Comments on: The Bluebell Woods and Peacocks of Harcourt Arboretum, Oxford: Oxfordshire Walks https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/14/the-bluebell-woods-and-peacocks-of-harcourt-arboretum-oxford-oxfordshire-walks/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/14/the-bluebell-woods-and-peacocks-of-harcourt-arboretum-oxford-oxfordshire-walks/#comment-21243 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=43048#comment-21243 In reply to Anita Mathias.

Oregon supplies 11% of all nursery stock for the country…makes for beautiful drives in the countryside, but wreaks havoc with my allergies :). The tulip farms are stunning too. It’s too bad about the Rhodies being so invasive…they are lovely..but not when they overrun native species.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/14/the-bluebell-woods-and-peacocks-of-harcourt-arboretum-oxford-oxfordshire-walks/#comment-21242 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:28:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=43048#comment-21242 In reply to LA.

Hi LA, wow, Iris farms. Lovely, never seen them. Rhododendrons are from the Himalayas, and Camellias from China. Don’t know about Azaleas. This arboretum is part of the Oxford Botanical Garden. The English were great plant collectors, aided by their empire and keen amateur botanists, so you’ll see plants from everywhere here.
Rhododendrons are invasive, and there are whole hillsides of them there, pushing out the native plants, so people are being discouraged from planting them. They need acidic soil though, and we have clayey soil, so ours don’t thrive.

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/14/the-bluebell-woods-and-peacocks-of-harcourt-arboretum-oxford-oxfordshire-walks/#comment-21241 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:48:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=43048#comment-21241 Lovely!! Yesterday on my daily drive up I-5 I was treated to the Iris farms in full bloom…entire fields in vibrant colors…don’t you love the spring? And I didn’t realize that Rhodies, Azaleas, and Camillas were all native to England…so cool!! Our magnolia blooms were short lived this year…thank you for sharing yours :).

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/14/the-bluebell-woods-and-peacocks-of-harcourt-arboretum-oxford-oxfordshire-walks/#comment-21240 Wed, 15 May 2013 07:37:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=43048#comment-21240 In reply to Alison.

Thanks, Alison. Didn’t you originally live in England, or am I getting confused?

]]> By: Alison https://anitamathias.com/2013/05/14/the-bluebell-woods-and-peacocks-of-harcourt-arboretum-oxford-oxfordshire-walks/#comment-21239 Tue, 14 May 2013 17:42:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=43048#comment-21239 Beautiful photos, Anita! The peacock is just stunning. Reminds me of a poem I wrote in grade school about just such a peacock.

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