{"id":102513,"date":"2023-05-23T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=102513"},"modified":"2023-05-23T18:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:03:20","slug":"late-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=102513","title":{"rendered":"late May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fresh clumps of healthy new leaves covering the ground, strong clear colors — I really like the direction the 2-year-old garden is taking in May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New growth on Olearia x mollis ‘Zennorensis’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Foreground shrub is Corokia x virgata, possibly ‘Frosted Chocolate’ — takes to clipping well so will join the box balls in the clipping regimen. I’m on the hunt for an Eleagnus ‘Quicksilver’ to plant roughly in front of the green chairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pagoda spires of plush-leaved Marrubium supinum with blurry white flowers in foreground of Libertia ‘Nelson Dwarf’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Omphalodes linifolia obligingly reseeded into the rocks — wonderful grey-green leaves too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stipa gigantea in its second year, such a strong early presence. Looking east, the biennial Hesperis matronalis was sowed last summer and transplanted all around the garden, and the effort has paid off — loves the wet soil, is sweetly scented, and covers the ground and blooms early in spring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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more hesperis, looking west<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A few clumps of Eriophyllum lanatum ‘Oregon Sunshine’ started blooming this week. I’m thinking the dark-leaves are Lysimachia ciliata. Fence was painted black last weekend. The geums did not like recent temps into the 90sF but have recovered like it never happened — same for me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I’m a fool for beschornerias. This one was plunged into the garden, pot and all, to be lifted next fall\/winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Milium effusum ‘Aureum’ is an early blooming, moisture-loving grass that I’d like to spread around. Lanky silvery leaves are of an overwintered Senecio candicans — maybe a spring cutback would have produced compact growth? I didn’t expect it to survive at all…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the lewisias are blooming fools<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I’ve got a couple potted hostas and doubt I’ll be adding more, but they are fascinating as they unfurl their leaves from tight, pirouette-cookie shaped tubes into soft and beamy agave substitutes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Faced with so much bare ground last spring as stuff slowly filled in, several clumps of fast-growing golden oregano were deployed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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tetrapanax making size. I like the leaves close to the ground and prefer that it doesn’t trunk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have a relaxing long weekend (Memorial Day in the U.S.) and see you in June!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fresh clumps of healthy new leaves covering the ground, strong clear colors — I really like the direction the 2-year-old garden is taking in May. Have a relaxing long weekend (Memorial Day in the U.S.) and see you in June!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[550,5119],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNJ2E-qFr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102513"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102513"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102561,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102513\/revisions\/102561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}