These poppies are from the truly magnificent gardens of the legendary Yuri and Leo. This rustic garden gate opens onto their garden, which runs along Boylston Street.

These are some columbines from my garden, a gift from my neighbor Tony late last year. Columbines, or Aquilegias, are unusual flowers. I think they look like sea creatures–or those things from The Matrix. There’s something a little sinister about these:

5/31/06

Categories: garden snapshots