Tag Archives: Melianthus ‘Purple Haze’

Bloom Day May 2017 (and assorted garden projects)

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Denise

Photo taken last night, when I still hoped I could squeak this post in under the Bloom Day deadline, the 15th of every month, and be righteously on time, but it was not to be. Flash of red is from … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bloom Day, climate, creatures, cut flowers, design, MB Maher, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Aloe 'Kujo', Alstroemeria 'The Third Harmonic', Aristida purpurea, Gaillardia 'Mesa Peach', Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Melinus nerviglumis, Passiflora 'Flying V', Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails', Pennisetum 'Karley Rose', Phlomis 'Sunningdale Gold', Salvia uliginosa, Strobilanthes gossypinus, Verbena bonariensis | 11 Comments

Wednesday clippings 1/6/16

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Denise

One storm down, five more or so to go. For the first time in a long while, the air smells incredibly fresh. January is always the perfect time for the shocking pink blooms on Pelargonium echinatum to arrive. A “Sundiascia” … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Plant Portraits | Tagged Acacia podalyrifolia, Agave 'Blue Glow', Diascia 'Sundiascia Peach', Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Pelargonium echinatum, Western Hills Nursery and Garden | 8 Comments

sunday clippings 7/6/14

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Denise

I think the conversation left off with brillantaisia, the salvia look-alike I stumbled upon at the local city college. Except it’s not really a salvia but a member of the acanthaceae family. I did go back for photos and also … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, clippings, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged "Botany's New Boys" by Michael Tortorello, "Sowing a Garden One Knit Flower at a Time, Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Agave x leopoldii, Aloe cameronii, artist Tatyana Yanishevsky, Brillantaisia subulugurica, Garden Designer Carolyn Mullet, Lavandula multifida, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Paul Stamet's 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, Salvia 'Amistad', Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold', TED talk, ” | 7 Comments

so cold that plants are turning purple

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Denise

The cold weather is coaxing some fine seasonal coloration out of plants, especially those whose names hint to a destiny with the color purple anyway. Acacia baileyana ‘Purpurea’ deeply plummy mid ribs on the leaves of Melianthus ‘Purple Haze’ Yucca … Continue reading →

Posted in Occasional Daily Weather Report, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged "Umbrella Group: why not make room for a Schefflera?" by Robbie Blackhall-Miles, Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea', Crug Farm Plants, hardy scheffleras, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Yucca aloifolia 'Purpurea' | 4 Comments

tuesday clippings 3/26/13

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Denise

Nothing too thematic, just some odds and ends. To prove I left the plant sale tables briefly and did a lap in the show room at the recent Orange County CSSA show, here’s a Dyckia ‘Brittle Star’ hybrid that won … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, Occasional Daily Photo, plant crushes, Plant Portraits | Tagged Agave americana var. striata, Dyckia 'Brittle Star', Geranium maderense 'Alba', Isoplexis isabelliana, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', pittosporum, poppies, Prostranthera ovalifolia 'Variegata, tillandsias | 8 Comments

Foliage Follow-Up September 2011

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Denise

I just noticed today that seedpods had formed on the little manihot tree. M. grahamii is hardier (zone 7b-10) than M. esculenta, which is grown for its starchy, edible tubers, with a possible future in biofuel. The Melianthus ‘Purple Haze’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits | Tagged Canna 'Intrigue', Ceratostigma willmottianum 'My Love', Crassula sarmentosa, Grevillea 'Superb', Manihot grahamii, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Pelargonium 'Splendide' | 4 Comments

Journal July 6, 2011

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Denise

The garden saw some frenetic activity over the long holiday weekend. Over the long, extremely hot holiday weekend. Not since Nixon has a face dripped such copious amounts of sweat. Under these sticky, squalid conditions, one reverts to a feral … Continue reading →

Posted in journal, Plant Portraits | Tagged Allium senescens, Coprosma 'Beatson's Gold', Derry Watkins, eucomis, Fuchsia magellanica 'Hawkshead', kniphofias, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Monrovia, Persicaria amplexicaule, Ricinus communis, Saxifraga umbrosa 'Variegata' | 5 Comments

Journal February 1, 2011

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Denise

February is about the time of year when the little reminder notes really start to pile up, when sending a barrage of e-mails to myself seems an inefficient system compared to the search capabilities on my blog, a feature I … Continue reading →

Posted in journal | Tagged Ammi visagna, Anigozanthos, Atriplex hortensis, cannas, Gloriosa rothschildiana, Helleborus argutifolius, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Salvia iodantha, Sedum 'Frosty Morn' | 3 Comments

Laughter in the Distance

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Denise

Not a title to a pulpy romance novel but a snippet of Hinkley’s hilarious prose from his infamous Heronswood nursery catalogues. (The nursery was opened in 1987, bought by Burpee in 2000 and closed by them in 2006.) The catalogues … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, essay, Plant Portraits | Tagged Begonia grandis, Ceanothus thrysiflorus var. griseus 'Kurt Zadnik, Clematis recta, Dan Hinkley, Embothrium coccineum, Garden Cottage Nursery, Heronswood, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Monrovia, Olearia 'Henry Travers', restios, Rhodocoma capensis, Roger Raiche, Roger's Gardens, Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain', Stiga gigantea, Vita Sackville-West, Windcliff | 6 Comments