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roselee_gw

More doubles with no troubles ...

9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago

This year there are two blooms on the plant passed along by Eric a couple of years ago. I don't remember what he said it was except that it's a member of the bromeliad family. The flowers stand about three ft. high ...

The neat thing about them is they form a seed pod that stays bright red for the rest of summer. The stiff saw edged foliage wasn't damaged in the least by the low temps we had those two nights last winter ...

That's the main thing I wanted to show you, but while out there took a few more photos. African hosta (Drimiopsis maculata) backed by Canna australia foliage ...

Now to the back yard. The butterfly magnet Purple porter weed is beginning its season long bloom fest ...

I always enjoy the graceful long lasting yellow or orange dyckia bloom spikes, but they are hard to photograph ...


In the center of the photo below notice the freeze damaged almond verbena trees that we cut to the ground are already four ft. high and will flower soon ...

The purple shamrocks are all over the place and looking wonderful where ever they land ...

Bob removed the hail damaged wooden lattice from around the cactus deck and I rearranged things. Guess it could be now called the chicken deck, although there are turkeys, frogs, dogs, steers, lizards, pigs, toads, dragon flies, etc. out there too ...

That's all folks. Hope I don't bore you with all my pictures.

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  • 9 years ago

    Umm, can you come do my yard? Please? New Mexico isn't far! Beautiful photos!

    Comments (9)

    • 9 years ago

      Just gorgeous, Roselee!

      roselee z8b S.W. Texas thanked buttoni_8b

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    • 9 years ago

      I love pictures of your gardens Roselee! Those African hosta fronting your Canna Australia are cool! Everything is just gorgeous!

      roselee z8b S.W. Texas thanked PKponder TX Z7B
    • 9 years ago

      wonderful plants Roselee! The first two pics look like achmea distichantha- really nice blooms you captured. A. distichantha is incredibly cold hardy- able to handle down into the mid teens. Canna australia is the best for holding it's leaf color through the summer. I love your garden.

      roselee z8b S.W. Texas thanked sabalmatt_tejas
    • 9 years ago

      Always gives me pleasure to look at pics of your beautiful garden, Ragna...........glad you keep us posted. I always look and admire even when I don't feel like posting. I have that bromeliad and thought it needed to be protected in the winter, so it is in a container in the greenhouse. Will have to do more research on it and see if it can survive a winter here in North Texas with mulch like I do for the brugs. Mine hasn't bloomed as yet though.

      roselee z8b S.W. Texas thanked carrie751
    • 9 years ago
      last modified: 9 years ago

      Thank you everyone for your comments.

      Sabalmatt. the ID is much appreciated. I looks like Yuccado is still offering Aechmea distichantha for sale, which they call a 'giant aechmea'. I love bromeliads. If I lived in a year round warm climate I'd have a bunch of them. They say they prefer half day sun which is about what mine gets.

      Carrie -- you have one! How interesting. It would be nice to be able to plant it outside, perhaps in a somewhat protected spot. It's a handsome plant. Just know those stiff leaves with saw edges will grab your clothes if you get too close.

      Anyone else grow it?

    • 9 years ago

      Roselee- I love bromeliads and A. Distichantha is the largest cold hardy one we can grow. There are several aechmea hybrids that have A. Distichantha as one parent that are as hardy as distichantha. I'll take pics & post tomorrow.

      roselee z8b S.W. Texas thanked sabalmatt_tejas
    • 9 years ago

      Sabalmatt, I'm looking forward to seeing them ... :-)

    • 9 years ago

      I got one of those A. distichantha from Eric too. Mine is not blooming yet. It got hail damage the day O brought it home so it made a baby and the baby is getting big. I covered it with a frost cloth when it went down low this winter. No damage. I did read that it does not like to stay low but it can handle a bounce down in the temps.

      roselee z8b S.W. Texas thanked wantonamara Z8 CenTex
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