A couple of medium sized New Zealand flaxes will join the collection as well. ‘Sundowner’ has stiffly held red-bronze leaves and grows to five feet tall. ‘Tricolor’ has yellow and green variegated leaves that droop, with a distinct red band at the edges. By coincidence, the yellow in the leaves is similar to the yellowContinue reading “New New Zealand Flaxes (Phormium)”
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Helleborus orientalis ‘Blue Lady’
A Helleborus orientalis ‘Blue Lady’ will go in a shaded area, with columbine and coral bells. The flowers are a solid deep maroon-magenta color on plants about a foot and a half high. It’s a great flower color, but the blue name is misleading, since neither the flowers nor the leaves has a blue cast.Continue reading “Helleborus orientalis ‘Blue Lady’”
Agapanthus ‘Little White Bird’
A variegated lily of the Nile, Agapanthus ‘Little White Bird’ will mingle with Purple Three Awn (Aristida purpurea). The flowers are supposed to grow up to around three feet tall, so the base will be a mix of the grass and the Agapanthus, while the aggie’s flowers will float above the purplish flower heads ofContinue reading “Agapanthus ‘Little White Bird’”
Our garden: demolition phase
Let the experiment begin! Remodeling our landscape.
A small patch of wildflowers
Our experience establishing a small wildflower patch
The Governator
The latest news is that the Governator wants to end (or curtail, or reduce) licensure for landscape architects. This might save the state of California a bit of money, although we pay enough licensure fees to make up a good portion of whatever it costs to run the program. It’s not like we all getContinue reading “The Governator”
Sierra fall color
Normally, every year I go and photograph the aspens in fall color, generally around Hope Valley. This year, the photographers’ posts are exceptionally varied. They basically say that it snowed already, the trees are confused and it looks like some of them might skip the color altogether and just fade to brown. It looks likeContinue reading “Sierra fall color”