Tag Archives: Salvia chiapensis
Bloom Day September 2017, fall-planting edition
Nothing much new to report for September Bloom Day, hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Anything new in bloom here is from fall planting. Okay, so technically I’m a little premature with fall planting, but patience has never been … Continue reading
Salvia ‘Love & Wishes’ (a salvia revue)
Yes, another salvia post. (You’re looking at a person for whom the ’90s publication of Betsy Clebsch’s master work A Book of Salvias, was a life-altering event.) The two new salvias in my garden are so far living up to … Continue reading
Bloom Day August 2013
Not too much of a change since July’s Bloom Day post, when I predicted the Persicaria amplexicaulis would own the garden in August, and the vibrant crimson spikes have done just that. This knotweed is the legacy of foolishly trialing … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthemis 'Susanna Mitchell', Crassula exilis subsp. cooperi, Cuphea viscosissima, Dalea purpurea, Eryngium pandanifolium, fruit trees, Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons', gomphrena, Lessingia filaginifolia, Lotus jacobaeus, Manihot grahamii, Nepeta 'Walker's Low', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Passiflora loefgrenii, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Alba', Russelia equisetiformis, Salvia chiapensis, tillandsias
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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 April 2013
Spring is moving fast here in Southern California. I’ve already checked out some of the gardens on our host’s site for Bloom Day, Carol at May Dreams Gardens, and saw lots of traditional spring shrubs and bulbs and perennials like … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Albuca maxima, Anigozanthos, Argemone munita, begonia, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Chionanthus retusus, Digging Dog Nursery, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Euphorbia lambii, flowering tobaccos, Isoplexis canariensis, kniphofia, Nepeta 'Walker's Low', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Nicotiana langsdorfii, poppies, Prostranthera ovalifolia 'Variegata, Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', Salvia chiapensis, Senecio anteuphorbium, Senecio stellata, Stipa gigantea, Tweedia caerulea, Zaluzianskya capensis
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Bloom Day March 2013
If it weren’t for the few stems of Scilla peruviana in bloom I’d feel completely out of step this March Bloom Day, when so many participating gardens are sending forth crocus and iris and so many other traditional spring bulbs … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, plant crushes
Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Anthemis 'Susanna Mitchell', Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca, Derry Watkins Special Plants Nursery, Diascia personata, Elizabeth Lawrence, Euphorbia lambii, Geranium maderense, Helicotrichon sempervirens, Helleborus argutifolius, Linaria reticulata 'Flamenco', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Russellia equisetiformis, Salvia africana-lutea, Salvia chiapensis, Scilla peruviana, Sedum confusum
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Bloom Day October 2012
A nice little rainstorm rolled into town last Thursday. For a sweet, brief moment, it almost seemed like autumn, but the heat has returned this week. Still, the garden has had a reasonable soaking, a rare thing for October, which … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Plant Portraits
Tagged Ceratostigma willmottianum 'My Love', Gerbera 'Drakensberg Carmine', Lotus jacobaeus, Melianthus major 'Purple Haze', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Pedilanthus bracteatus, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Salvia 'Wendy Wish', Salvia chiapensis, Zaluzianskya capensis
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Bloom Day April 2012
April deserves a thorough Bloom Day post, but if I’m to get this in before midnight it’ll have to be brief. A big change here is that the poppies of Troy, Papaver setigerum, are over sooner than I’d like. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, Plant Portraits
Tagged Albuca maxima, Digitalis 'Goldcrest', Dutch iris 'Eye of the Tiger', Geum magellanicum, Lotus jacobaeus, Papaver rupifragum, Papaver setigerum, Pelargonium 'Splendide', Salvia chiapensis, Salvia littae, Salvia macrophylla 'Upright Form, Scrophularia calliantha, Sideritis syriaca, Stipa gigantea, Thunbergia alata, Thunbergia gregorii, Tweedia caerulea
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Bloom Day January 2012
Bloom Day brought the rain back. A solid month of dry weather and blue skies was getting very tedious. Thank you, Carol! And congratulations on five years of hosting Bloom Days at May Dreams Gardens. Much of what was blooming … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, succulents
Tagged Anigozanthos 'Gold Velvet', Begonia luxurians, Centratherum punctatum, Cotyledon macrantha, Echeveria agavoides, Euphorbia rigida, Gerbera 'Drakensberg Carmine', Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight', Helleborus argutifolius, Lantana montevidensis, Pantone Color of the Year Tangerine Tango, Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', Salvia chiapensis, Senecio rowleyanus
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