Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Remembering Zoe

We've begun thinking about a memorial for Zoe. We decided to plant a tree in her memory at the Broster holiday home, as there is already a collection of other trees planted in memory of friends and family who have died. We wanted to go with something that was indigenous, as well as pretty. We settled on a "shrub" called River Indigo, or Indigofera. It grows to about 3m in height, by 2m across, and is a member of the pea family. It gets beautiful sprays of pink flowers and attracts butterflies and other insects.
The specimen we got is still small - about 1m in height - so you can't really see it that well against the background of the other trees, but here it is.


Now we have to think about what to do as a proper memorial for her. I'm partial to buying another one and planting it with her ashes in a pot (so we can take it with us when we move - it apparently grows quite well in containers). But we'll see.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a lovely plant and a lovely idea. I also like the idea of having one that you can take with you and have close by...

Thinking of you both

love Cath