1/16/10

Foliage Follow-Up

Following up on Bloom Day, that is. It's the new thing!

Alas, I'm not much of a foliage gardener. What kind of flower does it have is usually the first thing I want to know about a plant. But here are a few things I have going on right now in the way of foliage.

Not an agave, but in the agave family, this is Beschorneria. There are a dozen species in the genus, all native to Mexico. This is B. rigida, possibly B. rigida x yuccoides. I bought it for the flower (somewhat like an agave's, but more pendulous and different in other ways too); I have no idea when it will appear.

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Cordyline was a gift. I would not buy something like this for myself, but I enjoy having it very much. I like how the bladed leaves intergrade with Dierama on the left, and harmonize with the bronzy heucheras on the right.

Cordyline 'Cherry Sensation'

Centradenia grandiflora

Centradenia grandiflora; I bought it for the flowers. Putting it near the artichoke was a foliage strategy.

Centradenia grandiflora

'Louis Edmunds' manzanita will flower soon. The way the flat gray-green leaves baffle sunlight is visually interesting all year long.

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Succulents are primarily grown for the foliage, which often resemble flowers.

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I don't want to overdo it on my first post for Foliage Follow-Up. This is a small garden; I have to ration it out. You can find more foliage follow-ups here.

1/15/10

Bloom Day

The truth is I forgot about Bloom Day until after the sun went down.

Hardenbergia violacea

So I'm throwing in a bonus cat.

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Above, left to right: Hardenbergia violacea, Cobaea scandens (also below), Tithonia diversifolia.

Cobaea scandens

Cobaea scandens

While I may have forgotten Bloom Day, you can be sure I won't forget the exciting new tradition of Foliage Follow-Up tomorrow!