One of the benefits of an early Spring visit to Olbrich Botanical Gardens is that you can see and enjoy all the backbone plantings of the garden. Trees and shrubs and grasses stand out in all their glory when there are no flowers to distract you. And nothing shines like the colorful stems of dogwoods and willows ... and a few other unexpectedly bright branches.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
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love this red portrait of Linda! important visual point, how the background green better shows off red twigs.
Posted by: Julie Siegel | Monday, March 28, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Beautiful! This is what I strive for in my garden as I grow as a gardener. Early attempts at design completely ignored structure and framework, bowing entirely to the siren song of beautiful blooms. I'm fixing my mistakes, slowly but surely, and trying very hard to remember this lesson as I design new areas in the garden.
Posted by: Erin | Monday, March 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Wow! the red osier dogwood that grows wild around here is red, but nothing like this brilliant color.
Posted by: Altoon | Monday, March 28, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Are you sure the gardeners have not been busy with the spray paint?
Posted by: Les | Monday, March 28, 2011 at 08:50 PM
Look at you. You fit right in with those beautiful red twigs.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 06:48 AM