Tag Archives: Lavandula multifida
Bloom Day January 2015
It wouldn’t do to start the new year off skipping the first Bloom Day, which is technically the 15th of every month, but our host Carol (May Dreams Gardens) doesn’t seem to mind slackers. Helleborus argutifolius, the last plant remaining, … Continue reading
Bloom Day September 2014
I think I’m finally getting the hang of this heat wave business. I’m taking a cue from the plants: Hunker down and just wait it out. When I cut the melianthus back, this Gomphostigma virgatum found some needed breathing room. … Continue reading
sunday clippings 7/6/14
I think the conversation left off with brillantaisia, the salvia look-alike I stumbled upon at the local city college. Except it’s not really a salvia but a member of the acanthaceae family. I did go back for photos and also … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, clippings, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged "Botany's New Boys" by Michael Tortorello, "Sowing a Garden One Knit Flower at a Time, Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Agave x leopoldii, Aloe cameronii, artist Tatyana Yanishevsky, Brillantaisia subulugurica, Garden Designer Carolyn Mullet, Lavandula multifida, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Paul Stamet's 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, Salvia 'Amistad', Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold', TED talk, ”
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Bloom Day June 2014
Bloom Day on Father’s Day? Really? I figured this out about 7 o’clock last night, but by then I was too sun-blasted to muster a post. Marty wanted his day spent at a local Irish fair. Guinness and “trad” music … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day
Tagged Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea', Agastache 'Blue Blazes', Agastache 'Blue Fortune', Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', Anthericum saundersiae 'Variegata', Atriplex hortensis, Baltic parsley Cenolophium denudatum, Crithmum maritimum, Dalea purpurea, Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons', Gomphrena 'Fireworks', Lavandula multifida, Nepeta 'Walker's Low', nicotiana, Pelargonium echinatum, Plectranthus neochilus
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aftermath of a spring heat wave
Unseasonal, sudden onset heat, like cold, is similarly not in a plant’s best interests. The pristine good looks of Agave ‘Blue Flame’ took a hit last week. Poor thing didn’t have time to develop a base coat and suffered a … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Occasional Daily Weather Report, Plant Portraits
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Anigozanthos, Coprosma 'Plum Hussy', Eryngium pandanifolium, Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons', Harpochloa falx 'Compact Black, Lavandula multifida, Melanoselinum decipiens, Orlaya grandiflora, Pelargonium 'Golden Lemon Crispum', Plectranthus neochilus, Russelia equisetiformis, Salvia sclarea 'Piemont', Senecio leucostachys (vira-vira)
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Bloom Day April 2014
A day late for the Bloom Day report, with the above photo of the back garden taken this overcast morning and most of the closeups taken the past couple days. It’s all shockingly rumpled and disheveled already, but I still … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, journal, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits
Tagged Albizia 'Summer Chocolate', Arundo donax 'Golden Chain, Baltic parsley Cenolophium denudatum, Coprosma 'Plum Hussy', Derry Watkins Special Plants Nursery, Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame', Euphorbia lambii, Far Reaches Farm, Gladiolus papillio, Kniphofia thompsonii, Lavandula multifida, Linaria reticulata, Melanoselinum decipiens, Olearia virgata v. lineata 'Dartonii, Orlaya grandiflora, Papaver setigerum, Pelargonium caffrum X 'Diana', Priory Plants, Prostanthera ovalifolia 'Variegata', Robin Parer's Geraniaceae plant nursery, Salvia curviflora, Salvia pulchella x involucratya, Senecio leucostachys (vira-vira), Stipa gigantea, Sue Mann, Tom Stuart-Smith's exotic meadow, Verbena bonariensis
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soon now
Some visual encouragement from my garden today and gardens I’ve visited in the past. Just in case spring still seems impossibly far away. private garden, Los Angeles private garden, Los Angeles private garden, Los Angeles private garden, Los Angeles private … Continue reading
Bloom Day February 2014
I wonder if I’d get tired of a garden with nothing but chartreuse flowers for months on end. I suppose it’s possible. Helleborus argutifolius. Tough and beautiful, doesn’t complain, doesn’t expect any special treatment. All stellar attributes. Incredibly promiscuous in … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, succulents
Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Brachysema praemorsum, dyckia, Echeveria agavoides, Euphorbia nicaeensis, Euphorbia rigida, Euphorbia seguieriana ssp.niciciana, Helleborus argutifolius, Lavandula multifida, Papaver rupifragum, Phlomis lanata, Salvia pulchella x involucratya
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the colors of Bilbergia nutans
The first bloom of the common Queen’s Tears bromeliad, Bilbergia nutans, is just so very startling when it arrives, especially if you’ve only seen it in photos before. Like drop-your-coffee-cup startling. As though David Hockney was in the garden overnight … Continue reading
Posted in design, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits
Tagged Bilbergia nutans, bromeliads, Euphorbia mauritanica, Euphorbia rigida, Gomphrena 'Fireworks', Huntington Botanical Gardens, Lavandula multifida, Lavandula pinnata var. buchii, Pelargonium crispum 'Variegatum', Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold', Western Hills Nursery and Garden
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