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Clematis

2/12/2017

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(...)Farewell, farewell, lost soul!
you have melted in the crystalline distance,
it is enough! I saw you vanish into air.
D.H. Lawrence: Butterfly
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Autumn

10/20/2014

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Autumn is like an old book:
Marred spines turn mean yellow,
staples rust red-orange.

Every stained page is stressed
by a splat of color. Rough-red,
like an old tavern,

we become hungry birds
and prepare for fall.
Shape and shadow are candied citron

as lanterns turn bitter yellow. Autumn
is a red fox, a goblet filled with dark wine,
a hot chilli pepper with smoky eyes.

Pressed leaves take in the colors
of seafood paella and saffron; these leaves
are like death, climaxing with a smile.

Autumn: Her dress is a net of mussels;
dark shelled, it covers up
summer’s weatherbeaten body.

So pull out your boots
and stand on an aged, wood floor
like an evergreen.
                                    Mary Hamrick : "Autumn"


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Blue Angel

7/8/2014

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Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
I can't help it

Love's always been my game
Play it how I may
I was made that way
I can't help it

Men cluster to me
Like moths around a flame
And if their wings burn
I know I'm not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
I just can't help it



Composed by Friedrich Hollaender. English lyrics by Sammy Lerner 
Oryginally performed by Marlene Dietrich in the film Der Blaue Engel
 

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"Abnormal" Hydrangea

1/16/2014

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Brown colours find it really difficult to be appreciated, especially in the garden. Unless we talk about garden tables and chairs - which more and more often look quite gaudy- you will not find a lot of examples of plants grown for their  brown appearances. Thus all earth shades are almost absent for the whole year, except for the wintertime when everything around becomes more or less  brown, which means devoid of life. It is not the fault of various brown colours to be totally neglected by our attention. Conversely, it might be our indifference to beautiful trunks, branches, stems, fruit and...flowers trying to appeal to us in winter.  Although the flowers  at that time of year are quite lifeless, their shape and colour might still look extremely attractive. So is the case of climbing hydrangea. Let us have a closer look. 

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"Three Dreams"

9/27/2013

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I think, I dreamed of falling leaves,
Of dark forests and dark lakes,
Of sad words' echo -
However, I could not understand their meaning.

I think, I dreamed of falling stars,
Of the weeping entreaty of pale eyes,
Of a smile's echo -
However, I could not understand its meaning.
Like falling leaves, like falling stars,
So I saw myself eternally coming and going, 
A dream's immortal echo - 
However, I could not understand its meaning.
                                                                                           Georg Trakl


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Heavenly Ipomoea

9/2/2013

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The meaning of the Greek origin of the name Ipomoea leads us to... worms. That must have been the association between the  twining stems  of this  heavenly vine and the  earthly creatures. Fortunately, future cultivars of morning glory do not contain any references to worms, even the most beautiful ones. One of the most attractive cultivars of Ipomoea tricolor is called  'Heavenly Blue'. As a matter of fact, that was the only possible choice to name the exceptionally blue flowers that way. When they open early in the morning and the sky is cloudless, we can understand the reasons why.  The sun rays make the morning glory spiral buds untwine and form a blue trumpet with a greenish and white - yellow centre. A few hours later the same sun rays make the trumpets close up and they never reopen. But don't you worry! New buds will unfold the next morning to glorify the break of the day. And every day until the first frost freezes the little skies scattered all over the trellis, hidden among branches and nestled  in  red climbing roses.


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Cassandra Rubromarginata

8/16/2013

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Clematis heracleifolia 'Cassandra'
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Clematis x triternata 'Rubromarginata'
I have just married two beautiful individuals to each other without their consent. The name 'Cassandra' describes a lovely clematis with deep sapphire blue flowers; the title 'Rubromarginata' belongs to another species of clematis whose star- like  purple and whitish flowers decorate the plant just like the stars do in the  summer sky. The happy (I hope) couple attracts attention in a very appealing way as their blooms - being rather modest in size - are one of the most beautifully fragrant ones. Believe me, I am not Cassandra!

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