California Gardening: Flowers from Yard to Vase - CA series, 1 by soilsandup

soilsandup wrote:
Flower of the week for week 30 - Lion's tail, Leonotis leonorus. I had two of these plants from years ago - one I left in a pot, and the other I put in the ground. The one I put in the ground died after a year (never did figured out why), and I wasn't sure where to put the one in the pot to prevent it from following that same fate. It languished for several years in a pot, and then I said, What the heck, I need to get it into the ground. It thrived once I moved it, and has been growing strong for the last 4 years. This yard photo is from a month ago when it is starting to bloom.