Posted by: Brenda Kula | March 28, 2009

Today my neighbor Walli and I toured a few gardens in the Azalea District.

No one around us seemed to know what the plant below is. Can you “name that plant?”

Just look at these ponds…

And they have a pool…

Obviously an artist of many colors lives here…

Posted in Gardening & Nature | Tags: East Texas gardens

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1. Oh I am sooo envious! Thanks so much for sharing these pictures. Everything was just beautiful!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Linda at Meadowview Thymes on March 29, 2009

   
   

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2. Hi Brenda! Thanks for taking us on the tour with you. Going on garden tours is one of our favorite things to do. We are planning to tour gardens when we go to Savannah in 2 1/2 weeks.
   

   Tyler is such a pretty place!

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Stacey on March 29, 2009

   
   

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3. Gorgeous!!
   

   That plant looks a nasturshium ,we grow those in the back yard, the leaves are nearly like that but rounder.

   
   

   Diane

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Diane ( Crafty Passions) on March 29, 2009

   
   

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4. This is a lovely blog! I just saw your Yorkie as I clicked to comment. I have a 1/2 yorkie / 1/2 Lhasa. Aren’t they such great companions!
   

   Cheers!

   
   

   Abby

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Simply Flowers on March 29, 2009

   
   

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5. Hi Brenda, what a charming garden. I don’t know that plant, sorry. But I know what I like, and I like the tea party in the pond! I also really like azaleas, and it is cheering to know ours will be blooming in a few weeks. The use of them by the waterfall is fabulous. Thanks for showing us this lovely garden.
   

   Frances

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: fairegarden on March 29, 2009

   
   

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6. Stunning photos of stunning gardens! Thanks for sharing. Somehow I don’t think the unidentified plant is a nastursium, but what it is I cannot say.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Tabbie on March 29, 2009

   
   

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7. That is a beautiful place! The ponds are gorgeous and the garden whimsy is delightful! Love the tea pot pond!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Robin on March 29, 2009

   
   

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8. At first glance I thought a nasturtium, but no, I think it is a type of ligularia as the leaves are so big and shiny and together. Perhaps? A moisture love it is and very pretty. I hope mine blooms this year. There are many different types. Not sure the cultivar if that is what it is. Tyler ponds and gardens are sure lovely!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: tina on March 29, 2009

   
   

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9. What a beautiful tour! Thank you for taking me along with you..
   

   Penny

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Penny @ Lavender Hill Studio & The Comforts of Home on March 29, 2009

   
   

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10. Thanks for the tour! The gardens were beautiful.:)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: rosa on March 29, 2009

    
    

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11. How lovely! Wow, if I had one of those water features, I wouldn’t have to worry about any other landscaping, it would take up the entire back yard! Love the color!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Nola on March 30, 2009

    
    

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12. Hi Brenda,
    

    The gardens are lovely. I love the ponds! We have a local garden tour sponsered by the Master Gardener’s Association in May. Next weekend is the historical home tours! I will be a docent at one house for a few hours on Saturday. Then, on Sunday, my husband and I will go on the tours.

    
    

    Blessings,

    
    

    Lorilee

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Lorilee on March 30, 2009

    
    

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13. Love those colors! Non-spotted Leopard plant???
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Carla on March 30, 2009

    
    

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14. Brenda, that place is gorgeous! I absolutely adore the teapots as a fountain; what a clever artist. I’ll bet you had a blast on that tour.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Robin on March 30, 2009

    
    

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15. I love those ponds! I always wanted one with a waterfall(-: A swimming pool would be great too! The teapot fountain is really cute!!!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: cindee on March 30, 2009

    
    

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16. I think Tina is right about your mystery plant… Ligularia indeed.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Tabbie on March 31, 2009

    
    

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17. I liked this sooo much that I made a copy to show my husband. We have a huge pile of bricks stored on the side of the house right now from a previous project…I will try to talk him into a patio like that. The moss on the patio is just a bonus.
    

    ♥, Susan

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Susan at Black eyed susans kitchen on April 1, 2009

    
    

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18. Beautiful, just beautiful!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: meredith on April 1, 2009

    
    

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