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Today I am Thankful to be celebrating my Dad's 76th Birthday !
Worry is like a rocking chair, it's gives you something to do but gets you nowhere!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Foliage Follow Up -- Silver Sage, Salvia Argentea
Pam over at http://www.penick.net/digging/?p=11020 hosts Foliage Follow Up on the heels of Carol's GBBD over at http://maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com/ .
Today I am featuring yet another rescued plant from the shelves at Lowe's. Silver Sage, Salvia Argentea purchased for a whopping dollar a piece, I brought home the last four they had in November.
It is most enjoyed for it's downy-silver rosettes and the fact that it is not fussy about soil. It does prefer the soil to be well drained and located in full sun. 1/2 inch to 1 inch of water per week once established is all it requires. If planted in part shade it will not have the beautiful silver color and will become more green.
It is seldom sold as a potted plant, score!
It can grow up to 4ft. tall and equally as wide.
Propagating: In it's second year most Silver Sage produce off-shoots, little exact replicas of the parent plant. Dig up and re plant. It also flowers in the second year, similar to salvia with flower stalks white, pale pink or yellowish. If flowers are allowed to fade and the seed ripens most Silver Sage will die believing it's life cycle is over. Cutting off the flower stalk before the flowers open will extend the life of the Silver Sage. Another choice would be to let the seeds ripen and fall where they may for self-sowing...or collect the seed and sow where you would like them.
Cold Hardiness: 0 to -10F I have been most impressed with the size of the leaves. Already 6 inches long and quite a bit wider.
Prune off damaged leaves or if they are not growing in the direction you prefer. Not pictured, on one of mine the leaves are twisting a bit...I'm just watching to see what it does. 
Hopefully I will have seed to share at the end of the season and maybe even some off-shoots.
Today I am featuring yet another rescued plant from the shelves at Lowe's. Silver Sage, Salvia Argentea purchased for a whopping dollar a piece, I brought home the last four they had in November.
It is most enjoyed for it's downy-silver rosettes and the fact that it is not fussy about soil. It does prefer the soil to be well drained and located in full sun. 1/2 inch to 1 inch of water per week once established is all it requires. If planted in part shade it will not have the beautiful silver color and will become more green.
It is seldom sold as a potted plant, score!It can grow up to 4ft. tall and equally as wide.
Propagating: In it's second year most Silver Sage produce off-shoots, little exact replicas of the parent plant. Dig up and re plant. It also flowers in the second year, similar to salvia with flower stalks white, pale pink or yellowish. If flowers are allowed to fade and the seed ripens most Silver Sage will die believing it's life cycle is over. Cutting off the flower stalk before the flowers open will extend the life of the Silver Sage. Another choice would be to let the seeds ripen and fall where they may for self-sowing...or collect the seed and sow where you would like them.
Cold Hardiness: 0 to -10F I have been most impressed with the size of the leaves. Already 6 inches long and quite a bit wider.
Prune off damaged leaves or if they are not growing in the direction you prefer. Not pictured, on one of mine the leaves are twisting a bit...I'm just watching to see what it does. NON-EDIBLE
Hopefully I will have seed to share at the end of the season and maybe even some off-shoots.Do you know my Silver Sage?
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Today I am Thankful for the challenge of encouraging rescued plants to keep growing!
Monday, March 14, 2011
GBBD-- A Day Early...
On the 15th of each month, Carol over at http://maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com hosts Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, where gardeners from around the world join to share what they have blooming. It's the start of an exciting time of the year around here. Finally, a few new blooms to share.
Spanish Lavender, 'Quasti'....after many attempts to grow it in the ground, I have figured out I am most successful with Lavender in a container. I love all of the tiny individual flowers that come together to make one big bloom.
Nasturtium
This guy was in such a hurry to bloom this year, it only has three leaves on the plant.
Celosia starting to bloom before the plant reaches mature height.
The Loropetalums in my yard and around town have had outstanding blooms this year.
For those of you that love Dianthus....start some carnations from seed....the off shoots root easily in sand and are sometimes better plants than the mother plant..evergreen/silverish here...
Petunias
Cosmos
One of my dear neighbors brought me this container of Wild Violets she dug up from her gardens..She brought them from another city she lived in years and years ago. I left the container outside all winter....do you know it's name?
And then here we have Wild Violets that pop up everywhere...I should do some research to see if they are native. This one is different from the one from the neighbor.
Spanish Lavender, 'Quasti'....after many attempts to grow it in the ground, I have figured out I am most successful with Lavender in a container. I love all of the tiny individual flowers that come together to make one big bloom.
Nasturtium
This guy was in such a hurry to bloom this year, it only has three leaves on the plant.
Celosia starting to bloom before the plant reaches mature height.
The Loropetalums in my yard and around town have had outstanding blooms this year.
For those of you that love Dianthus....start some carnations from seed....the off shoots root easily in sand and are sometimes better plants than the mother plant..evergreen/silverish here...
Petunias
Cosmos
One of my dear neighbors brought me this container of Wild Violets she dug up from her gardens..She brought them from another city she lived in years and years ago. I left the container outside all winter....do you know it's name?
And then here we have Wild Violets that pop up everywhere...I should do some research to see if they are native. This one is different from the one from the neighbor.Something strange happened with my husband and I rescuing plants over the winter. I rescued Petunias and so did he...my flat said 'mixed' for the color, his had no indication of color....every single one of the rescued Petunias are red....I have never had red Petunias before...My husband also suprised me with a couple flats of rescued Snapdragons...'mixed', they are all yellow! I just thought it out of the ordinary...but fun.
I do hope your weather is starting to show more Spring-like conditions...It's a very exciting and busy time in the gardens.
I do hope your weather is starting to show more Spring-like conditions...It's a very exciting and busy time in the gardens.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today I am Thankful that my friends and loved ones are safe, healthy and happy...My thoughts and prayers are with Japan and everyone around that has been touched by this disaster.
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