Tag Archives: Geranium pyrenaicum ‘Bill Wallis’
ghosts of gardens past
Cleaning out old photo albums releases lots of ghosts of gardens past. Do I feel guilty and as greedy as Scrooge over all the plants that have come and gone? Not a bit. I do notice that I’ve become more … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant crushes, Plant Portraits, succulents
Tagged Anemanthele lessoniana, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, Echeveria 'Black Prince', Geranium 'Dragon Heart', Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis', Libertia peregrinans, Lophomyrtus x ralphii 'Red Dragon', Persicaria amplexicaulis, Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball', Rose 'Chromatella', Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain', Sedum nussbaumerianum, Stipa arundinacea, Stipa tenuissima, Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea'
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Bloom Day May 2013
It’s our blue period again, and not just ours. Jacaranda mimosifolia trees are painting the whole town blue. Spiky plants in the front garden will fly these pennants until July, when the blue period ends, and the trees in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day
Tagged Anigozanthos, Aristea ecklonii, Ballota acetabulosa, Baltic parsley Cenolophium denudatum, Diascia personata, Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis', Nepeta 'Walker's Low', Pelargonium caffrum X 'Diana', Penstemon 'Enor', Persicaria amplexicaulis, Senecio stellata, Sideritis syriaca, Verbascum 'Clementine'
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sunday clippings 12/16/12
I was skimming through the design archives of the Wall Street Journal online yesterday, a wonderful trove of good reading, and recognized the pressed leaves of Macleaya cordata, the plume poppy, used by the shoe designer Christian Louboutin to decorate … Continue reading
Posted in clippings, plant nurseries
Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Christian Louboutin, Crithmum maritimum, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Geranium maderense 'Alba', Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis', Macleaya cordata, Mina lobata, Mirabilis jalapa 'Limelight', Orlaya grandiflora, Passiflora loefgrenii, pressed leaves, reseeding plants, Senecio stellata, Solanum pyracantha, Teucrium hircanicum, The Wall Street Journal, Thompson & Morgan seeds
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Cue the Ice Cream Man
The twilight opening of the door to the enchanted photographic realm of “magic hour” is announced by the canned tunes of the ice cream man plying his cold confections 365 days a year. If I’m home when that tinny music … Continue reading