Re: Spring blooms, especially orange, blue and yellow!
Margaret and Peter Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:04 AM
Subject: Spring blooms, especially orange, blue and yellow!
> Sedum dendroideum- a great small shrubby/succulent
> groundcover(2 to 4 foot tall) for dry shade or full
> sun, and in brilliant yellow bloom with glossy green
> foliage, and contrasting nicely with an adjacent Aloe
> ferox which is in spectacular deep orange bloom right
> now. Aloe plicatilis is also blooming fully now. The
> .
> Leucadendron cordifolium/Pincushion Protea and
> Echeveria agavoides continue the orange theme at the
> moment, and give soft orange highlights to the
> sunnier parts of the garden. All of these are good
> oranges to work with if you usually don't like orange,
> as they don't last too long to clash with later spring
> blooming things, but give a real lift in early spring,
> when a dash of vibrant color is a nice antidote to
> winter.
David, Ive been meaning to ask for some time about succulents such as
Echeveria, and which ones you find do well in the open given light frosts
and winter wet. Thanks to Glenns comments earlier I'm now confident with
Aloe plicatilis and ferox, and I know the Yuccas are OK, and the Dracaena
draco. But can you tell me some other aloes, echeverias etc?
Margaret.
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