Gingers revisited and a drive around town....
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Gingers revisited and a drive around town....
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 02:48:03 -0800
Well, my culinary ginger is doing just fine growing indoors. The shoots
(two) are about 10 inches high, and have been steadily putting out
leaves. The tallest shoot just unfurled it's third leaf today. Not
impressive foliage wise (not flower wise, from photos i've seen), but then
again, i'm growing it for the novelty. It kind of reminds me of a bamboo,
somewhat also.
And, I was driving around town today looking at people's yards. All of the
Liquidambars in town are just finally turning color. All of the plum and
cherry trees had already lost their leaves, and I noticed many of them are
starting to go into bloom. My very own flowering plum is starting to go
into bloom (the buds are swelling). I know that the plum is one of the
first to flower, but it's odd to see Liquidambars start to lose their
leaves while the plums start to show flowers.
In my own yard, Not too much is happening. Tomorrow I think I will go out
and divide up all my Microlepias and use them around the dry stream for
effect. They can take the sun that the front yard gets without shriveling
up. They're also fairly drought tolerant as far as ferns go. Three of my
nasturtium plants have weathered the few frosts we've had with no
problems. All three are nice rounded clumps of leaves. I also have more
beach bush lupine seedlings than I know what to do with. It doesn't
surprise me that there are this many, since their parent bush pokes it's
gray branches through my neighbors chain link fence into my yard. I also
need to divide my Stipa giganteas. They're starting to get a little too
big for their spots, and I could use a few more clumps along the dry
stream bed. Also, I bought a couple of Ceanothus griseus "Carmel Creeper"
plants today. They should fill the large empty spot in the yard nicely
(hopefully the neighborhood children wont ride their bikes through the
yard when they meet 2 foot high mounds of stiff branches :) ). Since I
live with my parents while I go to school, i'm trying to add plants that
even they can take care of when i'm gone and not kill the yard (I'm really
the only gardener in the family).
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