Heidi's Fascinations

It has come to this...protecting my Lewisia garden from the rain.

On Saturday it was pretty nice out, and I visited a great place to buy 'seconds' on planting pots. I got 7 large pots (bigger than 12") for $35. Woopie! Then off to Annie's Annuals, a great nursery to make a pilgrimage to...it's far from me, but worth the drive.


These are a few of my new pots. Inside are some exciting new plants for me. My current major excitement revolves around Cerinthe major purpurescens (middle pot).

This is what they look like when they bloom (from Annie's Annuals)...


I'll show more of my new babies as they grow and get more interesting...but here is what I put into the pots:


red hibiscus, white ginger (brought back from Hawaii a year ago), two tuberose bulbs, and a white bacopa.


cerinthe major, an orange geum, and orange pansy


marmelade bush (streptosolen jamesonii) and a blue bacopa


On Sunday, I had! to garden, even though it was really muddy and nasty. I planted those pots and moved some big calla lilies and got a couple big brugmansias out of their pots and into the ground...


Here are a few of my other fascinations that I've had for at least a couple of months:

Top: old school but wonderful, common Heliotrope - makes my patio smell wonderful at night and in the morning!
Mid-left:Heuchera 'Lime Rickey'
Mid-right: Spirea 'Lime mound'
Bottom: Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost'
Hiding in the midst: Colocasia (lime)
Do you sense a lime trend here?

This is a recent pic of the tundra from Alaska that I brought home summer of 2004. I'm glad it's alive, although the diversity of species has dropped way off.


And, the plant stand I found abandoned. I repainted and bought glass for it and now it's perfect for what I want.