Tim Bell's Garden

11 years ago

We just got back from the Mecca Tour and I am trying to get all our pictures labeled. We went to so many gardens (one day we went to four) that we felt like we were suffering from daylily overload. We didn't know that was possible.

On the way day to Florida (we drove--possibly the reason we got so tired), we stopped at Bell's Daylily Garden in Georgia. Tim's garden is just about a mile off of Interstate 75, the highway we took. We are sure glad we stopped. If you get down to Sycamore, GA, you should stop and see his place.

I'll post a few general shots today and tomorrow if I get time, I'll start posting some pictures of his daylilies.

Here's the entrance to the garden, which was a park-like setting. Many of the gardens we visited were set up more as a sales area, but Tim's was truly a garden. He grows many other things besides daylilies.

He had some beautiful variegated cannas.

Curcumas blooming. Curcuma is a member of the ginger family.

He was building a new pavilion when we arrived.

He had a little stream with a waterfall, a pool with fish, and a bridge.

There was a beautiful lake at the back of the property.

You
don't see many daylilies blooming in some of these pictures. Tim said
his daylilies were behind schedule this year because of the cold
temperatures Georgia had experienced. Still, there were many to see--just
wish I could visit next week too.Nancy

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organic_kitten

11 years ago

Very lovely. thanks for the tour.
kay

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
11 years ago
Nice tour Nancy. He certainly has a pretty lay out. .....I love it when I see something I've never seen before. That would be your picture of the Curcumas in bloom. I've heard of them before, but have never seen what they look like other then as a poster child in someones catalog. So the blooms are below the foliage? I'm presuming the large leaves behind the lavender flowers belong to the gingers?..........Maryl
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Ed
11 years ago
What a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing.
HoosierBob SW Indiana Zone 5
11 years ago
Maryl, yes, you are right. The large green foliage behind the gingers does belong to them. Curcumas are called "hidden gingers" because often the flowers are under the leaves. I have never seen them grown so well in the ground before. They are not hardy here in Indiana, and I have grown a couple in pots. They were pitiful little miniatures of the ones that Tim grows.
Julia WV (7a)
11 years ago
Thank you for sharing your photos. Looking forward to seeing more.
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
11 years ago
Thanks Nancy for the Curcuma information. A good common name "Hidden Ginger". I know some of the Gingers are remarkably fragrant, and at one point I thought I might pot one and overwinter it in my attached garage, but most gingers get too bulky and tall for smaller sized pots, so I decided against doing that. Interesting what you find in other peoples gardens.......Maryl
dick_in_ohio
11 years ago
Love the pictures - I have bought several times from Tim but never been to his garden.
ruthz
11 years ago
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Love the pictures. Beautiful gardens. I don't have any of his daylilies, but I do have Tropicana canna and Hidden ginger.

I did buy Kaanapali Coast a couple of years ago, but it didn't make it thru the year. Would love to hear any input on it. My daughter loves it.

I'm from N. Georgia and go there every year, but Sycamore looks too far away for a little day trip.
jean_ar
11 years ago
eautiful pictures,Thank you for sharing them with all of us.

jean
sann777
11 years ago
We stopped at Tim Bell's Garden on our way to beach a few year's ago. It is a beautiful place.
mantis__oh
11 years ago
What an inviting setting. I like the little fish pond. (Wish we didn't have to click on the pictures to get the larger picture, which shows a lot more detail.) The canna is Tropicanna. I see lots of daylilies filled with buds.