Now You See Them, Now You Don't!

Do you notice anything missing from this picture?  Do you see the three rings on the right side of the steps where, oh I don't know, maybe plant pots were sitting?


A little grumpy this evening because between 3:00p.m. and 6:00 p.m. while we were home, a thief decided to take my three Agave parryi 'J.C.Raulston' from our front steps.  I'd been happy that they had made it unmolested this long and just figured that maybe folks in this area didn't like them or something.

Here they were last year when I'd just re potted them from their nursery pots.  It surprised me that they'd put on some growth and were nearly covering the gravel mulch.

Oh well, they were sweet while they lasted.  Of course it would be swell if they magically reappeared as they looked welcoming on the steps and echoed the form of the Agave ovatifolia.

One wouldn't want to have a post be entirely upsetting so here are a couple of things that have made me smile recemtly:

The new leaves of this Schefflera delavayi are all nicely incised, a nice contrast to my other S. delavayi that has very smooth edges.

The topiary trees by the back steps still look good there even when the brugmansias came outside to join them.