Pacific Northwest Gardening: Plant Combinations, 1 by

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LOL!! Wish we could get a photo of that!

Brier, the plants are Echeveria 'topsy turvy' and the green flower is a flowering tobacco. It's Nicotiana alata, I think. I got the flower seeds at some place like home depot and can't remember the species. But they are not an uncommon seed to find and they are really easy to grow. I find the green color of the flowers works well with hotter colors. It tones things down a bit and makes a dramatic contrast to the bolder tones.

Estreya, no room for embarassment amongst us gardeners. I have a pot ghetto that cannot be believed. And every year I make it a 'goal ' to get those plants into their home in the ground. And every year they get replaced with new ones that need planting. Just now I have about 30 pots of foxtail lily because I didn't want to introduce them to my soil over the winter. I was afraid I would lose them. So now they sit awaiting transplant into nicely draining soil. But I was determined to have foxtail lily in my front area. If people in high falutin' gardens on Bainbridge Island can grow them, then I should be able to grow them, too!! Forward, March!!

Here's a spring view from the 'daffodil tree'. It's a grouping of 3 very old yellow rhodies. I admit that these rhodies are the envy of the entire neighborhood. I can admit this without hubris because I had absolutely nothing to do with planting them. They came with the house. Complete with the lovely shamrock underplanting.