gravel garden |
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| Metal handrailing at the Teacup Garden |
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| Neoregelia 'Charisma' |
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| Joyce spotted this praying mantis! |
We continued with lunch at Minella's Diner and then a tour of the "Ravenna, Ohio Model Railroad Layout" in the basement of the home of Larry and Joyce. Many thanks to those two for a great day along the Main Line!
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