BG-Uncaster Fanning, Saturday, March 11,1989
Philadelphia Flower Show
Bursts With The Wonderful World Of Color
BY LOU ANN GOOD
PHILADELPHIA Snow, ice
and slush coated the city of
brotherly love this week, but inside
the Civic Center splashes of bril
liant color greeted those who
toured the Philadelphia Flower
Show.
Brick terraces, patios, tranquil
pools and wisteria-laden arbors
enhanced ornamentals, fruit trees,
shrubs, perennials, annuals and
ground covers that creative gar
deners fashioned for the event.
A gazebo framed by elegant dis
plays of hybrid rhododendron sur
rounded by a hedge of white azalea
showed the beauty of combining
nature with designing talent.
Albrecht & LP Cowan, Nar
berth, built their sprawling “Over
the Rainbow” display around ideas
from “The Wizard of Oz®.” There
were thatched roofed houses and a
bridge over a pond with lily pads
and a winding road that creeps
through hundreds of colorful flow
ers such as tulips, primroses, bego
nias, lilacs, gloxinia azaleas.
Once Country, Chester County
landscapers, captured the PHS
Flower Show award for the Best in
Show of Commercial Aesthetic. A
beautiful old Chester County barn
with original walls was trans
formed into a gracious home and
garden. The copper sunflower
sculpture outlined the formal
entrance court and thrilled the
crowd with its breathtaking land
scaped beauty.
Vick’s Wildgardens showed
that professional planting differs
from random planting. Their dis
play pictured Jake’s campsite.
Ferns, wildflowers and trees
spread pungent woodland smells
that mixed with the fragrance of
hyacinths scattered among the dis
plays. The camping gear, tents and
cabin set among the campground
added an authetic touch to the
man-made woodland setting.
“Color Through the Season,”
designed by Waterloo Gardens!
Exton, portrays a garden showing
the colorful splendor of the four
seasons, each seen from a different
window of the house. The spring
garden features the beauty of pink
tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths,
English daisies, and iris, accented
by pastel pansies. Bowles per
winklc ground cover blooms under
a stately 22 foot oak. The tradition
al flowering shrubs and trees, dog
wood, rhododendron and azaleas
make up a stunning array of color
thta only spring can provide.
The summer garden features
late blooming Japanese dogwood,
American elm, impatients in an
aura of colors, geraniums, petu
nias, snap dragons, daisies, dusty
millers and more.
The conservatory style garden
looks over the winter garden. Col
orful orchids, and unusual bonsai
and topiary specimens inters
persed among red berried Ameri
can holly and contrasting decidu
ous trees.
Window boxes for apartment
dwellers showed superb sugges
tions for bringing color to city
occupants.
Students from Delaware Valley
College presented ideas for main
taining gardens through xeriscap
ing, an innovative landscape
design to achieve water
conservation.
Indoor floral designs and pic
tures with pressed and dried flow
ers offered competition for
designers.
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