Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Bought Lots of New Plants!
Solanum Pyracanthum 'Porcupine Tomato' 2'x1' I will need to remember to protect from frost
Update on 7/2011 Need to remove due to dried dull looking leaves. crew about 3' tall 2' across
Angelica pachycarpa 3'x3' glossy foliage This one self sows so watch for seedlings.
Update on 7/2011 this guy was so fun to watch grow - finished its show at the end of May.
Briza media ' Quaking Grass' 18"x2'
Update 7/2011 doing great!
Dendromecon harfordii 'Channel Island Tree Poppy' yellow flowers in the Fall - Don't let lean over. Update 7/2011 Love this bush/tree - it has been flowering since I planted it and it grew to 3' x 2' now.
Erythrina crista-galli 'Firemans Cap' 20' tall - planted one in the northwest side of front and back yard. Update 7/2011 Frost got this guy in the winter but he is still hanging on. Looks pathetic :(
Monardella villosa 'Coyote Mint' 2'x3'
update 7/2011 - small but still hanging on.
Crassula Erosula 'Campfire' succulent 4"x2' - update 7/11 still a tiny little thing
Athanasia pinnata 6'x5' needs no Summer water Silver - update 7/11 1'x1' tall but cute and healthy
Eriogonum umbellatum 'Sulfer Buckwheat' 1'x2'
Anagallis monellii 'Blue Pimpernel' 9"x20" Summer to Fall blue -update 7/11 blooms FOREVER! don't plant in a windy location next time - leans to one side.
Berzelia Lanuginosa 'Buttonbush' 9"x20"
Dianthus 'Chomley' carnation looking puple pink flowers. update bloomed in the spring but too close to ground to be seen.
Echium fastuosum 'Pride of Madera' 3'x6' update 7/11 holy cow this guy is at full growth - no flowers yet.
Dianthus arenarius 6"x12" this one was planted in a pot with the statue Venus - cute little flowers with simple grass when not flowering.
Eriogonum grande rubescens 1'x3' update 7/11 - this one is blooming right now and sooo cute. Pink but only 1'x1'
Psoralea Pinnata 'Kool Aid Bush' blooms end of the Summer - very fast growing 12' - update 7/2011 5' tall 2' flowered last month but not to noticeable - nice foliage.
Royal Purple Smoke bush Cotinus coggygria 12'x12' can be shaped into a tree - update 7/11 2' tall no smoke yet.
Update on 7/2011 Need to remove due to dried dull looking leaves. crew about 3' tall 2' across
Angelica pachycarpa 3'x3' glossy foliage This one self sows so watch for seedlings.
Update on 7/2011 this guy was so fun to watch grow - finished its show at the end of May.
Briza media ' Quaking Grass' 18"x2'
Update 7/2011 doing great!
Dendromecon harfordii 'Channel Island Tree Poppy' yellow flowers in the Fall - Don't let lean over. Update 7/2011 Love this bush/tree - it has been flowering since I planted it and it grew to 3' x 2' now.
Erythrina crista-galli 'Firemans Cap' 20' tall - planted one in the northwest side of front and back yard. Update 7/2011 Frost got this guy in the winter but he is still hanging on. Looks pathetic :(
Monardella villosa 'Coyote Mint' 2'x3'
update 7/2011 - small but still hanging on.
Crassula Erosula 'Campfire' succulent 4"x2' - update 7/11 still a tiny little thing
Athanasia pinnata 6'x5' needs no Summer water Silver - update 7/11 1'x1' tall but cute and healthy
Eriogonum umbellatum 'Sulfer Buckwheat' 1'x2'
Anagallis monellii 'Blue Pimpernel' 9"x20" Summer to Fall blue -update 7/11 blooms FOREVER! don't plant in a windy location next time - leans to one side.
Berzelia Lanuginosa 'Buttonbush' 9"x20"
Dianthus 'Chomley' carnation looking puple pink flowers. update bloomed in the spring but too close to ground to be seen.
Echium fastuosum 'Pride of Madera' 3'x6' update 7/11 holy cow this guy is at full growth - no flowers yet.
Dianthus arenarius 6"x12" this one was planted in a pot with the statue Venus - cute little flowers with simple grass when not flowering.
Eriogonum grande rubescens 1'x3' update 7/11 - this one is blooming right now and sooo cute. Pink but only 1'x1'
Psoralea Pinnata 'Kool Aid Bush' blooms end of the Summer - very fast growing 12' - update 7/2011 5' tall 2' flowered last month but not to noticeable - nice foliage.
Royal Purple Smoke bush Cotinus coggygria 12'x12' can be shaped into a tree - update 7/11 2' tall no smoke yet.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
September 1st 2010
Above is Caryopteris clandonensis 'First Choice' Blue Mist Spirea
Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece' Dwarf Goldenrod Finally having its first Bloom!
First bloom from Blue Mist Spirea
Above is Timeless Beauty getting taller
Can't get over the flowers on the Golden Rod
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides 'Hardy Plumbago
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This flower loves the front yard heat
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