The kumquat is blooming and this year, if all the flowers are pollinated, we will have a really wonderful crop for kumquat marmalade.
In the distance is the pedestal with the hypertufa crevice garden. I planted it with little plants that could not survive my summer travels, nor the blasting sun. This year I am hoping for better success with a few things that have seeded there, a feather grass, and one particularly tough succulent I snuck in there last fall. But it is my opinion that the rocks could just stand alone.
As I walk back I realize I need to do a little editing to make walking through here a little easier.
Further along the wall the clematis, Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana', is starting to bloom. There was an anxious moment a few weeks ago when I was sure it was lost but then I noticed small shoots beginning to grow and within weeks she was showing her first buds.
Back up the steps and a nice shot of the prickly pear with the heart leaf skullcap. I have managed to control its spread so that it is confined to this area but it is an ongoing process.
A passalong plant from Bob Beyer when he moved to Florida, the Crown of Thorns Euphorbia milii, blooms constantly.
I love my hypertufa balls in the English garden.
and the hypertufa trough in the Spanish Oak garden. I finally settled on the African false hosta, Drimiopsis maculata, another passalong plant.
Just outside the back door a cow bell, picked up at an estate sale, an aloe and a metal lizard make a perfect trio.
And on the far side of the courtyard garden I check out the Clematis versicolor, Lots of new buds ready to pop open.
At the same time on my walk I see plenty of jobs for the day but for now that early morning cup of tea awaits.
Thank you for taking us for a walk around your garden, Jenny. I love both Clematis, a genus I've had only nominal success with. I suspect I need to pay them more attention. I walk my garden most mornings too, and inevitably get caught up in tidying up, often not remembering breakfast until 11am.
ReplyDeleteThe hypertufa balls are lovely, and a nice contrast in the garden. Your selection of clematis is excellent, both are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteNo better way to start the day. Lady Dianna is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYou have done so well with your hypertufa inventions! These balls are an interesting visual in an empty space (which I have lots of), but I especially love the planter with the moss growing on it in a more recent post. I might have to convince my husband that we need to try this...
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