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Evolving Landscapes
Summit Artspace
March 3 – April 8, 2017

As noted in a past blog post, Landscape Perils, the yew is one of those “plantings that add a hint of danger to the structure of the garden.” In Pleasant Valley appearances deceive: the ubiquitous landscape/foundation plant of suburbia, the Yew, seems ordinary, but all parts of Taxus baccata are poisonous.

pleasant valley relief print

Pleasant Valley (detail)
Yew, Taxus baccata
relief print

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landscape plants

There have been many surprises in the ongoing research on poisonous plants for the As Potent as a Charm series. Not the least is the number of common landscape/foundation plantings that add a hint of danger to the structure of the garden, such as this threesome of familiar shrubs:

A Deceptive Welcome
Rhododendron, Rhododendron

Pleasant Valley
Yew, Taxus baccata

Be Still
Oleander, Nerium oleander

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sinister shrubs

deceptive welcome

Three of the prints in the As Potent as a Charm exhibit will feature common landscape plants (see perilous plantings for line drawings) who keep their toxicity well hidden. The proof print above is of a Rhododendron in A Deceptive Welcome.

The block in progress shows the ubiquitous Yew, Taxus baccata, in Pleasant Valley; Oleander, Nerium oleander, guards the gate in Be Still.

yew     oleander

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perilous plantings

There have been many surprises in the ongoing research on poisonous plants for the As Potent as a Charm series. Not the least is the number of common landscape/foundation plantings that add a hint of danger to the structure of the garden. Consider this threesome of familiar shrubs:

landscape plants line drawing

left to right: oleander, yew and rhododendron

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