California Gardening: The thread for those we thought were DEAD ! , 1 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
Red, I don't know what those blue flowers are, but they are keepers.
The POB lives in my front yard. Will send a photo of it. But should take a photo of the whole yard so you can get an idea of scale.
A few years ago, right after DH ripped up the lawn to put in new leech lines for the septic tank, I refused to let him plant anymore grass on that side of the walkway. I wanted a Butterfly/Hummingbird garden. I've been working on it ever since. In a way, it is a Memory Garden. My Dad's plant is the POB, the purple b.fly bush is my friend Star (not from DG), the Honeybird Bush is for my brother. Then they get to hang out with me still. It's turning out nicer than I thought. It's evolving as time goes on. My grass allergies are better too. Now if only I could get rid of the rest of the grass! DH has to have his patch of lawn, so that isn't going to happen.
I'm just thrilled that Dad's POB survived getting frozen a couple of times, then when it was first starting to bud, my pup, Spirit goes and chews off all the new growth and most of the remaining plant.
Most of my plants were affected by unusual (for us) freezing temps.
So happy that your plants came back too. I see we have something else in common. I can't remember names unless I practice, and even then I'm likely to confuse it with something similar. On your mountain cabbage tree, Cussonia paniculata, did they say how long til maturity? Still nice to see it come up.
WIB,
SW