Planting restraint
You cannot assume that all the plants at a specialty plant sale are suited to your climate. I, of course, spazzed out and forgot this on Friday, when I bought these unbelievable species tulips, which are native to high elevations of the Pamir mountains, and are thefore as likely to thrive in my yard as in hell. But: wow. I might even have to clear out a space in the fridge to try to hang onto these.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I fucking scored at the plant sales this year:
| asphodel | Asphodelus albus | Liliaciae/ Asphodelaceae |
| beschorneria | Beschorneria rigida | Agavaceae |
| mariposa lily | Calochortus superbus | Liliaciae/ Calochortaceae |
| mariposa lily | Calochortus venustus | Liliaciae/ Calochortaceae |
| Cali. fuschia | Epilobium canum/ "Catalina" Zauschneria californica | Onagraceae |
| paintbrush | Haemanthus albiflos | Amaryllidaceae |
| mariposa | Hedychium coronarium | Zingiberaceae |
| copihue | Lapageria rosea "Nahuelbuta" | Philesiaceae |
| Douglas iris | Iris douglasiana | Iridaceae |
| pincushion | Leucospermum "scarlet ribbons" | Proteaceae |
| coyote mint | Monardella macrantha "Marian Sampson" | Lamiaceae |
| king protea | Protea cynaroides | Proteaceae |
| puya | Puya venusta | Bromeliaceae |
| tulip | Tulipa linifolia | Liliaciae |
posted by Anonymous at 2:38 PM
2 Comments:
There, indeed, is a tulip. And lovely as the "Nahuelbuta" variety is, I still can't believe you managed to forego "Dr. Bollocks."
Actually, that is the variety I was planning on getting, but it was gone by the time I got there. There were at most 30 people in front of me at the members only preview sale, and I went directly to the Lapageria table, but it was fucking destroyed by the time I got there. Plant nerds.
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