A visit to a garden in the area. I've blogged this garden before, but there's always something new to see.
Gazanias:
Wonderful mediterranean mix: Leucospermum, Aeonium, Leucadendron, TB Iris, Senecios (aka Jacobias), Pedilanthus (aka Euphorbia):
Nice view
Nice Euphorbia!
Strelitzia, reginae, one of the plants known as "Bird Of Paradise':
Baby oak, bird planted.
Acacia glaucoptera, endemic to south western Australia. The flowers emerge from the center of the phyllodes. Phyllods, which act as leaves, are stems that have evolved to photosynthesize.
Mexican cycad Zamia furfuracea ("Cardboard Palm"), Agave 'Blue Glow' and...lupines. Zamia is an endangered species in the wild.
Fascinating information about Acacia glaucoptera!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of cycads and it's nice to see the collection in this garden. Kudos for successfully growing the Zamia.
I'm going to attempt growing Lupine from seeds I collected on a walk last year. I've never grown them before so any germination will be considered success.
Chavli
Cycads grow well here.
DeleteI planted some of those Lupine seeds one year--from what I remember none grew. Years later one appeared and flowered and a few more appeared the following year and now they come back every year. It's sort of fun having a pretty plant you have no control over.
OTOH, I've been trying to get Hunnemannia to grow on the front slope by tossing hundreds of seeds every fall, and have gotten...one plant.
Maybe that one Hunnemannia will now reseed itself exuberantly.
DeleteYou have an 'eye' for taking photos that 'sing.' Thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comment! Happy you liked the pictures.
DeleteBeautiful! I've tried to get lupines to take hold here but they've stubbornly refused to do so, even though they grow along the nearby roads. I haven't seen any yet, though. I'm kicking myself for failing to strew wildfire seeds in various areas during the January rains.
ReplyDeleteDon't kick yourself--a dry winter was predicted! I didn't bother trying wildflower seeds because of the forecast. Should have jumped on it in January, but didn't quite believe the forecasts, because we've been disappointed so often for so long. Also those wildflower seeds best strewn in the fall. I got some CA poppy seeds for Christmas and they are growing, but far behind the ones that planted themselves last year.
DeleteWhat a great selection of plants, almost all unfamiliar to me. Love that "cardboard palm." Did Euphorbia get a new name? I can't keep up anymore.
ReplyDeleteNo the Pedilanthes got reclassified into Euphorbia. Or at least some of them did. A very old very experienced plantsman once told me that he learned over time to ignore new classifications of plants because if you wait long enough they'll put the plant back into the old genus.
DeleteNow with affordable DNA analysis, that might change...or might not.
Gorgeous photos. A lovely site as we enter into a winter storm. Love the agave flower head. Looks like an elephant's trunk. We grow Zamia here as a houseplant. Far more attractive in the garden.
ReplyDeleteWinter storm here too now, but nothing like up north. But for us, a big event. Thrilled about rain.
DeleteYes, that Agave has fun flower stems, like an elephant's trunk--exactly!
Beautiful blog
ReplyDeleteVery kind of you. Thank you!
DeleteLove the Lupines and everything else. Great mixes and great views! You've really captured the beauty of individual plants, and the combinations, too.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos of happy plants. That euphorbia is WILD!
ReplyDeleteHappy Euphorbia! The owner said it really liked the rain we got.
DeleteThere was a little bit of an echo for me between the acacia phyllodes and the flattened stems of the euphorbia covered in its own tiny flowers. Your neighbor has a lovely garden too. Everything is covered in snow here. What a difference a “few” miles makes.
ReplyDeleteGood observation! I see what you mean about the phyllodes and the "fans" of the Euphorb.
DeleteSnow--well--it melts and turns into water for plants--that has to be a good thing! Stay warm. Here it's nippy because of that storm coming through. Snowing in the local mountains here.