Ilex opaca, American holly would have been a better topic for Six on Saturday this week. Woodland Gnome of Our Forest Garden sent me six seedlings from Williamsburg! They are now happily canned. I will share their pictures next week. For now, these are a few of the many goodies that I brought from Southern California. I sadly needed to go there for a memorial for an old college friend.
1. Carson is a 1994 Buick Roadmaster touring sedan, not a pickup. He diligently brought all this from Southern California anyway. It includes so much more than these six below.
2. Pimenta dioica, allspice is apparently quite rare. Brent had me trim his so that I could process these scraps as cuttings. However, it is dioecious, so requires a mate to set fruit.
3. Solandra maxima ‘Variegata’, variegated cup of gold vine was acquired in accordance with one of our collegiate traditions; theft. I processed these two scraps into six cuttings. Incidentally, I was uninvolved with its initial acquisition. I will merely grow the cuttings.
4. Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Variegata’, variegated Boston fern or tiger fern is a smaller copy of the mature specimen that provided picture #4 of my Six on Saturday of last Saturday.
5. Hedychium coronarium ‘Variegatum’, variegated white butterfly ginger should bloom with white flowers comparable to those of white butterfly ginger from Woodland Gnome of Our Forest Garden. However, I suspect that it is actually ‘Tahitian Flame’ with peachy bloom. To its right, Alpinia galanga, galangal is a culinary ginger with mundane bloom.
6. Canna of an unidentified cultivar is likely the most important of all these acquisitions. It was acquired by the same means as the variegated cup of gold vine #3, but worse. It is from the Baptist Church that hosted the repast for the memorial of our deceased friend.
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 
You have a fine haul there, Tony! I especially love the variegated hedychium.
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That is only part of it! There were two types of bougainvillea, bird of Paradise, elephant ears, oh, now I can not remember what all I brought back, but it was quite a bit.
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more cannas? I think you may be right about that Boston fern at second glance. Good luck with the gingers, I love those and can’t get enough water on them to grow in my garden.
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Well, I know that I have no need for another Canna, but this one is special. There was not much vegetation around the Church, and this was the easiest of it to grab a copy of. The gingers just happened to be in Brent’s garden, so came with me whether or not I actually wanted them. They will work out nicely at work. Did I say that I was not so keen on the yellow color of the Variegated Boston fern? I know that I will eventually get to appreciate it.
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OMG! That poor church!
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The Canna was shabby and looked like weeds growing out of a hole in the pavement. No one will miss it. Besides, there are plenty to grow next year.
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So it was a rescue!
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Oh, yes, that sounds better.
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I’m just imagining you leaving the building, strolling by, nonchalantly pulling out a canna, then continuing to your car…
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Well, it was not exactly that simple. Brent was compelled to embarrass me; although no one cared.
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