Pinus densiflora ' Golden Ghost ' Variegated Japanese Red Pine that I got recently on sale.
In slightly different light the variegation appears more golden. Isn't it sweet?
Even though I mostly forgot to water it, Ensete maurelii (Red Abyssinian Banana) put on some nice growth this season.
Looks like it's going to try and bloom this year. It's always a race to see if they can beat the first freeze.
Sedum palmeri looks great all year except when the gardener forgets to cut the scraggly bits, and requires very little care.
O.K. I don't need another Yucca 'Bright Star' but this one was so pretty and of a nice size and was on sale for 50% off. It was the last one there and was in a group of Yucca gloriosa variegatas. It needed rescuing.
Last but not least is a variegated gingko tree with no name. Buchholz and Buchholz grew some of these years ago and this was one of theirs that came to me through an interesting turn of events. It's a long story so we'll have coffee and talk about it someday.
Foliage Follow-Up is hosted by Pam Penick at Digging on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to remind us of the importance of foliage in our gardens.
Peter, I loved every bit of this! I've never seen that gingko before, stunning. The pines remind me of porcupine quills.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the foliage, Amy! The pine needles do resemble porcupine quills.
DeleteThat little sedum is my favorite of the whole lot, kempt or not. The golden horns description brought a chuckle. I found a cow leg bone that I'm still trying to think of a good use for. Cow femurs just don't have the attraction that skulls do.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great evergreen sedum and the leaves take interesting colors in the winter & are very pretty with frost on them. Three or four femurs could make interesting legs for a stool. My answer to all things that need some zip is metallic spray paint and/or mosaic. Maybe you could turn the leg bone into a scepter of sorts (a little paint, some glued on jewels) which you could carry as queen of the greenhouse.
DeleteHa! love-child of O'Keeffe and Nagel... :-)
ReplyDeleteYou never know what you'll find at T.J.Max, Marshalls, Tuesday Morning, Ross, and the like.
DeleteOoh, what a nice Cornelius you have!
ReplyDeleteOh my, I'm blushing. Oh, you meant that gorgeous Agave that came from Cistus when I went on a pre fling visit earlier this season. It's one that I'd admired and was very happy to get this year.
DeleteSo many great plants! Love that Pinus densiflora ' Golden Ghost', it's a beauty. How large does that get? Your tetrapanix is fantastic and that variegated gingko, oooo la la... I love them all
ReplyDelete'Golden Ghost' is a mystery. The nursery where I bought it had two, each from a different grower and each with different size information. One tag said 6 - 8 feet; the other 15 - 20. It's a dwarf and I'm thinking that probably the 6 - 8 feet in ten years is closer.
DeleteYou certainly do have some beautiful foliage, but then I knew that already. Love the skull with the golden horns.
ReplyDeleteWe both are fond of beautiful foliage. Glad you like the skull!
DeleteLove them all! The variegation of the Pinus looks great with the pattern like that, almost shimmering from a distance.
ReplyDeleteThat's what caught my eye at the nursery. Love those end of season sales!
DeleteManihot grahamii...oh how I love thee. Sean gave me one last spring but it never leafed out, just a stick. Someday I'll get my hands on one! Now I'm headed out to see if any of my tetrapanax are looking like they're going to try to bloom...
ReplyDeleteSorry yours never leafed out. I hope you try again because once they get going they really take off and in your heat you'd have a huge plant in no time. Go tetrapanax, go!
DeleteNice foliage! I'm longing for a ginkgo.
ReplyDeleteThey are great trees and I hope you are able to assuage your longing soon!
DeleteI'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful Manihot!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I was just thinking that you were corny as Kansas in autumn and maybe even as normal as blueberry pie. I got this one last year at Cistus. Plant Delights also usually has them.
DeleteI knew I could count on you to get the reference. Corny is as corny does, but I don't know about "normal".
DeleteAnother vote for the Manihot..
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely thing!
DeleteYou'll have to give Alison a few extra blooms and foliage for next month, she's running a bit short :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I know that Alison has lots of blooms in her garden unless something happened that she didn't mention.
DeleteYou always manage to show us foliage that is so gorgeous! So many of your plants are ones that I have never heard of and I don't think they are available over here.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that funny, I sometimes look at English blogs and long for plants that haven't arrived here yet.
DeleteI love most of those plants! and want them :). Manihot grahamii is an awesome foliage plant. I´m glad to be able to see its blooms :)
ReplyDeleteManihot grahamii is one of my favorite foliage plants. The only thing that could make me love it more is if it were reliably hardy in our climate. I bring mine inside in the winter.
DeleteOK, I'm officially moving into your garden just so I can camp under your variegated gingko, fondle that variegated pine, and gawp at the golden-horned O'Keefe skull (too funny!). I love it all, Peter.
ReplyDeleteThe yucca thanks you for rescuing it. It told me.
ReplyDeleteAll great foliage with slight partiality towards the variegated pine, of course.
ReplyDeleteI'll recommend visiting the South Seattle Community College arboretum that features great conifers as well as the Chinese garden, adjacent to it: two for the price of one.
Is the variegated gingko smaller then the regular gingko? is this one potted as well?
The manihot is spectacular! New to me, and blows me away. And that ginkgo, wow!
ReplyDeleteThe variegated pine is too cool! Love the leaves on the Manihot grahamii . How amazing a variegated ginkgo...that is going on my plants lust list! Great selections!
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