Another random foliage follow up post of some of the things that caught my eye in the garden today.
Manihot grahamii that made it through the winter in a pot in the mostly unheated glass room. Just noticed that it's flowering. Sorry Pam but it's really a foliage plant!
Even though I mostly forgot to water it, Ensete maurelii (Red Abyssinian Banana) put on some nice growth this season.
The tallest of my Tetrapanax is way taller than I. Interestingly, this is growing in a spot where I planted one years ago and tried for years after to get it to stop growing there. Since I gave up and let it go along with my hopes of having a bed with full sun exposure, I feel much better.
Looks like it's going to try and bloom this year. It's always a race to see if they can beat the first freeze.
Sedum palmeri looks great all year except when the gardener forgets to cut the scraggly bits, and requires very little care.
Agaves & an aloe with some echiverias. I laughed when I saw this faux skull with golden horns. From the lesser known late 80's work of Georgia O'keeffe after her tryst with Patrick Nagel.
O.K. I don't need another Yucca 'Bright Star' but this one was so pretty and of a nice size and was on sale for 50% off. It was the last one there and was in a group of Yucca gloriosa variegatas. It needed rescuing.
Last but not least is a variegated gingko tree with no name. Buchholz and Buchholz grew some of these years ago and this was one of theirs that came to me through an interesting turn of events. It's a long story so we'll have coffee and talk about it someday.
Foliage Follow-Up is hosted by Pam Penick at Digging on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to remind us of the importance of foliage in our gardens.
Pinus densiflora ' Golden Ghost ' Variegated Japanese Red Pine that I got recently on sale.
In slightly different light the variegation appears more golden. Isn't it sweet?
Even though I mostly forgot to water it, Ensete maurelii (Red Abyssinian Banana) put on some nice growth this season.
The tallest of my Tetrapanax is way taller than I. Interestingly, this is growing in a spot where I planted one years ago and tried for years after to get it to stop growing there. Since I gave up and let it go along with my hopes of having a bed with full sun exposure, I feel much better.
Looks like it's going to try and bloom this year. It's always a race to see if they can beat the first freeze.
Sedum palmeri looks great all year except when the gardener forgets to cut the scraggly bits, and requires very little care.
O.K. I don't need another Yucca 'Bright Star' but this one was so pretty and of a nice size and was on sale for 50% off. It was the last one there and was in a group of Yucca gloriosa variegatas. It needed rescuing.
Last but not least is a variegated gingko tree with no name. Buchholz and Buchholz grew some of these years ago and this was one of theirs that came to me through an interesting turn of events. It's a long story so we'll have coffee and talk about it someday.
Foliage Follow-Up is hosted by Pam Penick at Digging on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to remind us of the importance of foliage in our gardens.
