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This guy comes back every year with tons of blooms and is so striking with it;s red and purple combo! more info
I bought this Ginger Hedychium coronarium 'Tara' a couple years ago, I bought it mostly because it is called "tara" which is my sisters name. I wasn't really aware that it would bloom when I bought it. It hasn't bloomed in the past couple years (I think mostly because my dog keeps breaking the canes) but this year a bloom has finally appeared! I keep it on the north side of the house where it gets bright shade and no direct sun.
this shoot appeared about a week ago, I was surprised to see it...
Hedychium coronarium 'Tara' (Ginger)-
green stalks rising 3-6 feet from the rhizome with long, lance-shaped leaves.
Mid Summer to Fall stalks are topped with 18 inch clusters of brilliant orange-red flowers with darker throats very fragrant with a scent similar to Gardenia.
hardy to approx 0 degrees F. It will tolerate an occasional light freeze or frost.
A hard frost will kill it to the ground but it returns quickly.
Prefers full sun in milder climates to part shade in hot areas.
Rich soil and good moisture.
Hedychium coronarium 'Tara' (Ginger)-
green stalks rising 3-6 feet from the rhizome with long, lance-shaped leaves.
Mid Summer to Fall stalks are topped with 18 inch clusters of brilliant orange-red flowers with darker throats very fragrant with a scent similar to Gardenia.
hardy to approx 0 degrees F. It will tolerate an occasional light freeze or frost.
A hard frost will kill it to the ground but it returns quickly.
Prefers full sun in milder climates to part shade in hot areas.
Rich soil and good moisture.
I purchased what I thought was Puya alpestris "Sapphire Tower" from Annie's Annuals, but I think it's really Puya mirabilis. I bought two of them, and a couple summers ago one of them bloomed, this year the other one bloomed on two stalks, the blooms are really cool, but each one only lasts a day.
It's bromiliad from South America. Puya mirabilis
Zone 8b to 10—
A fast growing terrestrial bromeliad with bright shiny-green leaves that are slightly prickly at their base. The large, nodding flowers resemble species gladiolus and are chartreuse. This species flowers in 3 to 4 years from seed, very quick for a Puya.
Native to South America.
Average
Partial Sun
Attracts Hummingbirds
Great for Containers
Grows to 2' x 3'.
It's bromiliad from South America. Puya mirabilis
Zone 8b to 10—
A fast growing terrestrial bromeliad with bright shiny-green leaves that are slightly prickly at their base. The large, nodding flowers resemble species gladiolus and are chartreuse. This species flowers in 3 to 4 years from seed, very quick for a Puya.
Native to South America.
Average
Partial Sun
Attracts Hummingbirds
Great for Containers
Grows to 2' x 3'.
I had a gift certificate for Orchard Nursery in Lafayette, CA and bought a taupe colored pot and three pink blooming plants this weekend.
I'm normally not so into the pink shades I prefer the orangy red tones on the warm side of the spectrum, but I thought these all looked very good together, and the pot went well with all of them as well.
Salvia coccinea 'Hummingbird Coral' Perennial treated as annual, to 2 ft tall, Full Sun.
Scutellaria suffrutescens 'Cherry Skullcap' Perennial, 3-8", Full Sun
Justicia Carnea Perennial, 2ft to 3ft depending on variety, Shade to partial shade
I'm normally not so into the pink shades I prefer the orangy red tones on the warm side of the spectrum, but I thought these all looked very good together, and the pot went well with all of them as well.
Salvia coccinea 'Hummingbird Coral' Perennial treated as annual, to 2 ft tall, Full Sun.
Scutellaria suffrutescens 'Cherry Skullcap' Perennial, 3-8", Full Sun
Justicia Carnea Perennial, 2ft to 3ft depending on variety, Shade to partial shade
I bought this Painted Lady Hibiscus last year, and it's still in the five-gallon pot I bought it in. It's just about doubled in size from the size I bought it, but during the winter it went dormant and took it's sweet time coming back. The first blooms were misshapen and small, it also dries out really fast which tells me it's probably root bound and needs to be transplanted.
I don't currently have another container to move it into, so I fertilized it with some fish emulsion, and that seems to have brought it back from it's sad state. Next steps with this guy will be to transplant it into a larger container, and maybe try to propagate some new plants from it.
Hibiscus stats:
Full Sun
Blooms continuously
Zone 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
sunset zones 9, 12-16, 19-24, Hawaii 1-2
needs overhead protection if temps go below 30
grows to 6-10ft
to keep growth vigorous, prune 1/3 of old wood back in spring
requires excellent drainage
I planted this Echinacea purpurea, or purple coneflower, three years ago from a six pack, the two plants in this planter were the only two that survived, and last year they didn't do anything but sit there with two leaves on them. Just as I'd given up hope, this year one of them actually shot up a bloom! Its supposed to bloom all summer so we'll see if it continues...there are no signs of the other plant blooming.
Purple coneflower stats:
sunset zones A2, A3, 1-24
Native to central and east North America
seeds are favorite of finches (there are two finch families nesting at our house)
I've had this plant for a while, the green is new growth, this plant is in need of some major dividing.
The blooms are so pretty but they only last a week or two.
This plant I divided about three years ago, it has finally bloomed. No wonder this stuff is so expensive...
I keep this perennial grass in containers under the canopy of an old deciduous oak tree on our north-facing patio.
The blooms are so pretty but they only last a week or two.
This plant I divided about three years ago, it has finally bloomed. No wonder this stuff is so expensive...
I keep this perennial grass in containers under the canopy of an old deciduous oak tree on our north-facing patio.
Brodiaea laxa - ‘Queen Fabiola’
other common names: Brodiaea, Long Rayed Triteleia, Pretty Face, Grass, Triplet Lily, Wild Hyacinth
These guys come back year after year and give me weeks of happy little blooms in between when the spring bulbss are dying back and the summer bulbs bloom.
Early-summer blooming. A wonderful native wildflower bulb valued for its clusters of violet-blue, upward-facing flowers. 'Queen Fabiola' flowers in very late spring (June) and lasts for 2-3 weeks. Plants are 15-20 inches tall. makes a long lasting cut flower. Easily grown in sunny beds with well-drained soils; great companion for Allium. Origin of species: Northern California, Tolerates summer drought. Keep moist during growing season.
Zones 5-9, 1990 USDA Climatic Zones 5 to 6 with mulch, Zones 7 to 8 without mulch.
other common names: Brodiaea, Long Rayed Triteleia, Pretty Face, Grass, Triplet Lily, Wild Hyacinth
These guys come back year after year and give me weeks of happy little blooms in between when the spring bulbss are dying back and the summer bulbs bloom.
Early-summer blooming. A wonderful native wildflower bulb valued for its clusters of violet-blue, upward-facing flowers. 'Queen Fabiola' flowers in very late spring (June) and lasts for 2-3 weeks. Plants are 15-20 inches tall. makes a long lasting cut flower. Easily grown in sunny beds with well-drained soils; great companion for Allium. Origin of species: Northern California, Tolerates summer drought. Keep moist during growing season.
Zones 5-9, 1990 USDA Climatic Zones 5 to 6 with mulch, Zones 7 to 8 without mulch.
I went to Sloat in Danville the weekend before last and got these four pots during their BOGO sale. I was really happy to see that they had some green colored pots.
I planted the Guara I bought a few weeks ago, and the silver
something is either eating the dichondra, or someone thought it needed a haircut. Anyone know if dichondra is tasty to critters?
Here's what it looked like when I planted it:
Here's what it looked like when I planted it:
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