Ah, Spring…
New to the garden… ‘Summertime Blueberry’ Osteospermum, next to Babiana stricta.
Calandrinia grandiflora… just now starting to bloom. Great plant– pretty, drought-tolerant, easy to propagate (just pluck a sprig and stick in a pot).
Chinese ground orchids (Bletilla striata)
Weeder, the bearded iris you gave me is blooming. Any idea which cultivar it is? Do you remember where you got it? Any bearded iris aficionados recognize this beauty?
AKA… “fruit shrubs”
April, 2006
These are newly planted whips from Stark Bros., which were cut down to knee height at planting time. Dave Wilson Nursery is another excellent source for dwarf fruit trees; They’re also the guys who pioneered this gardener-friendly technique.
Cloverann got me thinking about plant combos for Osteospermum ‘Sunny Sheila’. Whattya think?
Top row: Royal Purple smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’)
Bottom row (left to right):
Will more people start growing their own food? From seed even? I’ll be they will. They’re already weighing food costs at the grocery store. Growing some food at home is the next logical step. If I owned a nursery, I’d definitely be focusing more on edible landscaping, from seeds to starts to plant supports to books to organic fertilizers and soil amendments.
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