Several of these Six were featured here before, and some only recently. They continue to surprise.

1. Musa ingens, oem, or giant highland banana, produced two pups. This is the larger of the two. Although I was told that this is oem, I am not certain. It behaves like the species in some ways, but not others. For example, oem should only occasionally produce pups.

2. Heuchera sanguinea, coral bells does not look coral to me. This looks like simple red. I think of coral as more orangish pink. Is that correct? I can not complain, since I prefer this color. Some of the fancy foliar cultivars here bloom with colors other than coral too.

3. Canna X generalis ‘Cannova Mango’ canna and feral Antirrhinum majus, snapdragon that I posted pictures of two weeks ago are blooming even better together now. Why are some of the best flowers as unplanned as these were? Perhaps I should unplan for more.

4. Helenium autumnale, tickseed was yellow last week. This is literally the same flower. Is this new color orange or red? Was it supposed to be this color, or is this what happens to yellow flowers as they fade? I will need to see how the other two varieties bloom later.

5. Passiflora caerulea ‘Constance Elliott’ passion flower smells like pineapple guava, but only briefly. Its fragrance is gone before I can get someone else to confirm the similarity. The garishness of this bloom does not last very long either. This flower is wilted by now.

6. Rhody rarely cooperates for pictures. He should though, since he is who we all want to see here for Six on Saturday. I would post six pictures of him weekly if he would allow it. Perhaps I should have gotten a picture of Heather too. She cooperates more for pictures.

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/

15 thoughts on “Six on Saturday: More Unexpected Surprises”

  1. You are so right about unplanned gardens. I always say that nature makes the best combinations because when things sprout up together in my yard, it’s usually far better than what I planned.

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    1. Columbine is particularly uncooperative if we try to plant it intentionally, but is happy to self sow where it is happy, which is always a good spot for it. I mean, although it appears where we did not put it, it never comes up where it is not an asset to its landscape.

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    1. If it really is Musa ingens, it can grow more than fifty feet tall here. I do not know what to believe about it though. Musa ingens supposedly grows slower than other bananas, but that may be relative to its size. (I mean that, unlike other banana species, it takes more than a year to reach full size, but that may be because it is so massive. It may actually grow faster than other bananas.) Anyway, this one grows quite fast, and started growing before others, while the weather was still cool. So, the fast growth may or may not be consistent with the species, but the early growth is. (Musa ingens does not need warmth to grow.) If it really is Musa ingens, I do not know what to do with it. Individual trunks do not last very long, so will need to be cut down. However, because they are not real ‘trunks’ (which arborists can climb to cut into pieces), they can only be cut at their bases, and felled in whatever direction they happen to be leaning. That means that I can not put them within fifty feet of anything that I do not want to get squashed in the future. There is space for them near the creek in the forest at home, but not at work. Because they need so much water, I can not put them higher in the forest, away from the creek.

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