Orange is my power color. It wields a force that says look at me, love me, yeah I’m cool with it. What could be easier than throwing a few bulbs in a container or in a quiet area in a…
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
May The Force Be With You
Posted in Plants
Where The Wild Things Are
So here I am with a new house and a new backyard to garden and I still haven’t had much time to break ground yet. In the meantime, I’ve been doing some exploring. The previous owner littered the garden with…
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Posted in Inspiration
A Stylish Solar Supernova
And now for something different…how about a pincushion-like flower form from which rich yellow pin-like flowers radiate. It’s like a solar supernova. I first saw these flowers in Australia a few years ago. The plant is called Isopogon anethifolius also…
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Posted in Plants
In Ribbons
Nature is a crafty creature. Check out these amazing stripes and marbled patterns on this Agave americana var. picta. It’s as if nature took a natural horsetail brush dipped in a palette of cream colour and swirled it onto undulating…
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Posted in Style
Blue Sky
True blue flowers are sometimes about as rare as a blue moon. Plumbago auricular or Cape Plumbago comes to us from South Africa. It produces the most captivating clusters of flowers. Plumbago auricular is a mounding shrub. In warmer climates…
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