California Gardening: SPRING IS HERE!!!, 1 by Calif_Sue

Calif_Sue wrote:
kaperc, I like big too but I also get sucked in at Annie's every time I visit! I do get things that often will eventually get big though.

Mike, the iris-looking thing is a variegated iris. It blooms blue but I bought it for the foliage last year in a 1 gal and then split it and put some in two other spots if you see that.

I love mixing textures and foliage for color and really love high contrasts, it really stretches out the season when you don't have to rely on blooms for color. But I know when we someday sell the house, I will have to probably pot most things up and do a generic landscape just to sell. I think this look may scare too many non-gardeners.

Here's my mixed pots today under my orange tree out back. As soon as coleus arrive in the nurseries, I add those here and there to boost color. By the time late summer and fall arrive, those really fill nicely.

This message was edited Apr 2, 2008 9:04 PM