{"id":4258,"date":"2015-03-18T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2023-11-30T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:19:00","slug":"no-please-dont-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/plants\/no-please-dont-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"No, please don&#8217;t bloom!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the garden I noticed the new foliage on <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/5041\/lupinus-albifrons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lupinus albifrons<\/a> (silver lupine) looked a little different. Larger, \u201cgreener,\u201d less intensely silver.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154556\/Lupinus-albifrons-green-not-silver-1-e1426621587638.jpg\" alt=\"Lupinus albifrons green not silver 1\" width=\"711\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154556\/Lupinus-albifrons-green-not-silver-1-e1426621587638.jpg 711w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154556\/Lupinus-albifrons-green-not-silver-1-e1426621587638-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Darn! It\u2019s going to bloom.<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4276\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154557\/Lupinus-albifrons-bloom-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lupinus albifrons bloom 1\" width=\"965\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154557\/Lupinus-albifrons-bloom-1.jpg 965w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154557\/Lupinus-albifrons-bloom-1-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But that silver foliage is why I love this plant and why it&#8217;s growing in my garden, I don\u2019t want flowers I want that foliage! (stomps foot, acting like a 2-yr old)&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4281\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154554\/Lupinus-albifrons-silver-please-2.jpg\" alt=\"Lupinus albifrons silver please 2\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154554\/Lupinus-albifrons-silver-please-2.jpg 828w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154554\/Lupinus-albifrons-silver-please-2-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At times like this I feel like the curmudgeon gardener, a complete bah humbug\u2019er. What gardener doesn\u2019t love flowers?<\/p>\n<p>Well me, actually. At least on the plants I adore for their foliage. I\u2019ve been known to cut the flowers off my hostas and some cannas. Why let a silly little flower distract from that exceptionally lovely foliage?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4275\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154559\/Hosta-NOID-and-flower.jpg\" alt=\"Hosta NOID and flower\" width=\"842\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154559\/Hosta-NOID-and-flower.jpg 842w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154559\/Hosta-NOID-and-flower-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although I will admit I\u2019ve learned that some canna flowers can be appealing, these all got a pass last year.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4265\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154609\/Canna-1.jpg\" alt=\"Canna 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154609\/Canna-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154609\/Canna-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4266\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154608\/Canna-2.jpg\" alt=\"Canna 2\" width=\"868\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154608\/Canna-2.jpg 868w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154608\/Canna-2-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4267\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154607\/Canna-3.jpg\" alt=\"Canna 3\" width=\"978\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154607\/Canna-3.jpg 978w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154607\/Canna-3-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The towering (bee friendly) blossoms on an <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/6514\/echium-wildpretii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echium wildpretii<\/a> are so dramatic, they lend a certain craziness to the garden. Especially when they&#8217;re combined with their smaller (hardier) cousin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/6962\/echium-russicum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echium russicum<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4269\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154605\/Echium-wildpretii-1.jpg\" alt=\"Echium wildpretii 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154605\/Echium-wildpretii-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154605\/Echium-wildpretii-1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even the foliage lover in me has to admit\u00a0this one puts on a pretty great show&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4270\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154604\/Echium-wildpretii-2.jpg\" alt=\"Echium wildpretii 2\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154604\/Echium-wildpretii-2.jpg 784w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154604\/Echium-wildpretii-2-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4271\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154604\/Echium-wildpretii-3.jpg\" alt=\"Echium wildpretii 3\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154604\/Echium-wildpretii-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154604\/Echium-wildpretii-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4272\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154603\/Echium-wildpretii-4.jpg\" alt=\"Echium wildpretii 4\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154603\/Echium-wildpretii-4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154603\/Echium-wildpretii-4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But that rosette of long, thin, silver leaves\u00a0is so spectacular, I always hate to see it go.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4273\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154602\/Echium-wildpretii-5.jpg\" alt=\"Echium wildpretii 5\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154602\/Echium-wildpretii-5.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154602\/Echium-wildpretii-5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154600\/Echium-wildpretii-6-e1426621499736.jpg\" alt=\"Echium wildpretii 6\" width=\"768\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154600\/Echium-wildpretii-6-e1426621499736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154600\/Echium-wildpretii-6-e1426621499736-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While I eagerly anticipate the annual blooms on my common <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/5519\/yucca-filamentosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yucca filamentosa<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/695\/yucca-filamentosa-color-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Color Guard\u2019<\/a> shown here\u2026<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4282\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154553\/Yucca-filamentosa-%E2%80%98Color-Guard%E2%80%99.jpg\" alt=\"Yucca filamentosa \u2018Color Guard\u2019\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154553\/Yucca-filamentosa-%E2%80%98Color-Guard%E2%80%99.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154553\/Yucca-filamentosa-%E2%80%98Color-Guard%E2%80%99-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I dread the day any of my <a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/4087\/yucca-rostrata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yucca rostrata<\/a> decide to bloom. I\u2019ve read that blooming sets them back and slows their growth, zapping their vigor. However I think it might also result in branching. Which could be cool. Here\u2019s one that\u2019s branched into three growing tips and its neighbor. Not in my garden though, sadly.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4283\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154552\/Yucca-rostrata-3-headed.jpg\" alt=\"Yucca rostrata 3 headed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154552\/Yucca-rostrata-3-headed.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154552\/Yucca-rostrata-3-headed-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course the grand dame of all dreaded blooms is that on an agave.\u00a0Since they\u2019re monocarpic a bloom means the plant dies.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154612\/Agave-bloom-spike-e1426619943748.jpg\" alt=\"Agave bloom spike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154612\/Agave-bloom-spike-e1426619943748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154612\/Agave-bloom-spike-e1426619943748-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154613\/Agave-attenuata-blooming-e1426619922530.jpg\" alt=\"Agave attenuata blooming\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154613\/Agave-attenuata-blooming-e1426619922530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154613\/Agave-attenuata-blooming-e1426619922530-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It usually lives on through pups at its base, or bulbils that form off the bloom spike, but who wants a big mature agave to die? Not me, well, if I was lucky enough to have one.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4264\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154610\/Agave-noid-blooming.jpg\" alt=\"Agave noid blooming\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154610\/Agave-noid-blooming.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154610\/Agave-noid-blooming-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When growing in a container, as most of my agaves are, blooming seems to take a little longer. But just last week I heard of two container grown agaves here in the PNW that are blooming, so it does happen.<\/p>\n<p>Bulbils from what I think was an\u00a0Agave angustifolia &#8216;Marginata&#8217;&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4263\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154611\/Agave-bulbils.jpg\" alt=\"Agave bulbils\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154611\/Agave-bulbils.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01154611\/Agave-bulbils-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Plants, they&#8217;re gonna bloom. What\u2019s a curmudgeon\u00a0gardener to do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the garden I noticed the new foliage on Lupinus albifrons (silver lupine) looked a little different. Larger, \u201cgreener,\u201d less intensely silver. Darn! 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