{"id":22142,"date":"2011-09-16T21:33:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T01:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=22142"},"modified":"2011-09-16T21:33:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T01:33:29","slug":"foliage-follow-up-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=22142","title":{"rendered":"Foliage Follow-Up September 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>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.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/sept2011\/916017.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Melianthus &#8216;Purple Haze&#8217; is gaining size, but hopefully not too much.  I want to believe its reputation for relative compactness.   As luck would have it, the only available spot for this honeybush was adjacent to the golden-leaved plumbago, and the two play very well together.  I&#8217;m sure I bought the plumbago under the cultivar name &#8216;My Love.&#8217;  (Or was it &#8216;Palmgold&#8217;?)  In any case, I&#8217;ve incorrectly identified it on the blog as Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, when it is in fact Ceratostigma willmottianum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/sept2011\/916012.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grevillea &#8216;Superb&#8217; was cut back fairly hard midsummer to keep its sprawl off a sideritis.  It seems to be responding to this coaching with more cooperative, upright growth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/sept2011\/916001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canna &#8216;Intrigue.&#8217; Slatey grey\/eggplant purple tones against the redder leaves of Euphorbia cotinifolia tree in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/sept2011\/915eve002-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to see the trailing Crassula sarmentosa stretching out again and blooming in the cooler fall temps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/sept2011\/915bloom042.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pelargonium &#8216;Splendide&#8217; is just about bloomed about, but its leaves are&#8230;well, simply splendid, in and of themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/sept2011\/915bloom039.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pam at Digging hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penick.net\/digging\/?p=13555\">Foliage Follow-Up<\/a> the 16th of every month, the day after the hortgasm that is Bloom Day.   Grab your camera and document the extraordinary beauty in leaves.<\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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