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- Heirloom Marigold “Legion of Honor” (Tagetes patula) offers an explosion of gold in front of the purple salvia (Salvia ieucantha).
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- Dwarf pomegranate (Punica granatum nana) was included on a 1926 plant list found in the Welty attic. It has been replanted beside the garden steps.
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- Chestina planted single dahlias such as these Unwin hybrids.
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- Moonvine (Ipomoea alba) gone to seed on the trellis drapes over fall chrysanthemums, with golden yellow classic zinnia (Zinnia angustifolia) in the background.
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- Purple salvia (Salvia leucantha) and asters (Aster oblongifolius) color the fall border near the rose arbor.
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- A rare winter snow blankets the same rose arbor, detailing form and structure in the garden.
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- Camellias (C. japonicas) and crepe myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica) near the wisteria arbor mark a typical late winter day in the Deep South.
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- Tiny jonquil sweeties (N. Jonquilla simplex) perfume the air in early spring.
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- Pink camellias and white spireas bloom above early spring bulbs: summer snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) and narcissus ‘Avalanche’ and ‘ early jonquil sweeties’.
