Tag Archives: lilies

eat your lilies

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Denise

How many times have we browsed through plant catalogue descriptions padded with chatty, ethnobotanic non sequiturs like such-and-such is an edible delicacy in its country of origin? Impatient to discover whether the object of your desire is frost hardy, does … Continue reading →

Posted in edibles | Tagged Campanulaceae, codonopsis, Crambe maritima, Crithmum maritimum, Koreatown, Kosmic Kale, lilies, Los Angeles, Platycodon grandiflorus, Territorial Seed Company, The Commissary at The Line Hotel, Zion Market | 15 Comments

Bloom Day June 2013

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Denise

For a girl who couldn’t get an eryngium to bloom before, this is shaping up to be an exciting summer. Eryngium pandanifolium is supposedly the biggest eryngo of them all. I’ve been intently watching it develop this wicked candelabra of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, succulents | Tagged Achillea 'Terracotta', Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', Eryngium pandanifolium, Euphorbia cotinifolia, Garlic Passionfruit, gladiolus, lilies, Lilium regale, Passiflora loefgrenii, Phylica pubescens, Russelia equisetiformis, Teucrium hircanicum, Verbena bonariensis | 18 Comments

scenes from the garden 6/3/13

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Denise

Some of the cast of characters this summer. First spikes of Teucrium hircanicum. Shaggy grass is newly identified Chloris virgata (thank you, Maggie!) The peachy ‘Terracotta’ yarrow lining the path are beginning bloom too. The white umbels belong to Cenolophium … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, creatures, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Achillea 'Terracotta', Anthemis 'Susanna Mitchell', Aster 'Monch', Bacillus thuringiensis, Baltic parsley Cenolophium denudatum, budworms, Chloris virgata, Coreopsis tinctoria 'Mahogany', Cussonia gamtoosensis, Derry Watkins Special Plants, Kalanchoe luciae 'Fantastic', lilies, lilium, Teucrium hircanicum, Verbena bonariensis | 8 Comments