Here is just a small sampling of what we saw:
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| Michael Hannen's gardens in Rochester, NY |
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| anis hissop |
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| arundo |
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| balloon flower |
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| bastard balm |
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| bears breeches |
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| bears breeches: morning candle |
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| bluebutter - smells like liverwurst and repels deer! |
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| bush clematis |
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| Cobra Leaf Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
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| Amazing the varieties of Jack-in-the-Pulpits...this one with several pulpits! |
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| coreopsis route 66 |
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| crocosmia lucifer |
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| datisca cannabina (with quite the description!) |
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| donkey tail |
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| Leona with epazote |
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| Michael demonstrates mulching with Fiskars |
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| Flora tube socks (from Japan?) |
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| gold leaf astilbes |
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| gold leaf poke weed |
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| heleopsis prairie sunset |
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| helleborus |
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| honeysuckle |
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| hybiscus - Bring in the Clowns |
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| hypericum sunburst |
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| indigo little pinkie |
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| another Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
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| jack-in-the-pulpit - Red Dragon |
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| kid abelia - Micheal's "Naughty" plant |
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| knot weed - kissme |
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| knotweed |
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| Lance Corporal knotweed |
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| Micheal expands his garden space by planting on the property next door. Micheal gets to garden and the landlord doesn't need to worry about mowing the lawn! |
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| lavendar |
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| lobelia cardinalis |
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| potted plants in Micheal's market garden - and another jack-in-the-pulpit |
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| Fitting to his name: The Plant Whisperer! |
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| Midwestern elderberry |
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| Miss Lucy ornamental lily and pink phlox |
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| Micheal has a story to tell about this mother-in-law plant |
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| mountain oregano with white leaves |
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| Micheal's stick points out native ginsing |
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| Micheal's garden expands to neighboring yard |
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| ornamental pepper |
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| ornium onion - allium |
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| raspberry wine in foreground |
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| red ocra |
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| red prairie fire |
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| silphium perfoliatum - cup plant |
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| snowflake hydrangia |
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| South African impatians |
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| sugar tip rose of sharon |
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| tamarix shrub |
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| The Plant Whisperer |
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| trifolium rubens - ornamental clover |
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| Sweet Anne echinacea |
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| variegated heliopsis |
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| verbascum |
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| Virginia mountain mint - oregano |
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| white flowering sedum |
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| white globe thistle |
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| yellow heliopsis |
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| Japanese shrub mint |
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| Unknown (I forgot to write it down) |
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| another missed name |
We concluded our tour just before noon as it began to rain. Even though I took over 200 photos, I couldn't possibly share them all here. We were quite impressed that Micheal know all of the plants by name - not to mention several interesting facts about each plant. We are grateful to Micheal for opening his gardens to us and realize that each week unfolds a different awesome array of blooms. Micheal specializes in propagating unique plants and would love to help you diversify your garden. You may contact him for plant purchases by appointment at growboy22@yahoo.com.