Foliage Follow Up July 2014

On the day after Bloom Day each month, Pam Penick hosts foliage follow up to help us remember the importance of foliage in our gardens.   Here's what caught my eye today.






Rhododendron 'Everred'  I'm looking forward to someday seeing this form a nice little round bush of gorgeous dark foliage!



NOID hosta echoes the colors of Hydrangea 'Lemon Wave' growing in a carpet of Oxalis oregano

A fun foliage combination.  Wouldn't it be nice if  you could tell where one plant ends and another begins? 

Manihot grahamii died during the cold weather in the only slightly heated glass room.  If I were a better gardener I would have disposed of the thing but since sloth is my middle name, the pot of dirt lingered and started growing.  Now that the heat of summer has arrived, this thing will take off like nobody's business.  Time to break out the fish fertilizer!

Dew and morning sun gilded the Cotinus.  Someone really should remove those dead branches - tomorrow.

A new Soleirolia soleirolii (A.K.A. Baby's Tears) coiffure for this guy.  He needs a name.  Do you have any ideas?  Harry?  Jerome?  Thad? Stone? Rocky?

 New leaves unfurling on Sonchus canariensis.  Neat, an eight foot tall dandelion.  Since it's not hardy here, it gets dragged inside during the coldest part of winter.  You just know that somewhere on the Canary Islands, they're laughing at us!