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Bloom Day April 2012
April deserves a thorough Bloom Day post, but if I’m to get this in before midnight it’ll have to be brief. A big change here is that the poppies of Troy, Papaver setigerum, are over sooner than I’d like. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, Plant Portraits
Tagged Albuca maxima, Digitalis 'Goldcrest', Dutch iris 'Eye of the Tiger', Geum magellanicum, Lotus jacobaeus, Papaver rupifragum, Papaver setigerum, Pelargonium 'Splendide', Salvia chiapensis, Salvia littae, Salvia macrophylla 'Upright Form, Scrophularia calliantha, Sideritis syriaca, Stipa gigantea, Thunbergia alata, Thunbergia gregorii, Tweedia caerulea
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Salvia macrophylla ‘Upright Form’
Large-leaved sage, Salvia macrophylla. Insistently, emphatically, imperially blue. And since I’ve officially entered the fall season of travel lust I tumble into every year, a more sinister association also comes to mind, that of Mayan Blue, a sacrificial blue. The … Continue reading
Under A Big Tent
If I named my home at this moment, something I’ve been mulling over for a while, Hotel Chaotica would be a good fit. The big tent is coming next week under which death will be dealt to the termites chewing … Continue reading