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Article: NATURE'S POETIC LINES VINES PROVIDE THIN SCAFFOLDING OF FLOWERS, GREENERY AROUND HOUSE, YARD.(AT HOME)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 6, 1998
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Byline: BEVERLY FORTUNE KNIGHT RIDDER, WITH STAFF REPORTS
LEXINGTON, Ky. When Margaret Connor had to remove an old tulip poplar tree from her back yard about four years ago, she asked the tree service to leave about 6 feet of the trunk.
She wanted to use the trunk as a bird-seed platform.
Connor has the eye of an artist and the instincts of a gardener, and the more she looked at that dead trunk, the more she thought it needed a little dressing up.
So she planted a coral honeysuckle vine on one side and purple hyacinth beans on the other. Both are blooming profusely this summer, creating a two-tone piece of living garden art.