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| Agave utahensis var. utahensis and Yucca sterilis...and oh yes, Sandy too. |
The only two previous times I've posted on Sandy's garden were in winter. I'd like to make amends and show how splendid it is at other times of the year...here are some random shots. I believe this may be one of the first times Utah agave bloomed in Colorado (the picture is quite old)...and few grow that fantastic dwarf Uinta Basin yucca.
One of her wonderful giant boulders chockablock full of treasures..
Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus' in lower right.
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| Love this Rose--have no idea which one it is. |
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| Wonderful mix of shrubs, perennials and cacti--love it! |
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| A back berm full of succulents and steppe plants--and the world's biggest cushion Convolvulus assyricus just below center. |
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| Convolvulus assyricus |
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| Aristolochia tomentosa |
A crazy variegated Euonymus that never seems to winterburn!
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| Dicentra 'King of Hearts' |
Same garden as the cacti, mind you!
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| Dicentra 'King of Hearts' |
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| The Crevice garden from the West. |
View across the back yard at perennial borders...
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| Champion pot of Escobaria leei |
This was taken several years ago: this endangered New Mexican gem now overflows the pot..
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| Pots everywhere, and cool oudoor tschotchkies |
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| Passiflora incarnata |
Sandy's locally famous passionflower draping the south side of her house...
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| Passiflora incarnata |
Everyone's bowled over by this. Not what you associate with Colorado!
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| Oenothera fremontii 'Shimmer' |
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| Sandy competing with Paeonia peregrina in scarlet |
Gas plant (
Dictramnus albus) seeding all over her grand rock garden.
And a few final shots of the buffalograss lawn in crocus season...
Amd of course, who else would find a perfect piece of driftwood spelling out her first and last initial?
It really shows how good of a friend you are with Sandy.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someday I will have a lawn of crocuses like Sandy. At that time, I might finally have enough so the rabbits can have their fill and there will still be some left over for me to enjoy.
Wow. This is such a tease this time of year. Love that big crevice garden.
ReplyDeleteThe crocus lawn views are splendid - I hear about that in theory, but there it is for real. Even better than I envisioned. Would love to see a cool season view of the front agave area...
ReplyDeleteEach year I take the seed from my snow crocuses and spread them around in my lawn. They are coming up in scattered locations. The ones in the lawn don't get eaten by rabbits as much as the ones I foolishly planted in rows in my garden. The rabbits go down the rows of crocuses like a lawn mower.
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