This is my last post of the Houston Open Days tour. I hope this warms some of you northern gardeners up a bit.
The Knollwood Street gardens were quite impressive with large sweeps of lush green lawn surrounded by layered plantings and a large number of container grown citrus trees.
They referred to this shaded area as a “bosque of hornbeams”. The garden is patterned after one the owners saw in France, but I wonder why they referred to it this way. I know that bosque is Spanish for forest, but there must be more to it than that. I googled it, and I did find a hornbeam bosque in London. Hmm, does anyone know if there is more to this reference than a simple translation?
Parties at this house must be fantastic.
The view from the back porch, I bet in the summer it’s enough to trick you into believing it is a cool day outside.
The final garden of the day was South Boulevard. These gardens had a more formal feel about them than some of the others. The grounds had four separate buildings with gardens intertwined between them.
I love the purple and white combo in this group of containers.
The path leads to a building for entertaining. It has a big dining table and couches around a big screen tv. That’s a Chinese Fringe tree near the building.
Mock Orange growing on a fence |
The requisite azaleas |
Wow! What beautiful houses and lovely gardens. I like that 'bosque', and love the pergola!!! The South Boulevard garden is also beautiful. I would love to see these gardens in person. Thanks for showing us the tour.
ReplyDeleteNice post! I wasn't able to go to the tour due to family matters.
ReplyDeleteI was eager to see the bosque and now I have.
I think they are using the word as a fancy way of denoting a number of the same type of tree.
A covey of quail, a flock of geese, a bosque of hornbeams? Just a guess. Right now, if I don't pull them up, I'll have a bosque of redbuds in my front flower bed! LOL
David/ Tropical Texana