I have been the lucky recipient of several plant shipments which have arrived in Portland via the USPS. First up is a box-o-Agaves!
Sometime during our repeated snow and ice events last winter my Facebook friend Jennifer, in Arizona, offered to send me a box of pups. Honestly it didn't matter whether or not that every happened, just the idea was enough to make me smile. Then after I shared a couple of my gifted Mangaves wither her (ones that were looking a little weak and I knew needed a heat boost to make it) she reciprocated with this...
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A pair of Agave macroacantha...
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An A. angustifolia 'Marginata'
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What I think is a cute little A. vilmoriniana.
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And a trio of baby A. colorata...
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Then there's this...
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All the way from Denver (from the miserable gardener) are these Agave parryi. They had an extra long journey and first ended up at the house of Sean Hogan, then out to Cistus Nursery.
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Where they were marked as belonging to moi.
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Oh! And then there are the "cloudy cabbages"...my friend Gerhard recently visited Annie's Annuals and picked up a Bukiniczia cabulica. Annie's has plants available at the retail store that aren't available online or via their print catalogue. I commented asking that if he found himself back there again, and they still had them, could he please pick up a couple for me? And (lucky me) he did...
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I am all sorts of thrilled to have these. Oh and the name "cloudy cabbage" comes from my friend Tim in Ohio, or rather his wife, it's quite a fitting name don't you think? Tim is the one who introduced me to this plant and is working on his second generation now (follow him on Instagram to see all sorts of great plant photos).
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I'm a little nervous to plant them out in the garden but I think I've selected just the right place.
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Since Gerhard was making the trip he asked if there was anything else I wanted, of course! Lupinus albifrons! He sent a pair.
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And packed everything with professional TLC...
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I'm also rich with fabulous plants from our recent Garden Blogger's spring plant swap. I've planted most everything without taking photos but did have to share these, since they're (to my mind) siblings of the L. albifrons, these being Lupinus sericatus. I bought this plant during a 2014 visit to Annie's Annuals, but then lost it before it could achieve any size in my garden. It's been one of those "that got away" ever since.
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Thankfully Evan, The Practical Plant Geek, is all sorts of good at propagating things and I now get to try again...
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Weather Diary, May 11: Hi 61, Low 47/ Precip .16"
All material © 2009-2017 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
Sometime during our repeated snow and ice events last winter my Facebook friend Jennifer, in Arizona, offered to send me a box of pups. Honestly it didn't matter whether or not that every happened, just the idea was enough to make me smile. Then after I shared a couple of my gifted Mangaves wither her (ones that were looking a little weak and I knew needed a heat boost to make it) she reciprocated with this...
A pair of Agave macroacantha...
An A. angustifolia 'Marginata'
What I think is a cute little A. vilmoriniana.
And a trio of baby A. colorata...
Then there's this...
All the way from Denver (from the miserable gardener) are these Agave parryi. They had an extra long journey and first ended up at the house of Sean Hogan, then out to Cistus Nursery.
Where they were marked as belonging to moi.
Oh! And then there are the "cloudy cabbages"...my friend Gerhard recently visited Annie's Annuals and picked up a Bukiniczia cabulica. Annie's has plants available at the retail store that aren't available online or via their print catalogue. I commented asking that if he found himself back there again, and they still had them, could he please pick up a couple for me? And (lucky me) he did...
I am all sorts of thrilled to have these. Oh and the name "cloudy cabbage" comes from my friend Tim in Ohio, or rather his wife, it's quite a fitting name don't you think? Tim is the one who introduced me to this plant and is working on his second generation now (follow him on Instagram to see all sorts of great plant photos).
I'm a little nervous to plant them out in the garden but I think I've selected just the right place.
Since Gerhard was making the trip he asked if there was anything else I wanted, of course! Lupinus albifrons! He sent a pair.
And packed everything with professional TLC...
I'm also rich with fabulous plants from our recent Garden Blogger's spring plant swap. I've planted most everything without taking photos but did have to share these, since they're (to my mind) siblings of the L. albifrons, these being Lupinus sericatus. I bought this plant during a 2014 visit to Annie's Annuals, but then lost it before it could achieve any size in my garden. It's been one of those "that got away" ever since.
Thankfully Evan, The Practical Plant Geek, is all sorts of good at propagating things and I now get to try again...
Weather Diary, May 11: Hi 61, Low 47/ Precip .16"
All material © 2009-2017 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.