Wednesday, January 27, 2016

acanthus garden--dusty miller

at the east end of queen street, to the side of a cafe door a tall wooden box with a wooly acanthus, centaurea cineraria, planted in it.

first because of how long into the winter the plant has survived, this was into the first week of 2016, then secondly for the way the plant repeats the shape and form of the plant box, and finally for the off centre placement of the box in front of the post and the plant off centre in the box but centred in front of the post. the symmetrical perfection broken by small details in placement.