I should have used a video camera, for Jasper spent nearly an hour in various states of ecstasy tumbling around with the cut branches. If you haven’t grown Teucrium marum, it provides a load of entertainment value.
Getting high without leaving the ground Read More »
It was time cut trim our plants of Teucrium marum…aka Kitty Crack. No more than a minute after cutting the plant, Jasper came running and began to indulge.
Jasper stoned on Kitty Crack Read More »
Our crop of the Himalayan Cardiocrinum giganteum are looking great in the coldframes today…no dried up, dead plants here. The seed take 2 years to even germinate, so this is a long-term production crop.
Cardiocrinums emerging Read More »
Last week, I posted a leaf closeup of the giant Chinese mayapple ( Podophyllum pleianthum ‘Tai Wedding’ ), so here it is in the garden today…loving one of our few warm days since last fall.
Podophyllum pleianthum unfurling in the garden Read More »
I just took this photo of Helleborus x hybridus ‘Cotton Candy’ in the garden…good enough to eat, but no calories! http://www.plantdelights.com/Hellebores/Helleborus-for-sale/buy-Lenten-Rose/Hellebore-plants/
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Cotton Candy Read More »
Several weeks ago, I posted a photo of Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’, but the real beauty of this sterile selection is that the flowers become a darker pink as they age…a color that hold for months. Here is how it looks today! http://www.plantdelights.com/Hellebores/Helleborus-for-sale/buy-Lenten-Rose/Hellebore-plants/
Helleborus x ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’ Read More »
Here’s a lovely clump of Helleborus x hybridus ‘Golden Lotus’ in the gardens today, here at Juniper Level. Only a couple of years ago, double yellow-flowering hellebores were so rare, they would have cost you your first born…not any longer. http://www.plantdelights.com/Hellebores/Helleborus-for-sale/buy-Lenten-Rose/Hellebore-plants/
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Golden Lotus’ (Double Yellow) Read More »
Although it’s three weeks later than normal, one of our favorite winter-flowering native perennials is at peak now…Cardamine douglasii ‘Southern Lady’. Enjoy it now since it goes dormant by mid-spring…great in the light shade garden with hellebores! http://www.plantdelights.com/Cardamine-for-sale/buy-Toothwort/Woodland-Garden/
Cardamine – a great winter perennial Read More »
I know brown foliage freaks out many gardeners, but we were thrilled how well our cycad collection fared during our cold winter. We expect the foliage on all Cycas species to turn brown below 12 degrees F, but if you grow these, look closely at the base and you’ll probably see that the very base
Brown is a color too…Cycas after a hard winter Read More »
This was our coldest winter since we began growing the dwarf Japanese Selaginella tamariscina forms outdoors, so we are thrilled to find how well they sailed through our cold weather. Here is Selaginella ‘Golden Sprite’ in our rock garden…very tiny and very slow growing, but sooo cute! http://www.plantdelights.com/Selaginella-for-sale/buy-Spikemoss/Groundcovers-for-Shade/
Selaginella tamariscina ‘Golden Sprite’ Read More »
