Re: winter flowers
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: winter flowers
- From: S* A* O*
- Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:07:05 -0800
At 06:36 AM 1/6/00 -0800, Richard Starkeson wrote:
>Here in the San Francisco bay area, we have had a very mild winter;
> <snip>
>Senecios (populifolisus continuing, almost constantly in bloom, and
>petasitis now coming into full bloom (now apparently renamed Rolanda)).
Richard -
My Roldana petasitis is starting to come into bloom as well - I prefer the
reddish-plum flower buds to the coarse yellow daisies that come out of
them. This old-fashioned plant is a favorite of mine.
Other plants in flower in my (very) humble garden are Salvia fulgens
(heart-shaped yellow green leaves and loose spikes of large, bright red
flowers), a few Tecomaria Capensis blooms still hanging on (its been so
warm this winter!), Euphorbia rigida just putting some chartreuse heads
atop its gray, snake-like stems, various Crassula argentea forms (I have
the typical form, plus C. a. pallida with white flowers and pale,
gray-green, smaller leaves, as well as C. a. 'Pink Beauty', with handsome
deeper pink flowers). Without any significant rain, most plants are just
trying to 'bide their time' until it gets wetter. I'm only just managing
to keep some pots watered with my busy schedule, though I put on a
sprinkler occasionally - NOT what I thought I'd be doing this time of year!
Rain is possible tonight, but I don't expect it to be enough to really wet
the soil, which is so dry its opening cracks in some exposed (lack of
mulch) areas.
Sheesh!
Sean O.
Sean A. O'Hara sean.ohara@groupmail.com
h o r t u l u s a p t u s 710 Jean Street
'a garden suited to its purpose' Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
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