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Tropical and hardy water plants and grasses enhance and soften the formal proportions of a garden pool. At its best in late summer through the fall, Aquatic Garden highlights include water lilies, lotus and other aquatic plants. Vine-covered pergolas provide a shady refuge while displaying the range of ways vines climb—twining, clinging and grabbing. Upright plants that grow within the pool and on its margins heighten the garden’s graceful formality. The diversity of monocots, which produce single seed leaves upon germination, is the focus of the adjacent Monocot Garden. Taro, banana, grasses and grains are a crucial part of the world’s food supply. In combination with showy monocots like lilies, cannas, and daylilies, they offer a sensuous celebration of texture and form.
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