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Benvenuti Garden
Loris Garrett, 14310 Sara's Walk
Cypress, TX 77429, (281) 469-4109
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(Reprinted from Region 6 Newsletter,
Spring 2008)
Photos by Loris Garrett
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As you drive down Sara's Walk to Loris Garrett's garden in Cypress, Texas, you will understand why he calls his garden "Benvenuti." Like the stone carved with the words "Benvenuti Nel Mio Giardino" (Welcome to my Garden) that his Italian mom gave him, all the vibrant colors of his daylilies and perennials will "Welcome" anyone to stop and look.
Stop and stroll around the numerous curved beds in the front and gaze at the myriad of daylilies and other perennials. Loris grows approximately 500 of his favorite daylilies, many of which are in this area. Nestled around the Oak and Maple trees you can enjoy Hemerocallis 'Treasure Truffle', H. 'Desperado Love', 'Long Stocking', 'Elf Power', Roses, Salvias and more as you work your way down the long beds that hold cultivars like H. 'Debary Canary', 'Boundless Beauty', 'Malaysian Marketplace', 'Judy Farquhar', and more to the back garden.
Enter the back garden through a wrought iron gate to be greeted by a soothing fountain of cascading water and a climbing "Fourth of July" Rose. As you leisurely walk into the garden, you will view moss rock beds with cultivars like H. 'Lady Betty Fretz', 'Primal Scream', 'Princess Diana', and more along with many of his seedlings surrounding a small waterfall feature.
As you walk through the garden, you will see beds curving around the garage and extending along the fences draped in Rangoon Creepers and Texas Bleeding-Heart vines. You can view numerous cultivars from the Stamiles, Salters, Kirchhoff, Morss, Hanson, and Petit just to name a few. Throughout the garden there are birdbaths, fountains, and other garden decor that reflect Loris' personality. As you leisurely stroll to the back of the garden the Leyland Cypress will catch your eye and you may decide to rest your back against one of the Oak trees or sit on a bench next to St. Francis and gaze back at the beds. Or you may choose to stroll around the garden with its Wisteria, Ornamental Grasses, Roses, Echinaceas and other perennials. Any path you take you will be enchanted by all the colors and textures of his AHS Display Garden. Come and enjoy!