Forty-two years ago, we moved to a 19th century “diamond in the rough” which came with a pre-revolutionary kitchen and barn. Decades of clearing multiflora rose, Lonicera japonica, Lonicera tatrica (a bushy honeysuckle which may approach three meters in height!) and endless black walnut seedlings created space for collections of the Delaware Center for Horticulture’s, Rare Plant Auction winnings, as well as plants from every arboretum and nursery we could find, plus, of course, copious gifts from friends. State Champion trees - Magnolia acuminata, one of the largest and one of the cold-hardiest of the magnolias, Abies nordmanniana, a towering fir, and Aesculus glabra, among other enormous specimens have choreographed ever-changing “gardens.”
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