tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post1993243318683064627..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): April showers gardenchuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-77669844025781414142009-04-12T18:17:00.000-07:002009-04-12T18:17:00.000-07:00Your garden literally makes me salivate! But...I d...Your garden literally makes me salivate! <BR/><BR/>But...I did NOT eat your lettuces...All This Trouble...https://www.blogger.com/profile/00500426849293742171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-14959012304283561032009-04-11T21:33:00.000-07:002009-04-11T21:33:00.000-07:00I actually have a plectranthus. It's growing very ...I actually have a plectranthus. It's growing very nicely. Our botanical gardens has a lot of it and I bought one of their leftovers. I like the scent. Like Layanee says, it has to be kept inside before and after the last and first frosts in zone 5. Easy enough to do.EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-83898422649957213472009-04-11T17:19:00.000-07:002009-04-11T17:19:00.000-07:00Your photos are lovely and your garden is gorgeous...Your photos are lovely and your garden is gorgeous! Just a small comment on your Cerinthe. You said "Last year I had one plant here, and this year I have five or six." I'm here to tell you that next year you will have 60, and your neighbor will too! I bought one 4 inch pot of that little beauty from Annie's Annuals about 5 years ago, and now have hundreds. It has spread like wildfire throughout marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382860428232383833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-1338673512704279472009-04-11T06:31:00.000-07:002009-04-11T06:31:00.000-07:00That Plectranthus can be kept as a houseplant in Z...That Plectranthus can be kept as a houseplant in Zone 5 but it is frost tender. <BR/><BR/>It may not have rained too much but is sure looks lush! Love that big leaved aster!Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-74654498591786329662009-04-10T05:05:00.000-07:002009-04-10T05:05:00.000-07:00Lushness. It's like all that rain, longer days and...Lushness. It's like all that rain, longer days and warm air makes for an actual real spring in California. Now imagine several more degrees of subtlety for a Hawaiian spring.<BR/><BR/>The Bartlettina sordida has leaves very reminiscent of one of the Clerodendron shrubs.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-10023623820241914622009-04-09T20:48:00.000-07:002009-04-09T20:48:00.000-07:00It's Plectranthus forsteri. I'm not sure that it ...It's Plectranthus forsteri. I'm not sure that it would live from year to year in Zone 5, but I don't know much about that.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-10106693664030159892009-04-09T14:04:00.000-07:002009-04-09T14:04:00.000-07:00What type of Plectranthus was that, please? I lov...What type of Plectranthus was that, please? I love the scent of incense & would like to plant some here in Zone 5.Laurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412152312494108775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-61531225102347696562009-04-08T15:39:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:39:00.000-07:00Great photos, your garden is so lush. I grow an an...Great photos, your garden is so lush. I grow an annual called plectranthrus but this isn't it. I suppose there are different types. I like the way it fills in underneath your steps.Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-63966927200987791702009-04-08T10:56:00.000-07:002009-04-08T10:56:00.000-07:00That's a California currant named Ribes malvaceum....That's a California currant named Ribes malvaceum. It looks nice during the rainy months when the leaves are green, but most of the uear it's a bit ugly. Also, it smells like cat pee. I grow it for the winter flowers, which it did not make this year.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-69529075419195388452009-04-08T10:44:00.001-07:002009-04-08T10:44:00.001-07:00A tropical paradise it looks like! Wonderful gard...A tropical paradise it looks like! Wonderful gardin and photos. what is that shrub to the right of the bird bath?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-73792323501824177592009-04-08T10:44:00.000-07:002009-04-08T10:44:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.com