With the return of rains and a couple days of wind, some things in the parking strip were falling over into the street and needed to be cut back. Today's vase is a thrown-together collection of those prunings.
Phytolacca americana, AKA American Pokeweed is indeed a huge weed but it's not difficult to control and I love the fuchsia/magenta stems and glossy purple/black berries. I let one grow a bit close to the street and it had to go.
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Choisya ternata 'Sundance' is a marvelous golden broad leafed evergreen which someone planted years ago and now has to cut back several times a year as it is a vigorous grower. Fortunately, the haircuts just make it bushier.
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Also saved from the dumpster was this cool wooden green chair which someone discarded in our alley. The chair only needed a quick repair and now lives in the greenhouse.
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Because those glorious berries tend to drop off and stain badly (or very well, however you look at it) this arrangement will stay on an outdoor table.
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Phytolacca americana, AKA American Pokeweed is indeed a huge weed but it's not difficult to control and I love the fuchsia/magenta stems and glossy purple/black berries. I let one grow a bit close to the street and it had to go.
One of the variegated giant grasses sent a few stems toppling in the wind so they got cut..
Choisya ternata 'Sundance' is a marvelous golden broad leafed evergreen which someone planted years ago and now has to cut back several times a year as it is a vigorous grower. Fortunately, the haircuts just make it bushier.
Here's the chair posing outside in the wet autumn garden.
Because those glorious berries tend to drop off and stain badly (or very well, however you look at it) this arrangement will stay on an outdoor table.
