Hot morning, hot day, scurry out and look around, scurry back inside.
Fescue and Abelia:
Orange rose in orange light, 'Louise Clements':
Grasshoppers usually get decapitated here. This one got a pass for a photo. I'll get you later, buddy:
Multiple round shapes are pleasing. Yucca linearfolia, Agave 'Blue Glow', Dasylirion longissima:
Aloe plicatilis had a good summer:
So did Aloe vanbalenii. This is a summer-water Aloe. It's nearly a meter across. Where are the offsets? Not yet. I love the reddish edges on the foliage:
Here's what Aloe vanbalenii looked like in March of 2011, right after I moved it to this spot. It's recovered from the move. Before:
This seedling day lily has glorious rich color. In late spring it is a blotchy disappointment, but it obviously adores early fall, and in early fall, I adore it:
'Mrs. B. R. Cant' also has had a deep rich color these past few days. In spring, it's nearly white:
Salvia chamaedryoides at sunrise:
Salvia 'Ultra Violet' as the sun gets a little higher:
Carex happy, Bell Peppers still happy, too:
'Secret Garden Musk Climber' will be pretty until the sun hits it and it turns into brown crumble:
Old Calandrinia flower buds are brown crumble, but have a charming shape:
The light was hitting Geranium 'Rozanne', while the Carex and Dahlia were only lightly touched.
I have plants that need to go into the ground, but it won't happen for a few more days. The sun was hammering me hard, so back into the house I scurried. Or ambled. Too hot to scurry.
Fescue and Abelia:
Orange rose in orange light, 'Louise Clements':
Grasshoppers usually get decapitated here. This one got a pass for a photo. I'll get you later, buddy:
Multiple round shapes are pleasing. Yucca linearfolia, Agave 'Blue Glow', Dasylirion longissima:
Aloe plicatilis had a good summer:
So did Aloe vanbalenii. This is a summer-water Aloe. It's nearly a meter across. Where are the offsets? Not yet. I love the reddish edges on the foliage:
Here's what Aloe vanbalenii looked like in March of 2011, right after I moved it to this spot. It's recovered from the move. Before:
This seedling day lily has glorious rich color. In late spring it is a blotchy disappointment, but it obviously adores early fall, and in early fall, I adore it:
'Mrs. B. R. Cant' also has had a deep rich color these past few days. In spring, it's nearly white:
Salvia chamaedryoides at sunrise:
Salvia 'Ultra Violet' as the sun gets a little higher:
Carex happy, Bell Peppers still happy, too:
'Secret Garden Musk Climber' will be pretty until the sun hits it and it turns into brown crumble:
Old Calandrinia flower buds are brown crumble, but have a charming shape:
The light was hitting Geranium 'Rozanne', while the Carex and Dahlia were only lightly touched.
I have plants that need to go into the ground, but it won't happen for a few more days. The sun was hammering me hard, so back into the house I scurried. Or ambled. Too hot to scurry.
I love the Aloe vanbalenii. Mine is a lot smaller so looking forward to it growing!
ReplyDeleteIt will grow, and get BIG. Enjoy!
DeleteUnseasonably hot, or is this normal for this time of year?
ReplyDeleteIs the Yucca linearifolia in front in that photo with the Agave and Dasylirion, or in back?
Yes, linearfolia in front, Agave in middle, Dasylirion in back.
DeletePretty normal, but we've had like 9 weeks straight of heat with perhaps 2 days of relief in all that time--that's not typical, so we're all just ummm...burnt out on heat... ;-)
Just think of your non-winter to come! Not bad with all that heat, since you aren't in Phoenix - they all have AC everywhere, and are used to 2-3 months of that. Really, your plants look just fine. The Yucca linearifolia I've seen growing nicely in El Paso, and I may have to try it there or even up here?
ReplyDeleteThat Ultra-Violet Salvia may be what I saw along a neighbor's patio.
How perfectly symmetrical and lovely are the agaves!
ReplyDeleteYes, I often wonder, did they influence the Aztecs and Mayans in their art and architecture?
DeleteGlorious garden images dear Hoover, everything looks wonderful.
ReplyDeletexoxoxo ♡