Re: MGS tour/fun to touch plants

Hello Angela and wasn't that a great garden!

I love to touch peppermint geranium -- the leaves are covered with 
soft fuzz and stroking the leaves releases their wonderful fragrance!



>hello,
>
>My first question is for those who attended the MGS garden tour last
>weekend
>in pasadena/san marino, california.  There was a wonderful plant at Judge
>Hall's
>garden that I would like to identify.  It had bamboo shaped leaves, was
>golden yellow with dark green stripes.  The most fun and surprising thing
>was that
>the underside of the leaves were incredibly silky to the touch.  It was in
>a large pot, near a wood chair, at the southwest (?) corner of the tennis
>court.  Does anyone remember this plant and know what it is?
>
>I recently purchased a sinnigia leucotriha-it has soft velvety leaves,
>and feels more like curtain material than plant. It usually elicits a
>big smile and an
>Oh-my-I-can't-believe-this reaction from visitors.  So I am thinking
>of starting a little
>collection of fun to stroke plants.  The above mystery silky bamboo like
>plant would be another interesting one to have.  What are people's 
>favorite fun
>to touch plants?
>
>Angela
>Los Angeles

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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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