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Cuddy Garden Landscapes 5/9

The woodland garden’s always a modest favourite of mine at the Cuddy Gardens. A garden of textures ~~and pawpaw trees in the back right by the tiny shed.~~

Cuddy Gardens Landscapes 2-3/9

Different views of the same;

The cozy clearing of lawn surrounded by the towering species Magnolias.

And then another side outside of the species Magnolia cove; Eastern Redbud leaves and shedding White Pine Needles are helping welcome in the autumnal touch

Cuddy Garden Landscapes 1/9

Bald Cypress and American Sycamore giving the most weight to the scenery.

1 of 2 different bee/insect hotels in Cuddy Gardens. These will never stop being fascinating. Also the “roof” having a green roof of sedums is a nice touch.

(Note to self; the roofing soil mix was gravely/gritty, probably for sharp drainage)

The stone wall built by each generation of second-year Horticulture Technician students of Fanshawe College.

Brings a tear to my eye; its grown so much longer since the days I was a student doing the same in Cuddy Gardens.

A bold boi Opuntia in fruit in the rock garden of Cuddy Gardens.

The other Opuntia species/cultivars in this garden pale in comparison to this variety. The native O. humifusa does not have THIS kind of size or boldness. Amazing such a bold variety/species is winter hardy in Canada.

“But Gato, did you grab any of the Opuntia fruit?”

Sad to say my self preservation from their glochids strongly overrides my seed harvesting/germinating obsessions. Prickly oriental poppies will be enough pain in my future in my greenhouse.

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

Like their evergreen cousins the hollies, winterberries are generally a dioecious species. Never seen one in the wild as of yet but one day. At least seeing one irl regardless will help me recognize them in the future.

Grabbed a few berries so we’ll see if we get seedlings come spring. (which btw… don’t be fooled by the size of the berries; one berry can hold almost 6 seeds! If viability is high you do not need to collect that many berries for propagation)