Month: March 2020

Welcome, Spring, and thank you

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My friend in a Facebook plant group posted yesterday, saying, “Show us your buds” and while I didn’t manage to post on her thread, I did go out and take some pictures on that beautiful, if frightening, first day of spring. Without further ado:

Ribes sanguineum ‘Xera’s Lime Punch’
Do not not grow this plant, mkay?
Ceanothus ‘Italian Skies’ buds about to burst. I can’t wait!
Oh how beautuful is this. Citrus trifoliata ‘Flying Dragon’ seedling. It’s in a pot.
Phygelius ‘Magenta’ from Annie’s Annuals – I can’t wait for it and neither can the hummingbirds.
On a warm day (above say 55F) it smells like honey and it wafts. Grevillea australis.
Euphorbia something and I just love it. These are immune to dog pee, by the way.
There are many flower buds coming up on this Aquilegia longississima. Beautiful leaf color, too. This blue/purple coloration just happened this past week.
Grevillea ‘Ivanhoe’ looking like he might give me some flowers this year!

That’s all, just a little record of what’s looking particularly interesting today, March 19, 2020.

Stay sanitized, stay physically distanced, and keep gardening, my friends.

Fuzzy baby leaves

Posted on by susan

Tetrapanax and Hydrangea quercifolia are looking really similar right now.

They’re not even remotely related. They’re not even in the same ORDER much less family.

I think it’s interesting how they just happen to share some features (indumentum, form, and colors) as they begin to leaf out on this sunny 3rd day of March.

I just happened to notice it as I was investigating the hydrangea’s new leaves to see if they’ll come out variegated again. I suspect they will, but it’s about a week too soon to tell.