Foliage Follow-Up

June 15, 2010 The new island bed out front, where deer make daily foraging rounds, is holding up well thanks to fuzzy and spiky leaves and strong-smelling foliage. While foliage is the backbone of that bed, flowering perennials are going strong too. It seems natural, then, to combine Bloom Day ...

June 15, 2010 The new island bed out front, where deer make daily foraging rounds, is holding up well thanks to fuzzy and spiky leaves and strong-smelling foliage. While foliage is the backbone of that bed, flowering perennials are going strong too. It seems natural, then, to combine Bloom Day ...

May 16, 2010 The day after Bloom Day means it’s Foliage Follow-Up, when we get to show off our favorite foliage plants for the month. Right now I’m loving the blond-and-chartreuse waves of Mexican feathergrass (Nassella tenuissima). I have an unidentified agave in the pot, a passalong from one of ...

April 16, 2010 For April’s Foliage Follow-Up (a celebration of foliage on the day after Bloom Day), let’s see how the one-month-old garden in the deer-infested front yard is holding up. It’s mostly a foliage garden, after all. In case you’re wondering, by “deer-infested” I mean that a half-dozen to ...

March 16, 2010 New leaves are unfurling on shrubs, vines, perennials, and ornamental trees. Spring has sprung in Austin. But I still can’t overlook the beauty of succulents on this Foliage Follow-Up, a celebration of foliage on the day after Bloom Day. I mean, just look at this blazing orange, ...

February 16, 2010 Today is Foliage Follow-Up, a day for garden bloggers to celebrate foliage after admiring flowers for Bloom Day. In my freeze-recovering garden, spring has been slow to make an appearance, which is why my favorite greenery right now is brand-new. Here is fresh new growth on one ...

January 16, 2010 Join me today for Foliage Follow-Up, giving foliage as well as bark, berries, and other non-flowering features a day of celebration on the day after May Dreams Carol’s popular and beloved Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Winter in Austin is quite green thanks to an abundance of live ...

January 14, 2010 As you snap pics for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day tomorrow, don’t forget to take a few images for Foliage Follow-Up on the day after. Many of us in the Northern Hemisphere won’t have all that much blooming anyway, so this will be a good chance to show ...

December 16, 2009 Jellybean plant, one of the increasing number of succulents in my garden Yesterday garden bloggers across the globe posted pics of their flowers as part of Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, started by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Bloom Day is not only a fun meme but a ...

December 11, 2009 Is it just me, or do you see an elfin face too? Hi, there! Although our Christmas tree is up, colored lights glow on our neighbors’ houses, and a few holiday cards line the mantle, the Japanese maple knows that autumn isn’t over yet. Hold on, it ...

December 11, 2009 Is it just me, or do you see an elfin face too? Hi, there! Although our Christmas tree is up, colored lights glow on our neighbors’ houses, and a few holiday cards line the mantle, the Japanese maple knows that autumn isn’t over yet. Hold on, it ...

November 16, 2009 Mexican feathergrass (Nassella tenuissima) I’ve been participating in Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, the community-building brainchild of Carol at May Dreams Gardens, for almost three years. Inspired by Elizabeth Lawrence, who wrote, “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year,” Carol invites garden bloggers to post ...