Tag Archives: Beschorneria X ‘Martin Grantham Hybrids’

Bloom Day March 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Denise

No flowers open yet, but the long-awaited beschorneria bloom stalk itself is stare-worthy. Parrot colors of vivid red with buds tipped in green. Improbably taller every day, with new subtle twists and angles to admire It passed by the Euphorbia … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bloom Day | Tagged Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea', Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue', Agave vilmoriniana, Aloe 'Johnson's Hybrid', Anisodontea 'Strybing Beauty', Beschorneria X 'Martin Grantham Hybrids', Chionanthus retusus, Euphorbia, Gerbera 'Drakensberg Gold', Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon', Papaver setigerum, Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' | 14 Comments

end of month February 2016

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Denise

Since it’s the last day of February, I suppose it’s time to admit defeat and clear out all the drafts that never made it to proper posts. There’s the draft post tying in to last night’s Oscars, where I muse … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Aloe 'Jacob's Ladder', Aloe conifera, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Anigozanthos 'Bush Tango', Beschorneria X 'Martin Grantham Hybrids', Phormium 'Black Adder' | 8 Comments

planting notes 2014

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Denise

Every year brings a new crop of preoccupations in the garden, such as: Will the beschorneria choose this spring for their first bloom? How about the puya in the gravel garden? Feel like blooming this year? Some plants really do … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, garden travel, journal, plant nurseries, succulents | Tagged Aloe marlothii x castanea, Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', Annie's Annuals & Perennials Nursery, Asphodeline lutea, Beschorneria X 'Martin Grantham Hybrids', Cirsium occidentale, Cistus 'Snow Fire', Crambe maritima, Eryngium padanifolium, Glaucium grandiflorum, Lessertia montana, Leucadendron 'Ebony', Puya mirabilis, Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', self-sowers, Sideritis oroteneriffae | 5 Comments

Occasional Daily Photo/Beschorneria 3/3/11

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Denise

More impending drama. The first beschorneria to bloom in my garden. I think it’s B. septentrionalis but won’t know until it blooms. The narrow leaves look a little yuccoides, and there has been some wild hybridizing going on among the … Continue reading →

Posted in Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits | Tagged Annies Annuals, Beschorneria septentrionalis, Beschorneria X 'Martin Grantham Hybrids', Dan Hinkley, Martin Grantham, Occasional Daily Photo, Tony Avent | 4 Comments