Tag Archives: Salvia ‘Waverly’
gardens without borders
This corner of my small, jam-packed garden is where it gets crazy. Okay, okay. Crazier. This east end of the garden kind of horseshoes around this collection of containers, with the main sitting area (and more containers) off to the … Continue reading
Salvia ‘Love & Wishes’ (a salvia revue)
Yes, another salvia post. (You’re looking at a person for whom the ’90s publication of Betsy Clebsch’s master work A Book of Salvias, was a life-altering event.) The two new salvias in my garden are so far living up to … Continue reading
fall-blooming salvias and where to find some
I’ve been trying to scale the garden down, which means there will be no shed-sized, fall-blooming salvias this year like… Salvia involucrata, Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden, the rosebud sage. Some of the salvias like a bit more moisture than I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornerstone Gardens Sonoma, Fullerton Arboretum salvia sale, Longwood Gardens, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Phylica pubescens, Salvia 'Indigo Spires', Salvia 'Waverly', Salvia 'wendy's Wish', Salvia africana-lutea, Salvia cacaliifolia, Salvia canariensis var. candissima, Salvia clevelandii, Salvia elegans 'Golden Delicious, Salvia involucrata, Salvia littae, Salvia macrophylla, Salvia madrensis, Salvia reptans West Texas Form, Salvia sclarea 'Piedmont', Salvia uliginosa, Salvia van houttei, Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain', Salvia wagneriana
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Bloom Day July 2011
We’re a tad overexposed and on the run… a day late for Bloom Day, the 15th of every month, hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. More photos after the jump.
Posted in Bloom Day, Plant Portraits
Tagged Alcea rugosa, Anigozanthos hybrids, Buddleia 'Silver Anniversary', Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Elegia fistulosa, Gaura lindheimeri, Grevillea 'Superb', Knautia macedonia, Leycesteria formosa 'Golden Lanterns', Manihot grahamii, Musa sumatrana ‘Zebrina', Persicaria amplexicaule, Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', Salvia 'Waverly', Salvia chiapensis, Salvia involucrata, Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black Knight'
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Laurus nobilis ‘Aureus’
A potted bay tree is one of those timeless mediterranean garden features, like boxwood hedging, crunchy gravel underfoot, or urns planted with agaves. Image found here. Its leaves are useful for cooking just about anything that simmers. Laurus nobilis becomes … Continue reading
Sage Vice
Who can say at what number an enthusiasm or “keen interest” ends and a collection of plants begins? 20 hostas? 6 agaves? 114 daylilies? When the genus is as diverse in leaf and flower as salvia, a collection interspersed throughout … Continue reading
Bloom Day December 2010
(Actor Slim Pickens riding the bomb in Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.) A December Bloom Day post begs for a little goofiness. No other word describes prowling a drizzly garden for photos in non-existent light searching for non-existent blooms. The roster for … Continue reading
June 2010 Bloom Day
A 2-year-old mossed basket with sedums, agave, and oregano ‘Kent Beauty.’ I was surprised to see the oregano return this year. Life in a mossed basket can be rough. The urns of arctoctis. Hopefully, the next time I replant the … Continue reading
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Tagged ' Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow', Atriplex hortensis, Bloom Day, Buddleia 'Silver Anniversary', Calindrinia spectabilis, Catanache caerulea, crocosmia, Cupid's Dart, Diascia 'Ice Cracker', Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons', heliotrope, kniphofia, Libertia peregrinans, Lysimachia atropurpurea, May Dreams Gardens, Mirabilis jalapa, Oreganum 'Kent Beauty', phygelius, purple orach, Rehmannia elata 'Snow Glow', Salvia 'Waverly', Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain', Senecio rowleyanus, String of Pearls, Trachelium caeruleum, Verbena bonariensis
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May Bloom Day
May is a heady month for gardens. Check them out at Carol’s host site for Bloom Day, May Dreams Gardens. The pale lavender heliotrope is responding to longer and warmer days, sprawling over Oxalis vulcanicola, both perennial in zone 10. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloom Day, Calandrinia spectabilis, Calceolaria 'Kentish Hero', Canna 'Intrigue', cineraria, Lespedeza thunbergii, Lophomyrtus ralphii 'Red Dragon', Lysimachia purpurea, May Dreams Gardens, Mirabilis jalapa, Oxalis vulcanicola, Rose 'Bouquet d'Or', Salvia 'Waverly', Salvia chiapensis, Senecio stellata, Solanum rantonnetii, Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold', Teucrium fruticans azureum
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