This is what some of the flowers and foliage that are normally shown in closeup pictures look like within their respective landscapes. The first three landscapes need some work.
1. Citrus X latifolia ‘Bearss’ lime is almost surrounded by neighboring cape honeysuckle, so it is difficult to distinguish in this picture. Cape honeysuckle should be removed soon.
2. Musa acuminata X balbisiana ‘Blue Java’ banana on the left may be ‘Nam Wah’. The other on the right is unidentified. They moved into their landscape before the landscape.
3. Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ smokebush is a striking focal point for its somewhat abandoned garden. It draws attention away from the neglect. It gets pollarded in winter.
4. Pelargonium hortorum, zonal geranium looks as good within the White Garden as in closeups. This is at the Mount Hermon Memorial Chapel. Its cypress need straightening.
5. Agapanthus orientalis, lily of the Nile is congregated in a large triangular herd on the side of the main road through Mount Hermon. It is blooming quite well for the summer.
6. Phlox paniculata, garden phlox appeared in this garden a few years ago, and has since become one of the more prominent features here. We have no idea where it came from.
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Tony Tomeo 
A lovely bed of blue Agapanthus. We were actually just talking about them last week. Regarding the ‘Blue Java’ banana, does the “blue” in the name refer to the color of the foliage or the fruit? nothing?
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“Blue” refers to a barely blueish waxy coating on young bananas. Such bananas turn yellow as they ripen, and not all start out blue. Agapanthus is very common here, but I learn to appreciate it from those who must protect it from frost.
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Lots of your favourite white flowers here. That pellie is wonderful!
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Thank you. That pelargonium started out as a pair of 4″ plants a few years ago. They were so pretty that I plugged their pruning scraps as cuttings, and intend to plug some more.
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Glad to see you highlight smokebush. It is a focal point in numerous border gardens I’ve seen in the UK. I don’t get enough sun for it.
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It has performed very well, except that we would prefer for it to be up on bare trunks, more like a tree than a nearly spherical shrub. If I expose the lower trunks now, there will not be much left.
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It’s lovely to see everything in its landscape. The Agapanthus bed looks wonderful, and the bananas are impressive.
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Yes, the agapanthus are nice. We do not appreciate them enough because they are so common here. I learn to appreciate them more from those who can not grow them outside.
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I was just looking at photos that two different people had taken of a garden tour that I had not attended and they were almost all flower closeups that could have been taken anywhere and gave no idea of what the garden was like. I was annoyed!! It’s good to see an overview of a garden bed.
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Our landscapes are not much to look at. They are quite minimal, and designed to not compete with the surrounding forests.
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