GARDENS
European Splendor in the South
Immediately adjacent to the family
breakfast terrace is an intimate garden with an childlike angel or “putto”
sculpture in the center. The garden is
flanked by formal gardens with allées
of pale purple Crape Myrtles. The
trees, pleached and pollarded, are reminiscent of European gardens.
Page describes the planting palette as
restrained with “quiet color,” which
includes white, purples, lavenders,
shades of blue and deep greens in the
roses, hydrangeas and perennials. In the
winter, the rich green palette of magnolia, boxwood, hollies and camellias
gives a lush structure to the garden.
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