Today's Garden Photos

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Today's Garden Photos

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Snapped a few photos of the sunny garden in the lingering warmth of summer.
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Yucca linearifolia
Yucca linearifolia
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Yucca aloifolia and Agave potrerana
Yucca aloifolia and Agave potrerana
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View of the Main Scree Garden
View of the Main Scree Garden
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Two more photos - of butterflies in the garden as I snapped the photos above.
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An American Lady Butterfly on a Cosmos sulphurea
An American Lady Butterfly on a Cosmos sulphurea
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A Skipper on a pink Zinnia
A Skipper on a pink Zinnia
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Nice, I have several Poterana as well now, smaller though. They don’t seem phased by rain or humidity in the least. Do you grow any dasylirion, Nolina, or Xanthorrhoea? I’ve read a few forms of Xanthorrhoea may be good for sub 15*F, although exact hardiness unverified.
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Thanks.

No Australian Grass Trees in my garden. It is certain that it gets too cold here. No reason to bother to try when Yucca linearifolia does so well.

I do grow two Dasylirions (berlandieri and wheeleri), and several Nolina (durangensis, greenei, lindheimeri, nelsonii).
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Nolina durangensis (left) Nolina nelsonii (right)
Nolina durangensis (left) Nolina nelsonii (right)
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And a few more photos from today, under overcast skies before the rains of Hurricane Delta arrive.

(hope our members in the coastal Gulf states are safe and well).
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Agave victoriae-reginae in the Zen Garden
Agave victoriae-reginae in the Zen Garden
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Agave ovatifolia and sweet Goldenrod
Agave ovatifolia and sweet Goldenrod
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Yucca linearifolia with Helianthus anguvstifolia in flower in the background.
Yucca linearifolia with Helianthus anguvstifolia in flower in the background.
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Yucca rostrata x rigida Agave ovatifolia
Yucca rostrata x rigida Agave ovatifolia
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As usual, Mike, some lovely pictures of your beautifully curated plants.
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Paul S wrote:As usual, Mike, some lovely pictures of your beautifully curated plants.
Many thanks, Paul.

Nothing quite so as intriguing as your garden, however, packed full as it is of Nature's architectural wonders.

One more for you - like the others, a compression shot where plants spread out across space in different beds are put together by selecting a particular viewing point for the camera.
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Agave ovatifolia with sweet Goldenrod.
Agave ovatifolia with sweet Goldenrod.
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Evening's light.

A pink cloud of Muhlenbergia capillaris, a shadowy stalk of Verbascum supporting a small spiderweb, and a Nolina durangensis dimly lit in the background.
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Early evening's light.
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Very cool photo D))
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Lovely :)
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Thanks, MeanGreen and Paul.

Two more photos from this morning.
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Yucca bacata vespertina with Aster oblongifolia & Aster sp.
Yucca bacata vespertina with Aster oblongifolia & Aster sp.
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Agave ovatifolia and Salvia regla
Agave ovatifolia and Salvia regla
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Took this photo a few hours later - just after lunch.
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Agave lophantha x salmiana X lpphantha x salmiana
Agave lophantha x salmiana X lpphantha x salmiana
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Truly a beautiful garden.

Thanks for posting the pics.
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BronxFatty wrote:Truly a beautiful garden.

Thanks for posting the pics.
Many thanks. It is aways my hope that someone will enjoy the photos.

A few more recent photos from the garden . . .
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Agave ovatifolia x (lophantha x salmiana)
Agave ovatifolia x (lophantha x salmiana)
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Pink Chrysanthemum
Pink Chrysanthemum
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Musa sikkimensis
Musa sikkimensis
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