As a child of parents who lovedtraditional children's books, I grew up surrounded by illustrations of magical gardens. You know, those Beatrix Potter drawings of towering foxgloves, and Barbara Cooney's abundant drifts of lupines taller than a child's head. As a young gardener, I wanted to recreate the sense of immersion and abundance those illustrations give. Unfortunately, neither delphiniums nor lupines grow large or abundantly in the lower Ozarks.
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