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William Robert Guilfoyle
Architect of the World’s Greatest Botanical Landscape Today is the anniversary of the death of the landscape gardener and botanist William Robert Guilfoyle, who died on this day in 1912. Guilfoyle was the architect of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. It took Guilfoyle over 35 years to transform the Botanic Gardens into…
Read MoreJune 25, 2019 Empress Wu Hosta, David Douglas, William Robert Guilfoyle, Nathaniel Lord Britton, George Orwell, Gardener’s Latin by Bill Neal, Floral Pins, and Eric Carle
Did you know that the most popular giant hosta is Empress Wu? At maturity, the plant is 5 feet tall with an 8-foot spread. Pictures don’t really do the Empress Wu hosta justice. Because of its size and fast rate of growth, Empress Wu demands soil that is consistently moist but not soggy. Brian and…
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