Le Jardin Ombragé


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Welcome to Le Jardin Ombragé, a plant collector's garden. Here you will find many plants that are not normally grown in the DEEP SOUTH. Tallahassee's heat and humidity, along with its short winter dormancy season, limit us from growing many of the plants that thrive in the North and the West, but I keep trying. I have included both my successes and my failures on these web pages.

There are over 500 images on these pages, all taken from plants in my garden using a camcorder and the SNAPPY video capture program. Also, there are information sheets, references, and a plant diary of my own experience with each plant.

You can check the complete alphabetical index of more than 1000 plant records by selecting from the alphabetical list which appears below. First click on the little arrow to open the list, then click on the first letter of the plant name you are looking for. When you have selected the letter, click on "PLANTS" to open the alpha list. For those of you who insist on using common names instead of botanical names, I have added a cross reference list at the end. (Plant list and images fully updated and expanded on June 13, 1999)

The "FEATURES" section includes several special features on this website:
  1. Hypertufa: tells the story of my man-made hypertufa "mountain" for rock garden plants.(NEW June 18, 1999)
  2. Gingers: tells all about one of my favorite plant families.(Under construction)
  3. ZoneSouth: explains USDA Hardiness Zones, AHS Heat Zones and the Southern Living climate zones. (NEW June 27, 1999)
  4. GardenMap: shows the layout of my garden areas. (Needs revision, more to come)
  5. F. Y. N.: explains the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods program. (NEW June 21, 1999)
  6. Goodwood: tells about our search for heirloom tropicals to recreate an old plantation garden. (NEW June 26, 1999)
  7. TrialGarden: contains 3 years of plant trials at the Leon Cooperative Extension Service Trial Garden. (NEW June 18, 1999)
  8. MultiMedia: is a page of multimedia fun with Le Jardin Ombragé (NEW July 7, 1998)

The third combo box "CONTACT" includes an e-mail link and a form to tell me if you would like to swap some plants (Under construction) with me. It also has lists of my favorite gardening links and gardening e-mail discussion groups (Under construction).

I hope you will enjoy your visit here. Let me know if you would like to see images of any other listed flowers, or full sized images of some of those already shown. My limited space on the Web page prevents me from loading everything. I would really enjoy hearing from you so PLEASE, e-mail me at skinnerd@freenet.tlh.fl.us
Dave Skinner
Dave Skinner

Florida Master Gardener

Copyright © 1997 Dave Skinner


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My favorite link to flower images is the Florida Wildflower Showcase.
My favorite mail order company is Bluestone Perennials.
(Their liberal replacement policy has made it possible for me to experiment with a wider range of plants.)

My favorite gardening magazine is Taunton Press' Fine Gardening.
( Be sure to check out their new web site. It has many informative articles on flower gardening.

Le Jardin Ombragé is associated with the Garden Web Ring, a circle of non-commercial gardening websites.
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