If you see this for sale and have to have it, you might have a plant addiction problem. Spotted at Wincliff in Indianola, where cell phones don't work for plant searches. From the tag Urginea macrocentra "Hinkly collection from the Drakensberg. A bizzare tubular foliagd 'lily' with equally strange flowers arising atop separate stems cloaked by a frilled prophylactic-like membrane." Please disregard the messy path. I've been using my gardening time to seriously reduce the phyllostachys vivax (Running timber bamboo) grove. Soon, school will be out and whole days will be spent in the garden!
Sanguinaria canadensis multiplex
A great joy in the garden this year is that Fatsia polycarpa 'Needham's Lace' has survived and is putting out new growth.
Trevesia palmata 'Micholitzii' putting out new leaves. Can you see why a common name is Snowflake Aralia?
That crazy hirsute begonia, also from Windcliff plants at an early spring sale at Heronswood is growing like crazy! Below is Monadenium ritchiei
Darlingtonia californica
Sarracenia hybrid
Not much has changed in the danger gardenette since last time but I love passing by this area.
I love the snowflake aralia! Looking it up, it doesn't look hardy enough for me. Did you overwinter it in your greenhouse, or is it in the ground? Is it evergreen for you? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful plant that may be marginally hardy here if given perfect conditions and a mild winter but mine have always come in for the winter. They can take low light conditions in the house so make a nice house plant.
DeleteLovely collection Peter but that Trevesia is just wow!
ReplyDeleteIt's a cool plant! i never tire of those cool leaves!
DeleteI agree with the others: the Snowflake Aralia is crazy! Doesn't look real...
ReplyDelete"Weird" plants are what make gardens great. Will you be posting about the bamboo reduction project? I'm curious to see before and after images...
It's hard to photograph because once you're in the grove, it's just there. I let it expand a bit too much and now runners are in lots of places where they shouldn't be. Just a bit more cutting down of poles and then runner digging will commence. Just kicking over the emerging culms has been quite a job! It is nice to have plants other than bamboo and I worry about my 120 year old foundation!
DeleteThere's something so satisfying about having 5 dozen pots herded together that require more or less the same care.
ReplyDeleteRight you are!
DeleteYou have the most interesting foliage plants! I bought that same dark Begonia at the same sale, and repotted it, but mine still has only two leaves, while yours still in its nursery pot has more. No fair. Did you give it any special treatment?
ReplyDeleteFirst, I left it out in the cold and the one leaf it had died so it went into the greenhouse. It seems to like the heat in there as I visited more of the same batch at Windcliff where they're outside and they're still quite tiny.
DeleteSuch a varied collection! I don't quite get what is going on in the first picture; requesting updates as it progress :-) Darlingtonia californica appears to be wiping a tear with a handkerchief. Regarding the gardenette: what's blooming top right (in pink), and what is blooming bottom left, that is almost purple, in an orb pot.
ReplyDeleteThe top right is the colorful foliage of Berberis 'Rose Glow', the thing getting ready to bloom in the orange orb pot is a lavender colored echiveria hybrid that came from Rare Plant Research in Oregon.
DeleteLove that Fatsia polycarpa, I'm anxious to try one in my own garden! I've had the common F. japonica for several years--my plants took a hit the last 2 winters but have survived and are recovering somewhat.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great plant that you should try. I killed a couple of them by cutting down a tree and exposing them to full sun. Some plants are so picky!
DeleteYou keep outdoing yourself in the "fabulous plants I now want" category. It hurts so good.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to do with so many cool nurseries in proximity!
DeleteThe danger gardenette is beautiful!! That first Urginea macrocentra is very weird, but I like it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've enjoyed collecting succulents for the DG. Urginea is indeed weird!
DeleteYou have some amazing foliage plants Peter, but I think I' ll pass on the ugly Urginea. The Trevisia palmata is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chloris! Trevesia palmata is a great plant!
DeleteOh my Peter, you have got some cool leaves going on in your garden. I love the Snowflake Aralia! Like to see how the Urginea macrocentra looks as it matures...pretty strange right now!
ReplyDeleteThere will be updates on the Urginea if I don't kill it!
DeleteLike everyone else, I'm in love with that Trevesia. As to the Urginea, you're going to have to offer updates - it looks remarkably like a piece of green plastic in a pot to me.
ReplyDeleteTrevesia is hardy in the ground for you. Mine came from San Marcos Growers down in your neck of the woods. Urginea does look like apiece of green plastic in a pot.
DeleteThat Trevesia! Unheard of , but perhaps needed.Needhams Lace is pretty nice too, though I swore off Fatsias when I was a Socal peep. I need to get over that !
ReplyDeleteTrevesia is grown by San Marcos Growers so I'll bet that you could get a local nursery that buys from them to get you one.
DeleteWhat Ricki said... Both Fatsias are swoon-worthy, and I'm very intrigued with what the Urginea will eventually offer. Yes please post updates. Like you, I tend to fall hard for the weird and wondrous. :)
ReplyDeleteA web search of the Urginea shows that it doesn't produce a horribly pretty flower.
DeleteYou have so many interesting foliage plants, you have something different to show us each time! Love the Trevesia, what a fantastic leaf that is, I haven't heard of it over here, maybe I will have to try and track it down!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful, though not hardy, plant. It doesn't mind indoor conditions so makes a nice houseplant for the winter.
DeleteOooo, this is my favorite Foliage Follow-Up this month! Love the Snowflake Aralia, and the group photo, of course! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it. Trevesia palmatum is a wonderful plant
DeleteLots of interesting foliage. The Danger Gardenette is always a highlight.
ReplyDeleteThe D.G., always makes me smile.
DeleteAh, your first and last shots are my favorites of the bunch. Who can resist the Dangerette garden, and that top plant looks exactly like a Chihuly glass reed. Cool plants!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pam. I do love weird plants!
DeleteNow that I have a greenhouse, if I ever see that Trevesia for sale I'm snapping it up. Well, maybe as long as it's under $50 or so. But other than that, space and other practical considerations be damned!
ReplyDeleteHey Evan, try calling Glasshouse Works. It's not listed on their site but a few years ago, they sent me one in a 4' pot. They said that they had a few "kicking around." It's worth a try. http://www.glasshouseworks.com/
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