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Saturday, August 7, 2010 – The Unexpected

August in Los Angeles is when most flower gardens have been blasted by the desert heat and everything looks shabby and burnt-out. But there are alternatives to roses and all that. It's just that the alternatives are a little spooky.

And native to the Mediterranean, decorative artichoke, basically a fancy thistle –

And this –

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