Last week I had the opportunity to wander through Susan’s garden to grab some photos for our recent blog posts. As I walked along the pathways taking pictures I found myself drawn in by the detail of each different plant with their leaves still dripping with dew. I don’t know if this happens to you but I was so focused I stopped paying much attention to what was around me. Standing up after photographing a beautiful spirea ‘golden flame’ I spotted what looked like a dark, wet, dirty animal out of the corner of my eye and about jumped out of my skin. It wasn’t an animal though… It was Susan’s massive gunnera manicata and it was coming back to life.
We’ve posted photos of this gunnera before and even now in it’s new fresh from spring state it is enormous and lush. I hope you enjoy these photos that I took after my heart rate returned to normal and I could enjoy the greatness that is the gunnera manicata. And tell me if the massive rhizomes (clumping) at the base of the leaves doesn’t look like a giant coming up from the ground!
