Tag Archives: Achillea ‘Terracotta’
Bloom Day July 2013
An extravagant display of blooms isn’t the overwhelming impression the garden is making this July, which is pretty typical. Though the Pennisetum ‘Skyrocket’ grasses are technically blooming. In the dimming twilight, the ferny leaves of Selinum wallichianum can just be … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bloom Day, pots and containers
Tagged Achillea 'Terracotta', Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', Aristolochia fimbriata, Aster x frikartii 'Monch', Chloris virgata, Crithmum maritimum, Cuphea viscosissima, Eryngium pandanifolium, Eryngium planum, Furcraea foetida 'Mediopicta', Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons', Gomphrena 'Strawberry Fields', Nepeta 'Walker's Low', Pennisetum 'Jade Princess', Pennisetum 'Skyrocket', Penstemon 'Hidalgo', Persicaria amplexicaulis, Phylica pubescens, Plectranthus neochilus, Russelia, Russelia equisetiformis, Salvia chiapensis, Salvia greggii 'Salmon Dance', Selinum wallichianum, Senecio viravira, sideritis, Solanum marginatum, Verbena bonariensis
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Bloom Day June 2013
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
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scenes from the garden 6/3/13
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
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