D309-2012 A Japanese garden sculpture that has been recently vandalized.  The scattered pieces once were assembled in a tower.  See here, for example:  http://smu.gs/QqqF7x
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
D309-2012 A Japanese garden sculpture that has been recently vandalized.  The scattered pieces once were assembled in a tower.  See here, for example:  http://smu.gs/QqqF7x
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
D309-2012 A Japanese garden sculpture that has been recently vandalized.  The scattered pieces once were assembled in a tower.  See here, for example:  http://smu.gs/QqqF7x
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
Deciduous Asian 04b 01 - Specimen 2
Katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Family Malvaceae . . . Native to Asia
Based on the label on the trunk, I believe this tree was planted in 1990, and it was probably several years old at that time.  It receives full sun, and is not crowded by any larger neighbors, so presumably it has taken on the characteristic shape of the species.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
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Deciduous Asian 04b 00 - Specimen 2
Katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Family Malvaceae . . . Native to Asia.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
(nex5n)
Deciduous Asian 04b 02 - Specimen 2
Katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Family Malvaceae . . . Native to Asia
The lower limbs of this specimen have been removed over the years in order to provide views such as this, looking into the Color Garden from the main pedestrian path through the park.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
July 8, 2012
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Unidentified (by me) peony.  I failed to make a note of which position in which bed this specimen occupied.

Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
May 23, 2012
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D143-2012 Unidentified (by me) peony.  I failed to make a note of which position in which bed this specimen occupied.

Flies were nearly as numerous as ants and bees on the blossoms.

Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
May 23, 2012
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D143-2012 Peonies
Unidentified (by me) peony.  I failed to make a note of which position in which bed this specimen occupied.

Peony Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
May 23, 2012
(nex5n)
D309-2012 A Japanese garden sculpture that has been recently vandalized. The scattered pieces once were assembled in a tower. See here, for example: http://smu.gs/QqqF7x
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
D309-2012 A Japanese garden sculpture that has been recently vandalized.  The scattered pieces once were assembled in a tower.  See here, for example:  http://smu.gs/QqqF7x
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
D309-2012 A Japanese garden sculpture that has been recently vandalized. The scattered pieces once were assembled in a tower. See here, for example: http://smu.gs/QqqF7x
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
See photo in original gallery.