Claude Monet’s water lily pond is especially gorgeous right now in October.
And flowers as high as walls grow in the flower garden. (click to enlarge)
Giverny is open 7/7 until November 1st. Monet’s house and gardens will close for the winter on November 2.
This beautiful shrub grows in Claude Monet’s flower garden. It has not been planted for many years, so I wondered what could be the name of this new comer. I browsed the internet eagerly, without any success.
The next day, by chance, I found it. I was sipping an expresso on the terrasse of La Capucine, a coffee-shop at Giverny that also sells plants, when my eyes got caught by this big flowery plant that was displayed in the distance. I jumped out of my seat, rushed to the pot, read the label, ‘Clerodendron’ ! It is such a joy when you experiment in your own life the help of up there. Now I’m posting in order to share and not to forget.