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This garden is shown as 2d on the plan.
OK. The people are made of terracotta, and not china, but that did not stop the First Qin Emperor either.
Why call it the people’s republic of China? Well apart from all the people, it’s dominated by a socking big wall (well fence) which keeps it in permanent shade. Even though my Back garden is so small, it makes sense to name the little patches or areas in it different names for easy navigation. Especially since they all have their own little micro climates.
The terracotta people came from a student art exhibition that some friends of mine were participating in. At the end of the exhibition we were asked to take as many as we wanted from the thousands that were there. I chose the ones that appealed to me, almost all being parent and children figures.
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Wrinkly strap like fern
Phyllitis scolopendrium
Purchased on 22 Jul 08 This poor fern was sitting sweating away in a d...
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White crane's bill
Geranium macrorrhizum
Planting Out on 31 May 08 I was so impressed by the purple crane's bill t...
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Freckly Viola
Viola sororia
Sown on 31 May 08 I like the look of this flower. The Violas d...
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Son of cranesbill
Geranium
Transplanted on 25 May 08 I had to weed a chunk of this out because it wa...
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Cyclamen, red and ragged
Cyclamen persicum
I love cyclamen. They give colour in shady area...
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Assorted heather
Calluna vulgaris
Planting Out in 2003 The heather is in flower in the People's republ...
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probably dead Clematis
Clematis flammula
Sown in 1998 A deciduous, autumn flowering fragrant clematis...
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Common Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
Sown in 1998 I still have a couple of these bulbs flowering....
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Grape Hyacinth
Muscari armeniacum
Sown in 1998
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honeysuckle 'Graham Thomas' hedge
Lonicera periclymenum
Sown in 1997 I bought this honeysuckle because I was so impr...
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evergreen clematis 'Wisley Cream'
Clematis cirrhosa
Sown in 1997 Clematis cirrhosa can grow out of doors in shel...
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fickle big deep red flowering Clematis
Clematis
Sown in 1997 Bred in Poland and introduced to this country i...
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Common Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
Sown in 1997
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Not Shrinking Violets
Viola odorata
I have white and violet violets growing all ove...
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Primrose
Primula vulgaris
I don't know how this does it, year after yer i...
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TheGoktor wrote:
Were the people from Anthony Gormley’s ‘Field’ by any chance? The last school I worked at contributed to that – I even made a couple myself!
I love this little garden, and the people are so cool!
Posted on 30 Apr 09 (about 7 months ago)