Plant sales are similar catnip to me. Winter in addition to summertime are condom because at that topographic point are no sales. But saltation in addition to autumn are total of temptations, in addition to I to a greater extent than frequently than non can't resist. This unremarkably results inwards a mess of plant nursery pots inwards the front end yard. I move out my novel purchases inwards a highly visible location in addition to thence I'm reminded several times a twenty-four hr current that they ask to live seat inwards the Blue Planet (or inwards larger pots).
In the final calendar month I've accumulated to a greater extent than plants than park because of 2 plants sales at the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery in addition to a trip to Green Acres Nursery inwards Sacramento. I did create produce to establish the
mangaves I bought at the kickoff sale but the other materials I got—and my novel purchases from the bit sale—were withal at that topographic point on the walkway close the front end door.
Dominicus was a perfect autumn day, sunny amongst afternoon temperatures inwards the depression 70s, in addition to thence I got stuck in, every bit they tell inwards the UK. I didn't larn everything planted—mostly because I don't know yet where around plants volition go—but I made skilful progress. Read on to encounter what I did.
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| Waiting to live planted |
Four novel purchases went inwards the bed exterior the front end yard fence. This detail spot faces southwest in addition to bakes inwards the mid- to late-afternoon sun. I lost a Leucadendron 'Jester' this summertime because it couldn't own got the rut (and it in all probability wasn't happy amongst my once-every-ten-days watering regime). I opted to establish 3 Australian natives that tin own got the rut every bit good every bit a smaller agastache to furnish around other textural layer betwixt the agaves.
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| Agastache 'Coronado Red' on the left inwards front end of the stone cactus, Eremophila 'Blue Bells' to the correct of it, Grevillea 'Crimson Villea' against the fence, in addition to Eremophila 'Grey Wonder' inwards front end of it (the protea inwards the middle is a Banksia blechnifolia) |
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| Eremophila 'Blue Bells' inwards the lower left, Grevillea 'Crimson Villea' against the fence, in addition to Eremophila 'Grey Wonder' inwards front end of it |
The
backyard has been ignored inwards recent years since nosotros were putting all our focus on the front end yard. As a result, there's a lot of operate that needs to live done, including removing dead plants that didn't endure the hot summer. As I mentioned
in this post, we've been taking babe steps to larn the backyard upward to the same degree every bit the front end yard. Adding novel plants is an of import business office of this process. Here are around photos of the operate I did inwards the backyard recently.
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| I added a Mahonia 'Soft Caress' that came domicile amongst me from Portland |
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| You tin encounter the mahonia inwards the dorsum against the fence. The agave on the left is Agave montana, the aloe inwards the pot is Kumara plicatilis. The cycad inwards the front end is Cycas debaoensis. |
Most of my recent operate has been inwards this expanse (the extension of the bed inwards the photos above). To aid yous larn your bearing, the chaste tree
featured inwards this post is forthwith on the left inwards the adjacent photo. This way that
Aloidendron 'Hercules', our large tree aloe inwards the
desert bed, is correct exterior the fence.
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| The plants ID'ed inwards this photograph are recent additions |
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| Nandina domestica 'Lemon Lime' is a Sunset introduction. The novel leafage is chartreuse, in addition to it stays light-green twelvemonth round—no red, ever. |
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| Looking towards the south. This is where nosotros had a large chocolate bamboo (Borinda fungosa) in addition to a diseased Aristocrat pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat') removed final December. The alone master establish left is the Farfugium japonicum 'Giganteum' on the right. |
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| The Aristocrat pear has been replaced past times an Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea' (you tin encounter its torso on the correct inwards the photograph above). To the left are a groundcover grevillea (Grevillea 'Wakiti Sunrise') in addition to a taller grevillea (Grevillea 'Flora Mason'). |
This expanse withal needs a lot of operate (and rocks?), merely it should await much to a greater extent than presentable a twelvemonth from now. I'll postal service an update when there's something interesting to report. In the meantime, I'm willing the novel plants to grow.
I haven't been writing much almost the backyard inwards full general because at that topographic point are areas I can't acquit looking at also closely. But I produce similar this vignette featuring several agaves (Agave chiapensis in the front, Agave ovatifolia 'Vanzie' inwards the dorsum against the fence) in addition to a 2 light-green Cordyline australis.
Switching gears, hither are the 7-for-$20 aloes from the
UC Davis Botanical Conservatory presale as good every bit the
×Mangave 'Man of Steel' in addition to the 2
Agave ×romanii 'Shadow Dancer' from the kickoff Arboretum sale:
They're also pocket-size to larn inwards the Blue Planet at this fourth dimension of year—sitting inwards mutual depression temperature in addition to potentially moisture soil over the wintertime isn't the best environs for them at this size. I transplanted them into 4-inch pots where they volition pass the winter. With to a greater extent than warm weather condition ahead, my promise is that they volition actively grow for around other few weeks. Next saltation I larn create upward one's hear what to produce amongst them. But I own got enough of fourth dimension to recollect almost that.
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