Last week I shared a few of my favorite yellow variegated plants, the soft ones. The ones that don't want to draw blood or poke your eye out. This week stand back, grab a band-aid and (hopefully) enjoy as we look at the spikes... This gorgeous Agave lophantha was a...
It’s one of the best known meme’s for garden bloggers – the 15th of each month is given over to photographing (and sharing) what’s blooming in our gardens. Even a foliage lover like me can be seduced by a few flowers now and then. Flowers are fleeting, but foliage is...
Walking through the garden I noticed the new foliage on Lupinus albifrons (silver lupine) looked a little different. Larger, “greener,” less intensely silver. Darn! It’s going to bloom. But that silver foliage is why I love this plant and why it's growing in my...