tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post6931499244752763365..comments2024-03-28T04:18:17.892-07:00Comments on The Outlaw Gardener: Foliage Follow-Up January 2014outlawgardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-62561957837875642352014-01-19T20:02:02.723-08:002014-01-19T20:02:02.723-08:00You do! One can never have too many!You do! One can never have too many!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-11167069161739229692014-01-19T20:01:43.638-08:002014-01-19T20:01:43.638-08:00I don't see it used here as much. Maybe becau...I don't see it used here as much. Maybe because I don't tour as many gardens in the winter as in the summer but it sure is a great plant!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-59122769193155352492014-01-19T20:00:19.564-08:002014-01-19T20:00:19.564-08:00Yes, especially in the shady areas that they toler...Yes, especially in the shady areas that they tolerate!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-2338842379727975512014-01-19T19:58:07.015-08:002014-01-19T19:58:07.015-08:00Oh Loree, I never know what I'm doing. When i...Oh Loree, I never know what I'm doing. When in doubt, I just make up Latin names that sound like they might fit. outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-47920016341691829452014-01-19T16:42:51.967-08:002014-01-19T16:42:51.967-08:00Nice foliage photos. I think I need another Azara....Nice foliage photos. I think I need another Azara. GRACE PETERSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-82833258619966620492014-01-19T14:05:03.004-08:002014-01-19T14:05:03.004-08:00Arum is one of my favorite plants for foliage, pri...Arum is one of my favorite plants for foliage, primarily because it looks so good in winter. Locally, it is one of those old garden plants.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-57481859514664172092014-01-18T11:31:05.750-08:002014-01-18T11:31:05.750-08:00Thank you for all the information. I certainly hav...Thank you for all the information. I certainly have a lot to think about. Planing the new season in the garden is great fun!chavlinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907844942343152129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-16722097147971618152014-01-17T22:27:05.094-08:002014-01-17T22:27:05.094-08:00I am admiring those silvery beauties, the Fatsia &...I am admiring those silvery beauties, the Fatsia 'Spider's Web' and Azara. That coloring really pops, doesn't it?Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-23453630445320832912014-01-16T22:26:36.230-08:002014-01-16T22:26:36.230-08:00We're so lucky to live in this climate. While...We're so lucky to live in this climate. While I sometimes envy Californian gardeners, there's something mystically magical about our fog in and around our towering firs and cedars!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-71032010795586983172014-01-16T22:24:39.505-08:002014-01-16T22:24:39.505-08:00You need one!You need one!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-82484742952934269352014-01-16T22:24:24.241-08:002014-01-16T22:24:24.241-08:00Me too!Me too!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-55905977140775293482014-01-16T22:24:09.758-08:002014-01-16T22:24:09.758-08:00The gloss on the cyclamen leaves is caused by the ...The gloss on the cyclamen leaves is caused by the rain which is nearly always present in the winter here. Our spring bulbs do get an early start here where spring is a really long and drawn out affair that starts pretty much now unless we get some sort of cold weather in January of February.outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-87898767349050405302014-01-16T22:21:18.178-08:002014-01-16T22:21:18.178-08:00Not thuggish at all, it's a lovely small tree ...Not thuggish at all, it's a lovely small tree commonly called an umbrella pine. outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-91821540956917256862014-01-16T22:20:17.855-08:002014-01-16T22:20:17.855-08:00It's offered by a lot of the spring bulb catal...It's offered by a lot of the spring bulb catalogs and does look tropical although it's tough as nails.outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-64796064539945157722014-01-16T22:10:01.646-08:002014-01-16T22:10:01.646-08:00It is all about foliage in winter here. I have ha...It is all about foliage in winter here. I have had comments from other bloggers throughout the country about how green it is here in the winter. Yep. It is.Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-22468359690609440702014-01-16T21:58:34.329-08:002014-01-16T21:58:34.329-08:00Finer is exactly what mine is. No doubt (as always...Finer is exactly what mine is. No doubt (as always) you knew exactly what you were doing.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-73864614140021145392014-01-16T17:49:22.800-08:002014-01-16T17:49:22.800-08:00Oh my, that's a spider web I can get on board ...Oh my, that's a spider web I can get on board with! Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-25016646308559828252014-01-16T15:06:57.283-08:002014-01-16T15:06:57.283-08:00Love the Cyclamen!Love the Cyclamen!scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-89218844746989927852014-01-16T14:17:12.335-08:002014-01-16T14:17:12.335-08:00The Arum leaves really are winners, and I don'...The Arum leaves really are winners, and I don't think I've seen such glossy cyclamen leaves. But when I saw your Narcissus leaves poking up, all I could think was - NO FAIR!!!!!Jasonhttp://gardeninacity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-27713680295622103512014-01-16T13:52:25.695-08:002014-01-16T13:52:25.695-08:00Your plants look great. Many I've never seen-...Your plants look great. Many I've never seen--the Sciadopitys verticillata reminds me of papyrus and is likely not so thuggish.Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-5002205538527299642014-01-16T13:37:10.022-08:002014-01-16T13:37:10.022-08:00Your Leucothoe and Arum italicum are nice looking ...Your Leucothoe and Arum italicum are nice looking plants. I have always enjoyed leucothoe in the garden but was not familiar with the Arum italicum that looks almost tropical in nature. Lee@A Guide to Northeastern Gardeninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208392136967108192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-55400309158313037682014-01-16T13:12:56.730-08:002014-01-16T13:12:56.730-08:00It does create those flowers but they're a lit...It does create those flowers but they're a little smaller than standard F. japonica flowers and this year they were cut back by the freeze. This fatsia grows very well with some shade and it lightens up dark corners. It's not as robust a grower as regular Fatsia japonica but it's a favorite of mine. Jerry at Jungle Fever has his growing in a big red pot in front of a grove of golden culmed bamboo and it's spectacular there. Spider's Web seemed to be everywhere a few years ago and now is a little harder to find. I know that Far Reaches had some last year & probably Cistus has a mother plant or two lurking around in their propagation area. outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-71168997001554737562014-01-16T13:07:17.182-08:002014-01-16T13:07:17.182-08:00Cyclamen are amazing and take all kinds of abuse. ...Cyclamen are amazing and take all kinds of abuse. I've heard other gardeners bemoan thuggish Arum italicum but that's not been my experience. (Probably these other gardeners water their plants or have soil that isn't mostly sand and rocks.) Because they make bright orange/red berries in the fall that something must like eating, I find them popping up in different areas of the garden but they're welcome because often they come up where herbacious perennials have died back. It's a perfect partnership since in the summer the arum are dormant except for putting up barely noticable spathe and spadix flowers which, by fall, become beautiful orange berry covered cylinders. Try this with black mondo grass and you'll have a great foliage combination in the winter and in the fall when the orange/red seeds are present, the black and red combination will knock your socks off. In the spring when the arum leaves die back, throw in some annuals with chartreuse flowers and enjoy a different combination. Arum and hostas would be a great combination because they have foliage at opposite times of the year. outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-71487864728525063152014-01-16T13:07:14.742-08:002014-01-16T13:07:14.742-08:00Does your 'Spider Web' also produce those ...Does your 'Spider Web' also produce those Spunik-like flowers? If so, I think I've found my Fatsia. The rest of your finds are pretty special too.rickihttp://bannersbyricki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598416695566325151.post-79434038632602005872014-01-16T12:56:19.267-08:002014-01-16T12:56:19.267-08:00The abundance of beautiful evergreen foliage makes...The abundance of beautiful evergreen foliage makes up for the gray winters. outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.com