The early October snow stunted the fall show of tree leaves. Worse yet, leaves who’d have progressed to their natural point of departure, now cling as mossy gray masses. A good look for Halloween. This year’s normal leave gathering chore is much lighter with the removal of the front ash and the final bow of […]
Fall is here
Desert fall
Rust Burgundy Olive Straw Gray The colors of the fall desert. What a lovely sight. Such harmony of colors Monet would have been jealous. The most beautiful come from a spiky bitter weed I cannot name but surely remember from childhood romps in the fields behind our home. I wonder how many traveling along this […]
Rabbit casualties
This morning I found the smooth aster I’ve been tending all summer munched to the nib. This after two months, ok why now? Of note is everything is back on a the system watering schedule. This supports the theory that highly watered plants are more tasty than minimally watered plants. It’s getting to be time […]
Cerastium Tomentosum – Snow in Summer
Cerastium Tomentosum Snow in Summer European native Considered a short-lived perennial, that is easy to propagate with cuttings and will easily reseed itself if not sheared after blooming. Size: 4-6″ (height x 15-18″ wide Growth rate, habit: slow, upright arching clump Foliage: Silvery gray wooly leaves, evergreen Flowers: Small white blooms with yellow centers […]
Liatris Punctata – dotted blazing star
Liatris Punctata Dotted blazing star Size: 1-2ft (height- when flowering) x 1ft wide Growth rate, habit: upright singular or clusters of stems with seed heads at the top. Foliage: Thin light green leaves around the stem. To form a bushier plant, cut back or mow during growing season. Flowers: 6″ tall pink to lavender […]
How changing the gardens contents can change its vitality
The Going Native journey is not a statement. It’s not political, not artistic, not religious. It’s a journey by steps towards the best habitat I can create. It’s the new age ideal, ‘we are everything, and everything is us’, brought back to the physical. It’s finding pure balance in the nature I create. But it’s […]
The garden walk about
9/7 Re-establish curves of the original flower bed Introduce more rock to ‘base garden’. The space between flower bed and paths to and from the bridge. Dig out path outlines on far side of bridge- started Look for good ways to transition between path and base garden. Some favorite plants like think soil in the […]
Back Yard Plant List
The plants I track in my Colorado garden. Zone: 5 Light: Mostly part-shade to deep shade. Looking out my patio I face northwest and the majority of the yard is shaded by numerous trees throughout the day. The most sunny spot is it the Northwest tip of the yard where I have my flower and […]
Natives are gorgeous in pink and yellow.
Tough but pretty. That’s what I like in a plant. There’s no tougher than the black-eyed Susan and narrow leaved echinacea. These have been watered only twice during the hottest of July temps (101). Originally only 6 or 7 plants were grown from seed, and each year these go to seed and new plants appear. […]
