Their yellow flowers are long gone, but the lovely dark black seed of Belamcanda chinensis ‘Gone with the Wind’ are strutting their stuff in the garden today…hence the common name, Blackberry lily.
Belamcanda chinensis in seed Read More »
We left instructions for Jasper to start a low-cal diet, but he misread the paper and thought it said a low-cat diet, so he tried to use Henry for his afternoon snack yesterday. Henry was not amused.
Jasper snacking on Henry Read More »
Many folks don’t realize that we grow our own plants here at Plant Delights. This allows better control of availability, quality, and trueness to name. Here are current photos of three of our stock houses where the plants are grown…one with cannas and gingers, another with agaves and yuccas, and one with elephant ears. Your
The greenhouses are full of great plants! Read More »
The late summer flowering crinums are just superb right now…just captured this image of Crinum ‘Stars and Stripes‘ in bloom today. Crinums are tough as nails, but really flower so much better with slightly moist soils, and lots of compost.
Crinum ‘Stars and Stripes’ Read More »
Just snapped this image of the amazing Alstroemeria ‘Casablanca‘ in the garden. Although this was developed as a cut flower, it turned out to be an amazingly hardy perennial. My friend, Hans Hansen has found this to be hardy for several years in Southern Michigan.
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If you’re coming to our Open Nursery and Garden today, be sure to check out the flowering xHowardara ‘Little Princess’. What looks like a red rain lily is actually a very rare tri-generic hybrid…a cross of Hippeastrum (amaryllis) x Sprekelia (Aztec Lily) x Zephyranthes (rain lily). The cross was created a few years ago by
xHowardara ‘Little Princess’ flowering today Read More »
The Agaves are looking great in the garden today as we start our Fall Open Nursery and Garden. Here are two of my favorites as they look today…the spineless Agave bracteosa (top) that looks like a stiff green squid, and the magnificent Agave ovatifolia. (botttom) Both of these were brought into the US from Mexico
Two favorite agaves – Agave bracteosa and Agave ovatifolia Read More »
It was great to visit several of my favorite plantsmen/women on my recent trip to Texas. Here are two my camera happened to capture at the Stephen F. Austin Gardens. Top is Greg Grant, who has shared many of his wonderful introductions with us. Below is Dr. Dave Creech…the founder and mastermind behind the Stephen
We lost a long-time member of our Plant Delights family yesterday with the passing of Pearl at the ripe old age of 16. I’m sure many of you interacted with Pearl during her tenure at Plant Delights, so here is one final photo taken by Anita last week during her final trek out into
After 5.28″ of rain in the last 24 hours, we’re hoping for see clear skies today. The low pressure system that parked itself just east of the nursery didn’t seem to ever want to move out to sea, giving us ark-like rains. Despite the rain, Cestrum ‘Orange Peel’ is still looking superb in the garden.
Cestrum ‘Orange Peel’ Read More »
