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<\/a><\/p>\nThe flower bud is a slightly less difficult subject:<\/p>\n
The orlayas will hopefully self-sow as happily as plants like haloragis and labrador violets. That is to say, those last two are the happy ones, Another “happy” plant, Corydalis heterocarpa, garden thuggery disguised in an ornately compound leaf, has the most vile, sickly sweet, The orlayas have been planted among ‘Blackbird’ euphorbias, all grown from cuttings last summer. From Annie’s Annuals, the seed strain Giovanni’s Select of cineraria has reached 3 feet and is budding:<\/p>\n Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra,’ the Tulip Tree. I seem to be doing everything wrong with this magnolia — not enough water, This will be a hybrid post, a muddle of the two categories, by no means an exhaustive inventory of what’s in bloom and leaf here, early spring in zone 10. There’s salvias, annual poppies, succulents throwing out the odd flower, … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\nnot me, with their fecundity — I’m so-so about the haloragis and absolutely in despair over the violets. <\/p>\n
\nretch-inducing smell when handled. No doubt a major factor in failures at eradication and its continued success in my garden.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThey are not yet the good-sized plants envisioned as boon companions for the wispier transient stuff but are still just a few inches high:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\ntoo much pruning needed due to poor siting — but still it thrives. For over 15 years, its big leathery leaves have screened and shaded
\nthe west side of the house in summer, and for this it is forgiven the unsightly mildew (water stress?) it succumbs to without fail every year.
\nI doubt I’d plant him again. I’m normally not a sentimental gardener but make an exception in this case. The magnolia stays.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"