'Joe Hoak' progress:
A surprise nearby from Yucca 'Bright Star'.
Agave desmetiana presents two prongs to an approach.
The flower on a late scape of 'Elisabeth Salter' has some fine ruffles:
Even better is this Echeveria 'Arlie Wright'. For years it was one of the saddest plants in the garden , stunted and neglected in a pot. A few months out of that pot and into the ground, its ruffles are magic. It has forgiven me.
Thanks, baby. It helps with the cabin fever.
Like the ruffles, but even more... is that a Dasylirion behind 'Joe Hoak'? Love those so much.
ReplyDeleteYes that's a D. longissimum, formerly or alternately D. quadrangulatum. She's big, 6x6 now. Our next rainy winter (if we ever get one) should produce a bloom the following summer. It gives movement to the area, like a grass. The Agaves and Aloes are very static.
DeleteNot usually a fan of ruffled echeverias but that ones a beauty
ReplyDeleteJust ruffles on the leaf margins and plain otherwise. Not too fussy looking.
DeleteEvery once in a while I buy a very ruffled Echeveria at the nursery, usually during the winter. They almost always decline. Maybe I should let one bulk up during the summer by planting it temporarily in the ground.
ReplyDeleteCheck for mealies when it is indoors? Keep it a bit warmer? I haven't done it but they appear to be reasonable easy overwintered indoors. Yes it would bulk up in the ground--well at least mine sure do.
DeleteI've got a bad case of cabin fever myself. This morning I didn't even make my usual early foray out to work on the front garden. It's not as hot as yesterday but I think the last few days have just worn me down. My daylilies surprised me with another smattering of blooms too. I didn't recall that 'Elizabeth Salter' was a rebloomer but she followed the trend and produced a few blooms here as well.
ReplyDeleteFirst repeat this late from ES. Also have 'Janice Brown' flowers, which are usually not blooming this late either.
DeleteWe're all so weary of waiting for a sustained period of good planting weather, aren't we? I can only do so much house cleaning...the kitchen floor hasn't been this clean in 14 years.
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ReplyDeleteI am so sorry Ricki I accidentally and unintentionally deleted your comment. This new computer does things without me meaning to do them, and I don't even know how I did it.
DeleteI'm glad you enjoyed the pictures of 'Arlie Wright', and again, sorry!
This is completely off the topic, but what else can we do right now, but dream? I want your advice: What are the best roses that you are growing for making hips in the fall? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCan't go outside, so dreams remain. Climber okay? Monster hips and gazillions of them from 'Fourth Of July'. A great climber, too. For a non-climber...hmmm...not sure. I deadhead so faithfully hips don't have a chance to form. 'Easy Does It', maybe. It blooms so much I always miss a few when deadheading, and nice big hips do form.
DeleteThank you. Easy Does It looks like just the kind of rose I like, especiallly the apricot-peach blend of color. I am going to try it.
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