Garden fantasies (2)

[anna_wing]

Things that I would have in my imaginary garden, all of which would grow without fuss, disease or vermin:


- A camellia hedge, with both spring and autumn-flowering varieties, in different colours, but all scented.

- A naturalistic lotus pond, with koi. Preferably spring fed, I fancy having my own water-supply. A summerhouse for picnics next to it in the form of a Japanese tea pavilion, with a low hedge of tea bushes by the door, and a grove of bamboo.

- Japanese maples, jacarandas, paperbark maples, sweet chestnut, sweet cherry, walnut, hazelnut and almond trees.

- Brugmannsias in every colour, bluebells, crocuses, oriental poppies, Meconopsis, hellebores, lilacs, Chilean bellflower, evolvulus, tulips, delphiniums, sunflowers, chrysanthemums, osmanthus, jasmine and morning-glory.

- A serious herb and vegetable patch, with everything in raised beds around a central, geometric pond with blue water-lilies. It would be surrounded by espaliered or dwarf apricot, quince, peach, damson and cherry trees. Orange and lemon and citron trees. A bay tree, hopefully flourishing like the wicked. Mulberry trees, black and white. Blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. Persimmon and lychee trees.

- A verandah attached to the house for when it rains or it's too sunny, with a nice bronze hibiki for cooler weather.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=antique+japanese+bronze+hibiki&ia=web

- An open outdoors area for sitting in the evening, with a firepit, possibly in the shape of the Death Star.
https://www.cleverpatio.com/buy-a-star-wars-death-star-fire-pit/

- A solid, comfortable potting-shed, not too far from the house, with organised storage for all tools and equipment, a zinc-topped potting-bench, a deep, steel laundry sink, and a large, scented rambling rose to grow over it.

- a pink clover lawn and a wildflower lawn.

- a lot of compost heaps.

- a professional gardener to come in at least four times a week.


Edit: and Parma violets, lots of those.

Comments

[shirebound]

a professional gardener to come in at least four times a week.

Yes indeed! What a glorious garden you've envisioned. I would love to have someone transform my blah, shaggy yard into a wonderland of paths and ponds and beautiful blooms.

[anna_wing]

Me too...well, I'd like one bigger than a table-top.

[flemmings]

Scented camellias are the best! I've only seen them in Japan but ohh do they perfume the air.

My chiro has a black walnut tree in his yard, over 100 years old, which he hates. When the wind blows it rains walnuts in showers.

[anna_wing]

They grow beautifully in Hobart and Melbourne! Persimmons too! I love the way that the fruit just glows in the light of sunset.

[zdenka]

That sounds really lovely!

[anna_wing]

Thanks! I like my fantasies of high quality!

[asakiyume]

This sounds fabulous, and were it to actually exist, I would love to visit. Love all your fruits and nut trees, and oh, just everything. The firepit in the shape of the death star made me laugh.

[anna_wing]

And Parma violets, I want those. My aunt has them in her garden in Melbourne, basically as ground cover. They're absolutely rampant.

Death Star firepits are apparently sufficiently popular that lots of companies do them, in varyingly dangerous-to-user designs. Some are alarmingly spiky.

I think of this as Sam's garden on the Lonely Isle. Substituting the Death Star firepit for, say, a humorous dragon one.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/2c/11/362c114bc8a46bbd4e87e5216b89be38.jpg

[asakiyume]

Hahaha, that dragon firepit is very appealing too.

[bunn]

It sounds utterly delightful and I can see why you'd need the professional gardener (who would no doubt enjoy the job massively)

[anna_wing]

I have to settle for writing gardens into all my fics!