The pineapple lilies have been just grand this summer in the garden. Here is a recent image of one of our favorites…Eucomis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ in its full splendor. Hardiness 6b-8b. Eucomis autumnalis ‘Naude’s Neck’ is a dwarf that’s just amazing, and the flowers last for months in the garden. Eucomis are both drought and heat
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I was walking over our newly acquired adjacent property a couple of days ago, and walked right up on this blue heron, who was sitting obliviously in the lawn. Usually, they fly away if I get with a couple hundred feet, but this fellow seemed nearly tame as I maneuvered within a couple of feet
A couple of years ago, I saw this amazing plant on a visit to the Denver Botanic Garden. Curcurbita foetidissima is a Zone 4 hardy perennial gourd, native from Wisconsin south to Texas. The powder blue foliage is what first captured my attention. Here it is growing and flowering here at Juniper Level today. Just
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Ornamental grasses make such great combinations. Looking outside our back door now is this combo of Chasmanthium ‘River Mist‘ with tricyrtis, and a thelypteris fern. No colorful flowers…only great textures and form.
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Here’s a combination shot from the gardens at Juniper Level today, featuring one of our favorite perennials, the evergreen Carex ‘Everillo’…love the foliage color and the texture. In light shade or morning sun, the golden color holds all season. In more shade, the foliage turns more chartreuse green in the summer.
We know it’s hard for some folks to wrap their mind around being excited when insects eat your plants, but that’s how nature works. In the best scenario, the insect eating the plant is as beautiful or more so than the plant their eating. I just snapped this photo of the larvae of the Pipevine
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One of the most impressive perennials we grow is the giant Bidwill’s coral bean, Erythrina x bidwillii. This amazing plant is a hybrid between the North American native coral bean and its South American counterpart. It starts flowering for us in late spring, and continues unabated until just before frost. Be sure you have plenty
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Clematis ‘Sapphire Indigo’ is such a great plant in the perennial garden. This non-vining clematis makes a short clump that flowers for us from spring through summer. It weaves nicely into nearby neighbors making delightful combinations. Another of our favorites is the amazing Clematis ‘Roguchi‘. The bell-shaped flowers come from clumping clematis species, but this
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Visitors to our Summer Open Nursery and Garden get to see the amorophophallus at their peak. The amorphophallus that always draws the most attention in summer is Amorphophallus kiusianus and its beautiful seed heads which first turn a mauvy pink, then age to cobalt blue.
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