Sunday, June 8, 2014

Planting Plants

It's been Agave planting time.  At the top of my backyard path, I placed a White Striped Century Plant (Agave americana var. medio-picta f. alba) into a pot to become the vocal point and add a splash of brightness there.

In the middle level of my Three Tiers Bed, I added three Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor' to repeat the colors found in the recently planted Yucca 'Color Guard' (Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard').  This combination replaces the Agaves and Dyckias I lost to last winter's late hard freeze.

On the lowest level of Three Tiers, I replaced another Agave freeze victim with Agave 'Cream Spike'.

I also added some more Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red' to the same bed as before - so that should complete the front of that bed.

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful selections. You are right about medio-picta lighting up a spot in the garden. So sorry you lost plants. I was wondering about putting a dyckia int he ground but now I am not too sure. I think I will still to the tried and true.

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    1. Strangely, my front yard Cherry Coke Dyckias got hammered, but my backyard one suffered no damage at all (that one had inspired me to be brave enough to try 'em out front!). I guess micro-climates make all the difference.

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