Saturday, June 22, 2013

Fine Foliage

Mighty fine! That's my usual words when I stub my toe or mash my finger. No this review is not of my vocabulary but the show of foliage texture in the garden. The day after Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, Pam at Digging hosts a foliage followup meme. This month along with the grand show of flowers we see an equal showing by foliage texture. Above we see Rhus thyphina 'Bailtiger', Tiger Eyes Sumac intertwined with the spring blooms. Also in the background Cedrus atlantica, Blue Atlas Cedar.
Helichrysum italicum, Ornamental curry contrasts with Iris siberica 'caesars brothers' seed heads and foilage, along with the before mentioned Cedrus.
 Nearby the Foeniculum vulgare, Bronze Fennel provides some foreground texure.
Triple play of Ascelpias incarnata, swamp milkweed, Rhus, and Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'
Baptisia australis,False Blue Indigo, contrasting with Amsonia hubrichtii and Limun perenne.
 Dalea purpurea, purple prairie clover with Nasella tenuisima, Mexican feather grass.
In closure Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea', Golden Pennywort with Festuca, Blue Fesce, Perilla frutescens var. crispa

17 comments:

  1. Glad to see my favorite OSU alum is doing fine after being buried in that nasty white stuff. Nice mix of so much healthy, but that golden pennywort is my favorite here...and the pattern it creates!

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  2. Lovely photos, especially the next-to-last one, which makes my heart sing! Great foliage color in that one.

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  3. Very nice! The textures of the foliage are very calming. You have some combinations that I would never have thought to put together but they work very well. Did you buy the sumac or was it a "find"? I have lots of sumac but it grows naturally here.

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    1. Karin, in my experience, if you wait around a year or two, Greggo will have plenty of that sumac to share; it spreads by runners :)

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  4. Indeed, fine foliage. How do you keep your Tiger Eye's so small, Greggo? Is it just young or do you have a secret to share?

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    1. Just planted. It doesn't leap until the third year.

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    2. And once it does...I don't know if you remember mine, but it's 7 feet tall and spreads in all directions. I don't know how effectively you can keep it trimmed to a smaller size; I haven't tried.

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  5. I love the cedars- beautiful color on those. Don't you love that Panicum??? We have it planted out front and it is stunning- I love the different color and the blooms. Beautiful shots!!

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  6. Gorgeous post Greggo...my fave of all the Foliage Follow-Up posts this month! I actually bought a Panicum 'Dallas Blues' after seeing them repeatedly on your blog last year...yours are amazing. I think what I like most about your foliage posts is that they are so full of subtle beauty...the "contrastifolia" style I see so often in Portland (I'm guilty of it on occasion) can get a bit tiring ;-)

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  7. Your dalea is a bigger version of what mine looked like before the bunnies devoured it. I love the prairie style of your garden. It must be full of life. :o)

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  8. As always, I love your garden. That dalea is really striking!

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  9. Great texture and lots of color. Like Pam, I also think the next to last photo is my favorite.

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  10. Quite amazing that Blue Atlas Cedar is as happy in my climate as it is in yours. One heck of an adaptable tree.

    Some stunning photos, too.

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  11. Greggo, That is some very fine foliage! Excellent photos!

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Thanks for leaving any comments, they are always welcomed. Sorry I had to add word verification as spam was becoming a huge problem. Greggo,