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These pictures were taken at Longwood Botanical Gardens just south of Philadelphia PA and near the Delaware border. Longwood Gardens has both in door all year greenhouse and huge outside gardens with fountains and ponds. The gardens were donated by the Dupont family and are open 7 days aweek. |
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The Longwood Gardens property was originally purchased from
William Penn in 1700 by a fellow Quaker named George Pierce. Although it
started as a working farm, in 1798 Joshua and Samuel Pierce planted the
first specimens of an arboretum. By 1850 they had amassed one of the finest
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A flower garden is a form of garden usually grown for decorative purposes, centering primarily on the kinds of flowers produced by the plants involved. Because flowers bloom at varying times of the year, and some plants are annual, dying each winter, the design of flower gardens can be sophisticated, taking such matters into consideration to keep blooms, even of specific color combinations, consistent or present through varying seasons.
These have grown in complexity over the years, and are sometimes tied in function to other kinds of gardens, like knot gardens or herb gardens, many herbs also having decorative function, and some decorative flowers being edible.
One simpler solution to flower garden design, growing in popularity, is the pre-planned wildflower seed mix. Assortments of seeds are created which will create a bed that contains flowers of various blooming seasons, so that some portion of them should always be in bloom. The best mixtures even include combinations of perennials and biennials, which may not bloom until the following year, and also annuals which are "self-seeding", so they will return, creating a permanent flowerbed.
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