Spring has arrived...and even if we get another rain storm (considered a winter event here!) there is no going back. The wisteria is draped in all its spring beauty, making me pause when I walk out the door and catch that whiff of perfumed air...just enough to savor and not overwhelm.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
No Going Back!
Spring has arrived...and even if we get another rain storm (considered a winter event here!) there is no going back. The wisteria is draped in all its spring beauty, making me pause when I walk out the door and catch that whiff of perfumed air...just enough to savor and not overwhelm.
Monday, March 17, 2008
San Francisco Flower and Garden Show
I managed to get only a few photos at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show before my camera battery died. Apparently it has not been my imagination that it's been needing a lot of recharging. So here is what I saw at the very beginning of the show...
A cute flower water feature...spraying into a re-purposed bathtub.
A most wonderful succulent-filled wall in the garden of Michelle Derviss of Garden Porn. I want one! Great evolution from the original idea.
Aeonium tabulaeforme...being a bit of a succulent-oholic I had to buy one of these...a succulent I'd never seen before!
A cool succulent....did I just notice succulents because I like them or where they really all over the place?
Not a great shot but interesting use of clay pipe for planting...not a new idea but well done.
I thought the sales areas were really overwhelming...how to choose where to buy your succulents, geraniums, perennials, orchids, dahlias...there were so many unusual plants especially at Annie's Annuals. But I was able to keep my purchases within reason...two African Violets, one pansy faced geranium, one aeonium tabulaeforme, and one Mulberry Jam salvia from Gold Rush Nursery where I also got a white rain lily. The blogosphere had a number of rain lily posts last year and while I'm hoping to find a pink one like Annie in Austin has I at least own a white one for starters!
The rest of the sales booths were equally over the top...lots of tools, accessories, clothing, and art as well as some random stuff you'd see at any craft show. I do have to admit my self-control slipped for a moment at Mrs. Dalloway's where I found a wonderful seed book for the day care kids and two(!) garden essay books I haven't read, as well as...well, something for my daughter the English teacher that I'd better not mention since she'll probably read this!
All in all a great day...made even better by the lovely bird sounds in the garden display area...an inspired addition to a beautiful setting.
Friday, March 14, 2008
GBBD March 2008
There is a definite feeling of relief in the Davis garden...the possibility of frost is pretty much gone and everything is beginning to come to life . Many things are blooming and on our second go-round of Bloom Days I'm already seeing interesting things...like that the first blooms on the Banksia rose are in the exact same area as last year! I guess that area is a bit closer to the house but... really...I'm curious why that spot is so eager. As many of my friends will tell you, I am not the most detail oriented person. I garden, as my husband would say, using the Force...I know what I like and apparently other people have been known to like it too... but I often don't really know why an area needs what I think it needs...I don't question it, I just do it. In any case, I'm enjoying taking photos and having thoughts about things like where the first blooms of the Banksia might be. And they really are the first blooms...there are only a few open flowers with hundreds (thousands?) left to come. Another beginning bloomer is my wisteria, of which I am very fond, unlike many other gardeners if last year's comments are any indication! The purple solanum has begun blooming again after a couple of months off and next year's lemons are just at the beginning of their journey. The Bradford pear is in full bloom as is the Iberis.
Pink Heuchera
Light Pink Abutilon
Abutilon Pink Parasol
Red Cyclamen
White Cyclamen
Nemesia
Pansies
Summer Snowflakes
Solanum jasminoides
Vibernum Spring Bouquet
Iberis semervirens
Pelargoniums
Bush mallow
Dwarf Carnation Evermore
Marguarite Comet Pink
Camellia Jordan's Pride
Borage
Tulbaghia fragrans
Linaria
Rosemary Tuscan Blue
Polygala dalmaisiana
Helipterum Sunray
Clematis armandii
Bradford pear
Santa Rosa plum
Flowering plum Krauter Vesuvius
Flowering plum Purple Pony
Freesia (the ones in pots)
Solanum rantonnetii
Meyer Lemon
Salvia...oh no...forgot to write name anywhere...
Daffodils (small pale yellow)
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Seedlings!
I planted seeds last Sunday...and they started coming up on Friday!
Tomatoes...
San Marzano
Mule Team
Costoluto Genovese
Brandywine
Super Sweet 100
Sungold Cherry
Peppers...
De Padrone
Quadrato d'Asti Rosso
Ariane (orange)
Super Heavyweight (yellow)
Eggplant...
Beauty Hybrid
Black Opal
Cucumber...
Sweet Slice
Miniature White
Diva
Zucchini...
Ambassador
Zucchetta Trombolina
Basil Genovese
Italian Parsley
Cottage Pinks Mix
Portulaca
I might direct sow seeds of the cukes and zucchini later, as well as more basil. But this way I can get a jump on a possible early harvest.
Another project that got done was direct sowing lettuce (Jericho Romaine) and anise (pimpinella anisum) seeds in the garden.
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