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<\/p>\nBy November my garden has turned into a curiosity shop of oddities and seedpods.<\/p>\n
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Like the racks of antler-like blooms on tetrapanax, seemingly more blooms than leaves this years after I clipped away some of the sunburnt foliage.<\/p>\n
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Limbing it up allows for maximum shovage of other plants. Such as shovage of this mangave, a gift from Dustin Gimbel<\/a>, which is just about at the base of the tetrapanax near the path<\/p>\n And indoors the rooms become altered in November too. The house is beginning to look like a natural history museum, with vases filled with stalks of nubby stuff like dyckia seedpods<\/p>\n A tender salvia new to me, Salvia curviflora, was brought home from Annie’s Annuals<\/a> this summer. Many of the Mexican salvias just grow too large, so their time in my garden is often limited to a couple seasons. And from what I read, this one won’t like very dry conditions. But when they bloom this freely at a small size, it’s worth growing as an annual.<\/p>\n Besides, it’s my job to trial every hot pink salvia I come across.<\/p>\n Just like last fall, Nan Ondra’s<\/a> strain of chocolate-colored nicotiana is roused to life by the cooler temps.<\/p>\n Pennisetum ‘Sky Rocket’ and the yellow form of the firecracker plant, Russelia equisetiformis, are keeping things bouncy and fluffy outside the office. A lot of the various succulent offsets are finding their way here, as have most of the potted agaves, which I can view from my desk. (More shovage.) Just occasionally there’s more gazing at plants than working on the computer.<\/p>\n As always, profuse thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens<\/a> for hosting our Bloom Days each and every month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By November my garden has turned into a curiosity shop of oddities and seedpods. Like the racks of antler-like blooms on tetrapanax, seemingly more blooms than leaves this years after I clipped away some of the sunburnt foliage. Limbing it … Continue reading
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