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Article: Uncommon beauties: rare plants intrigue the adventurous gardener.(inthegarden)
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- Sarasota Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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the epitome of adventurous gardening is growing and collecting rare plants--those uncommon beauties whose intriguing characteristics and interesting histories make them especially appealing.
"For us it wasn't so much a need to have something that others don't, but rather to step outside the run-of-the-mill landscape," says Barbara Raines, pointing at the lush tropical garden that embraces her Bird Key home. "We wanted to do away with lawn and have something different plant-wise."
Barbara and her husband, Allan, California transplants who moved to Sarasota seven years ago, turned for advice to Kathy and Charlie Crowley of Crowley's Nursery, who have been ...