Rhody, Carson and I are back from vacation. Now I see that I did not get many pictures

1. If this looks like the same major stockpile of vegetation from Skooter’s Garden (Tangly Cottage Gardening) that I posted a picture of last week, it is because it is. The difference is that it is here at home now. Goodness, it will be a busy week of division and plugging.

2. Cerinthe seed are in the pill bottle to the lower right of the previous picture. So is that obstinate pill to the left. I should have tried cerinthe by now, and this is my justification.

3. Poinciana and esperanza seed from Crazy Green Thumbs are the second of my double whammy! They were likely in my mail before we left on vacation, but we left town before the Post Office was open. Shamefully, they will be my second attempt for both species. It is a long and embarrassing story. This particular poinciana is more commonly known as dwarf poinciana, Caesalpinia pulcherrima. This particular esperanza is more commonly known as yellow bells, Tecoma stans. ‘Esperanza’ means ‘hope’, which I have enough of.

4. My vacation was scheduled to be as late in winter as possible but prior to the bloom of apple trees because I intended to prune eleven apple trees while still dormant. All eleven trees are pruned, and their formerly fresh detritus is gone. Sweet Brown would approve.

5. Bonsai stock is what my Pa grows on his farm where the pruned apple trees and other old fruit trees live. Goodness, I really should have stayed later, and taken more pictures.

6. Star magnolia performs very well in the Pacific Northwest. I rarely see them any more than five feet tall locally. This is an awkward picture because I took it from a moving car.

This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/

24 thoughts on “Six on Saturday: Double Whammy!”

  2. A beautiful Magnolia to end your post, and glad to know that you, Rhody, and your collection of plants are all back safely home. Our star Magnolia lasted about 4 years before it died suddenly, likely from root rot since it was growing in mostly clay. And I’ve not found another one, though they are so beautiful in early spring. I can’t wait to see those Iris in bloom next spring!

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    1. Oh, I am determined to grow the ‘Black Gamecock’ Louisiana iris! They disappeared last year, likely from gophers. The other iris will likely be adjacent to them, but not right on the edge of the pond.

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    1. Goodness, I am glad that I am not the only one who is impressed by the star magnolia. I thought they were easy elsewhere. I do not know what to do with the Cerinthe yet, but I need to figure it out quickly if I am to sow the seed directly.

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    1. This is actually dwarf poinciana, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, so is not the same as the big poinciana trees that are likely more common in mild coastal climates of Australia. I only say that it is poinciana because that is how I know it. It supposedly grows easily from seed. I just did not do well with it last time. It is quite shameful. I grew the other poinciana also, but all the seedlings succumbed to frost.

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      1. We had a beautiful large poinciana at our old house and I was very pleased to see the new owners had kept it and made it a feature of the front of the section with all fairy lights wrapped round it. It was one of the first trees, as a cutting, we planted in 1998 when we bought the house.

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      2. Those poincianas are exquisite. They do not perform well here because they are so vulnerable to even mild frost. They barely perform in Los Angeles. The only big specimens that I have ever seen were in San Diego, and they were not blooming when I was there.

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