by the
Gardens can !ook
great by moonlight

THE moonlight garden was a
favourite theme for artists and
writers in the Victorian age.

It is a garden which comes to life at
_ dusk, precisely at the moment when the

intense reds, oranges, blucs and purples
of other flowers begin to fade.

In Canada, where we only have five
months in which to enjoy our gardens,
the idea of making them as attractive at
night as they are during the day seems to
be a concepr that’s taken an aw fully long
time to arrive.

With artful plantings, a selection of
some of the wonderful garden lighting
that has recently arrived on the market-
place, a comfy chair, good background
music and a pitcher of vour favourite
summer beverage, there Couldn’t possi-
bly be a better setting for balmy summer
evenings,

While the Japanese have several good
examples of moonlight gardens, the
world’s most famous onc is probably
_ England’s : Sissinghurst Castle Garden
where there are breathtaking examples of
~ creams, whites, silver, pale lavender and a
touch-of-rose blooms — the colours
which glow in the moonlight garden.

Grey-green, variegated (green and
- white) or silver-leated plants which will
->- reflect the dim light of the moon, can-

.. dies or your garden lighting should be

-the visible; night-time companions to

your choice of blossoms. —

A signature flower for any night-lit
garden is the moonflower, an annual
twining vine. with trumpet-shaped fiow-

‘sers. From early summer to late autumn,
this particular plant blooms at dusk and
_ closes at dawn.

-To. make. your outdoor summer
evenings. even more. interesting, place
plants so that the-leaves and flowers of

ne constrast in shape and size with those

:nearby. And: the more fragrant your
evening flowers are the more you will
notice them in the still of the night.

‘For example, the elegant white trum-

ets of the longiflorum lily make a won-

derful companion to the ruffled petals of
white: roses White begonias, are a great

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Unusual summer-blooming — bulb
flowers which are ideal candidates for the
moonlight garden, whether planted in
beds or in pots and containers, are:

a Addaubers (more commonly called
Abyssinian gladioli) which grows to a
height of'a metre and bears 19 to 12 very
fragrant 10-cm white flowers blotched
with chocolate or reddish purple.

@ Galtonia, another fragrant species
which bears up to 30 white or green-
tinged nodding flowers on cach | sturdy
60 cm to 90 cm stem.

® Hymenocallis (often marketed as
Ismene) and commonly known as Spider
lily. This remarkable flower is heavily
scented with intricately formed white
daffodil-like flowers. It is also an excel-

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lent cut flower, lasting a week or longer.
@ Ornithogalum. Bearing clusters of
star-like white, or near-white flowers with
black or green centres, the various
Ornithogalums (there are six or so vari-
eties on the market) make a vivid display
when planted in clumps or drifts. They
too are an excellent, long-lasting cut
flower.

@ = Last, least,

but certainly not

Zantadeschia, or Calla lilies. It is the oh- .

so-clegant shape of these flowers that
make them an outstanding addition to
the night garden.

As the eye is drawn to all things white
in the moonlight garden, consider
enhancing your garden, patio or balcony
with the addition of a white bench, a
white or metal sculpture or obelisk, or
white trellises and window boxes.

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