Going strong:
Calif. native Ceanothus arboreus 'Ray Hartman'.
Omphalodes. Both little patches are doing well and appear to be spreading. See the bright new green leaves? Yay!
Box of daffodils in the corner.
Cuphea.
Vicia faba.
And now for the gearing up set:
Triteleia laxa.
Bee butt!
Ipheion uniflorum,
Freesias, here and there.
This plummy-wine color looks promising.
Next to it a yellow Abutilon I planted last summer. I hope it gets big this year.
Cerinthe major. The bees love this plant. As soon as the Ceanothus flowers die down, all the bees come here. By then, the Cerinthe will be 10x more florific.
Arctotis.
Anisodontea capensis.
Cuphea pinetorum.
Also blooming: blueberries, Hardenbergia violacea (still but less so than in recent weeks), Cobaea scandens (per usual).
I have a borrowed view of a neglected camellia over the back fence.
(Link to the Bloom Day Boss Lady.)
25 comments:
'Bloom Day Boss Lady'? I guess... My post will be up just after midnight, EST. I swear you make up some of these plant names, I've never heard of them! But I do love the flowers, especially that first one, it's gorgeous!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
I'm jealous! I must have at least 30 or 40 Triteleia laxas in my yard, but not one of them has produced a bud yet. Also, I just made my first Bloom Day post ever, and I only have four blooming plants in it. And two of them are weeds.
Hiya Chuck,
your Mr.Linky link on Carol's page goes to.....Carol's page.
Unless you are her alter ego, you may want to alter that :-)
Right, now for the proper comment on your post: Flickr pics take ten minutes to come through on dial-up. They're all there now, and very lovely they are too!Worth waiting for.
What a treat to walk through your garden with so many (to me) exotic plants.
And all of them unscathed: very refreshing to see leaves without holes and flowers the blackbirds haven't strewn along the paths.
I have to confess to being just a tad ( well, very) envious.
The blue 'herbaceous' jugs are a nice touch.
joco
Hi Chuck, you are a taxonomist? I didn't know! Such a feast for the eyes, and including the botanical garden, this is a banquet. I am looking at seriously trying the echiums. Don't know if they could get enough growth in one season to bloom, maybe some greenhouse time to start in the fall might do the trick. I have Cuphea miniata seedlings that are so large they are falling over. Do you know that plant?
Frances
Your garden looks particularly lush right now. It took me many failures before I gave up on Ceanothus. The winter was no problem, but they hated our summers. I guess we will have to get our blue from Vitex.
Ceanothus is such a beautiful plant, and so not a Midwestern one! Omphalodes can grow here, but I don't have it. I've got to wonder why, looking at those lovely, sky blue flowers.
Bountiful!
You have so many beautiful plants in your garden. I am so envious of your Ceanothus -- it's gorgeous.
Gorgeous ceanothus! Mine are all blooming right now, too. Freesias everywhere and daffodils, too.
But then I'm in SoCal...
I love your blooms! Tell me what that piece of garden art is. It looks like copper tubing with some sort of ball on top? It is really cool(-:
Cindee, That is an artsy iron stake suitable for small climbing vines. I have two of them, and I first mentioned them here, http://back40feet.blogspot.com/2008/04/thursday-morning-garden.html. They are not currently supporting vines, but that is the plan for them, sooner or later.
Les, yeah, Ceanothus, like many plants from Mediterranean climates like California's, will not tolerate any rain during the summer. It only rains here in the winter when it's cold. The only places I know of outside California where Ceanothus is grown are France and England. French weather is v. similar to California's, and England's temperatures are so mild I guess the plants don't know the difference...?
Joco, thank you for the tip about my Mr. Linky error. I know what happened. I still had Carol's URL on my clipboard after pasting it in to my blog for the link. D'oh! Now I'm on Mr. Linky twice and I look like a bloom day hog.
Thank you all for coming by. I'm off to visit your blogs now.
Everything looks great there! 'Ray Hartman' is a great one and does really well here too. I think I need to try the Cerinthe here as well.
BTW if you will be in Seattle soon, hopefully you'll be here when the weather improves. It's usually nice here then with lots of great things to do and see!!
Hi Chuck B.
I look for your website every day and enjoy so very much.
In your first photo (with Ray Hartman) you have a spiral pole. What is this thing called and where can I get some?
Thanks so much
Susan R
Hi Chuck B
I just noticed that you responded to Cindee about the iron stakes.
Thanks!
Susan R
If Omphalodes can grow in 5, I'd definitely like to try it. Looks like a possible container candidate.
Look at this Omphalodes from Heronswood: https://www.heronswood.com/resources/Heronswood/images/products/processed/02260.zoom.a.jpg
I wonder if it's still available.
What a gorgeous array of blooms you have a happening. I love the Ipheion and the plummy, soon-to-open Freesias.
Stunning!
My omphalodes hasn't even broken ground yet. I imagine in your SF climate they stay green all year? A week ago I had ice on the windshield when I left home at 7:30!
I just noticed that you have a link to the New Scientist website! I know I mentioned before- I love that magazine.
Cute bee butts! And the flowers are gorgeous too, especially the ceanothus. I'm so happy it's spring here!
Great blooms. Lots I haven't seen before. I really like the Ceanothus arboreus 'Ray Hartman'-- but then I am a fan of purple! Nice variety.
Love your Ceanothus, which doesn't thrive here.
Enjoyed the bulbs. Imagine, daffodils in a box! I must try that.
Awww, poor camellia wants to be adopted! (Or come over and play, at least :) Your March is really popping with all that rainfall.
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