Monthly Archives: March 2011
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Citrus
Easily within reach from the driveway, but morally out of bounds. I don’t want his bananas, just the citrus. We inherited a large, scale-infested, whitefly-festooned lemon tree with this house. A couple years later, the giant whitefly, Aleurodicus dugesii, winged … Continue reading
Dear AGO
“Hi there, I love your blog..it is super informative and I am really impressed with it! I have a question, my boyfriend bought me this plant and I have no idea what it is. I live in California but am … Continue reading
Foliage Follow-Up March 2011
Hosted by Pam at Digging, getting things going with a shout-out for a luscious trifecta of agaves on her blog today. My contribution today is a variety of the Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica ‘Filamentosa,’ the first nandina I’ve ever purchased. … Continue reading
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Tagged Foliage Follow-up, Nandina domestica 'Filamentosa', Thread-Leaf Nandina
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Bloom Day March 2011
Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts this exciting monthly event, inspired by garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence’s urging that “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.†Some days are so bleak, it seems astonishing that flowers could bloom … Continue reading
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Good fences do make good neighbors. Good fences also make good plant barriers. In this wisteria’s case, I doubt anyone can be held accountable for planting this mighty vine. I think the birds accomplished that for us. My job is … Continue reading
Occasional Daily Photo/Geranium maderense ‘Alba’ 3/12/11
Any day now. Geranium maderense ‘Alba’ from Annie’s Annuals.
Tulip Report/Queen of the Night
Sounds less zombie-ish in French: Reine de la Nuit Amazingly long stems, over 2 feet, planted in a shallow bowl. With ‘Double Beauty of Apeldoorn’ This will most likely be my final tulip report. A couple pots of bulbs had … Continue reading
Smellovision
Here it comes… Did you get a whiff? No? Maybe scoot your chair just a bit closer. Smellovision didn’t work so great in 1960 either. I cut this bunch of sweet peas last night from my mom’s first garden, a … Continue reading
Hortus Obsessus
Spring planting must be on just about everyone’s minds now, right? I shop at Annie’s Annuals all the time, fill my cyber basket to overflowing, then walk away from the computer. The walking away is pure character building. At least … Continue reading
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Tagged Annies Annuals, Calandrinia spectabilis, Puya chilensis, terrestrial bromeliad
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Tulip ‘Double Beauty of Apeldoorn’
This is some of what I’ll be spending my tulip money on next year.