Like my Six on Saturday from last week, these Six are described in reverse chronology of their approximate acquisition. My first two were acquired only within the last two years, so do not yet have much history with me. The last was actually acquired prior to the first of last week, and in conjunction with the second of last week, so is not exactly compliant with chronology. The fourth and sixth would have been more interesting in bloom. They all represent memories for me regardless, like almost all of the inhabitants of my simple garden. I notice them more at this time of year, while I work with them more.
1. 2021 Cycas revoluta, sago palm is another of several excellent items that I got for free on Craigslist. It got cut into too many pieces for relocation. All but a few are now rooted.
2. 2020 Gladiolus murielae, Abyssinian gladiolus is native to Abyssinia, not an abyss. It came here from the garden of a neighbor though. I had wanted to grow it for a few years.
3. 2015 Haemanthus albiflos, white blood lily came from a garden of an elderly client in Santa Clara who was quite fond of it. That is why I am so fond of it, even if unimpressed.
4. 2012 Lonicera albiflora, white honeysuckle is one of many souvenirs from Oklahoma. Most were seed. This and only a few others were live plants. It has grown very well here.
5. 1990 Chamaedorea seifrizii, bamboo palm was one of the first houseplants that I took from Brent when I moved into my apartment in town after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
6. 1982 Pelargonium hortorum, zonal geranium without a zone gets big and weedy with hideously bright pink bloom. It grew wild with the crocosmia #2 of the Six for last week.
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/
Tony Tomeo 
That Abyssinian gladiolus is lovely, thanks for the note of where they come from. It’s good to learn new things.
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I bet that if I told Brent that they are native to an abyss, he would believe me. He thought that Balcon geraniums were developed for cascading from ‘balcon’ies, which I suppose that they might be. I told him that they are from the ‘Balkan’ region. Now, I do not know who is correct!
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I just love your stories about plants and how you acquired them–plants with back stories, so to speak.
Karla
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That is one of the reasons why I almost never purchase anything from nurseries.
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Sago palms grow really well here and even though I don’t grow them, I find them coming up in my yard all the time.
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They grow from seed?! Goodness, I have never seen them do that. The seed is rare anyway!
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Well…I have never looked into it as I do not grow them. I assume they are sago palms as they look like the ones all the neighbors grow. When I pull them up there is a large nut-like bulb. Maybe the squirrels plant them. I did let one grow big in the front yard.
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You might want to ask neighbors if they want the seedlings, since sago palm can be rather expensive.
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Sagos will barely grow here due to cycad scale. Do you not have that in California?
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I do not know. I am unfamiliar with the name. Cycads do sometimes get scale, but I do not know what sort of scale it is. It is rarely bad.
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That scale has destroyed many cycads here and Dioons. The Coonties seem to survive it.
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