I heart foliage! July Foliage Follow-Up
This month for Foliage Follow-Up I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve — well, on my garden anyway. This is one of my favorite combos in the front garden right now: feathery, chartreuse bamboo muhly grass (Muhlenbergia dumosa); spiky, star-shaped ‘Burgundy Ice’ dyckia; and lace-textured white skullcap (Scutellaria suffrutescens ‘White’). My deer show no interest in any of these, but I sure love them.
So what leafy love is going on in your July garden? Please join me for Foliage Follow-Up, giving foliage its due on the day after Bloom Day. Leave a link to your post in a comment below. I really appreciate it if you’ll also link to my post in your own — sharing link love! If you can’t post so soon after Bloom Day, no worries. Just leave your link when you get to it. I look forward to seeing your foliage faves.
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I’m back this month with more grass, but none as pretty as your M. dumosa. Thanks for hosting! http://enclosuretakerefuge.com/2015/07/16/our-garden-in-july/
That is a nice grouping of plants. I love dyckia and I’m not a member of the Spiky Plant Club. We’re both featuring hearts today. Thanks for hosting! Here’s my FFU: http://mygardenersays.com/2015/07/16/foliage-follow-up-july-2015
What a great combination, and the fact that the deer don’t bother these plants is an added bonus. I combined my blooms and foliage highlights again. Thanks for hosting! http://plantpostings.blogspot.com/2015/07/blooms-in-shade-in-july.html
Beth, I like your potted foliage combo and the sedum with the blue juniper. You have a lot of beauty going on! —Pam
There are so many interesting Muhlenbergia grasses. I wonder how this one would do up here in the PNW. It takes pink Muhly all season to flower, and it just barely makes it there before we have a freeze. Anyhoo, my FFU post shows Nigella seedpods, not foliage, I have a lot of heat-damaged crispy foliage, and you don’t want to see that. My post is here: http://bonneylassie.blogspot.com/2015/07/foliage-followup-july-2015.html
I’m a fan of the nigella seedpods too — they’re like hairy baskets. I’m sorry about your heat-crisped foliage, Alison, and hope you get some relief soon. Fall isn’t too far off, which is a comfort to this Texas gardener, although perhaps not to a Pacific NW’er like yourself. —Pam
Cool grouping of plants! I’m especially envious of your bamboo muhly grass that isn’t happy growing here! My contribution focuses on begonias this month. http://outlawgarden.blogspot.com/2015/07/begonias-for-folliage-follow-up.html
Love that grass! Wish it were a bit more cold-hardy so I could grow it…
My foliage post is a little tour of the whole garden. Hope you like bamboos!
http://www.itsnotworkitsgardening.com/2015/07/foliage-follow-up.html
Love the contrasts and the heart. I show grasses this month that are better shown in the fall when they do something besides grow greenly.
http://seedscatterer.blogspot.com/2015/07/foliage-follow-up-grasses.html
The spiky and soft combination is wonderful, Pam. I’m all about variegation this month: http://krispgarden.blogspot.com/2015/07/foliage-follow-up-variegated-beauties.html
I like variegation too, Kris. Your rainbow bromeliad combo, perfectly matched to the pot, is rather awesome. Thanks for joining in the foliage celebration! —Pam
Yes please! I love the Dyckia with the soft grass and the metal planter ring. Well done my friend.
My FFU contribution is looking at the veggie garden:
http://www.thedangergarden.com/2015/07/foliage-follow-up-in-veggie-garden.html
Nice group of plants. I really like the Muhlenbergia dumosa, which is new to me. It reminds me of a mini restio. For me it’s all about silvers, greys, and blues this month. http://practicalplantgeek.blogspot.com/2015/07/foliage-follow-up-july-2015.html
There’s something elegant about all your silver-tinged plants, Evan. I have a lot of silvery plants too because, well, they survive the Death Star. Good thing I like them! —Pam
The metal planter sets it all off perfectly. I glommed foliage and flowers together this month, but in my mind foliage is always the star: http://bannersbyricki.com/archives/4735
I covet that Muhlenbergia – such a cool grass, and perfect with the others. If it keeps getting this warm up here, perhaps it would be worth trying it out – which is the topic of this month’s post. You just never know these days… https://flutterandhum.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/foliage-follow-up-day-july-2015-what-to-do-with-the-unexpected/
Love that whole combo, the textures are so complimentary!
What a lovely wispy grass, it looks great with the Dyckia and heart. My link is at
http://weedingonthewildside.blogspot.com/2015/07/foliage-follow-up-plus-july-18-2015.html
The daphne is gorgeous, and I like the variegated plants too. Thanks for joining in for the leafy celebration! —Pam
The combination is lovely, Pam. I need to pull your book out again to include more ornamental grass. It is such a new medium for me. You would probably be tickled to see three clumps growing amongst my non-native Asian Jasimine. It is a compromise on a slope for a traditional home. Baby-steps!
Here is my link for July.
Jeanette, I’m just now getting around to reading everyone’s posts, but your link isn’t working and I couldn’t find your post. I’m sorry to have missed it. Do let me know the correct link if you see this. —Pam
Love the combination of textures in your mix! Your post inspired me to go out and scout my own garden for foliage love.
http://www.thewhimsicalgardener.com/2015/07/who-says-foliage-is-boring.html
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I’m late, but I always think of you when I’m enjoying foliage in my garden.
http://eefalsebay.blogspot.com/2015/07/our-false-bay-garden-in-july.html