Lychnis

Here is a strange plant. Strange in that it comes up in one place, grows for awhile, dies, comes up in another place but never goes crazy. Lychnis coronaria is native to Asia and Europe. It has felty gray leaves and comes in shades of pink and white. Thank goodness I got the magenta one because white flowers and gray foliage just does not do it for me! I love the contrast of the bright colored flowers and the gray foliage. A friend gave me the plant about 5 or 6 years ago. It has moved all over my front garden. The leaves grow about 8" tall. Add the flowers and the whole thing becomes 2' tall.

Let's see where it comes up next?
Happy Gardening!

Yellow Ornithagalum

Sorry I've neglected you. Spring is crazy busy. In April there was the Iris Show, the Iris Trek, the Rose Society Show & district convention. Then this month there was the Geranium show, Mother's Day AND we took a little trip to El Paso, Tx and Carlsbad Caverns, NM. So in my garden there is a lot of work needed! The irony of a fabulous spring bloom from lots of rain is all the deadheading needed afterwards! I still have lots in bloom but also lots of work.

So I just wanted to slip in a little update with a little bulb blooming here, Ornithagalum dubium yellow. It's so cute. Most times you see the white. I also have orange but they're getting swallowed up by a bigger plant.

This is a bulb from South Africa(as most cool plants are) that blooms in Spring here in my zone 9. What's nice about it that it blooms when all my other bulbs(Sparaxis, Honeria, Gladiolus) are done. So yay here comes a little pop of bright yellow! The flowers come up only about 8-10".

Happy Spring! Happy gardening!