Thursday 16 August 2012

Foliage follow-up!

Happy foliage follow-up everybody! Each month, I eagerly anticipate the foliage follow-up! And what better month of the year than August? Everything is in the height of its summer glory. And I couldn't think of any better way to start than by showing off the newest member of the garden, Melianthus major.... It kind of has a stately presence.

I got out this morning to capture some morning sunshine photos... As I type its already approaching the 90F mark at 10am... its going to be a scorcher.

Schefflera Taiwaniana 'yuan shan.' I've gone back to that name for now...

It's hard to tell, but the overall height of this chamaerops is over 6ft.


Reach for the sky!!! I don't even know how tall the bananas are anymore. All I know is that I have to kink my neck back to look up at it.  This is my best banana year yet!


Yucca rostrata 'sapphire skies.' I love this plant! I have to contain myself whenever I go the nursery not to buy more and more of them.  But the hunt still continues for the right trunking yucca rostrata at the right price.

Bay Laurel... I love having fresh bay for cooking!   But this little guy got some damage last winter.  I think this might just be a bit of a weakling. Hopefully now that its a little more established it will do better.

It's most certainly a jungle back here.

mack daddy trachy


The morning sun illuminates this planting of yucca rostrata, yucca rigida, and of course a couple trachycarpus fortunei.


Well thats it for now. But if you want to check out more great foliage head on over to Pam's blog digging.

6 comments:

  1. Can't you just hear all your sun lovers rejoicing!? I swear some things have grown half a foot in the last 2 weeks! I'm just praying for no more sun scorch over the next two days as we are back up and 100+...

    Love all those palms!

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    1. It's soo true! I have been euphoric! except at work when people kept complaining about the heat... Talking about their love of air conditioning and fall. I gave them evil glares and told them they were offensive! That followed with offering to send them to arctic. Hows that for service with a smile?!

      I agree about the sun scorch. Some things are a bit crispy right now... I'm garden/cat sitting this week - super stressful - for family and they have a large victorian style garden that is incredibly thirsty. In fact, got to get over there and get some water on those plants before its too hot! I'm doing everything I can to keep it all alive. I keep thinking to myself... darn it, why can't everyone grow agaves and yuccas!!!

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  2. Everything looks FAB Louis............

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    1. Thanks!! I forget how green everything is sometimes. I think I need more variegated yuccas!!! hmm... nursery visit before work maybe?!

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  3. Your palms are really inspiring -- so lovely! I too am a big fan of Yucca rostrata and have just one in my garden that is growing quite well, just getting a bit of trunk on it.

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    1. Thanks! that is a big compliment from a garden officianado such as yourself!! OH I long for the day when my rostratas have trunks!!!! my yucca rigida has a very small trunk but it was rescued from sure death at the nursery. It was drowning and starting to rot in its nursery pot... Now it is staging a nice albeit slow recovery in my garden!

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