#perennial

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Friday 13 December 2024

Growing in the shade of the tropical-style foliage plants of the Sunken Garden of Great Dixter, Sussex, was the rhizomatous perennial Begonia 'Little Brother Montgomery'. Though not hardy this cane-type begonia thrives when shielded from direct sunlight to prevent leaf scorch and ideally in a temperature range between 15-22°C (58-72°F).

Jill Raggett

[gardenvarietygay]

My biggest gardening tip is that if you have $100 to spend on perennial plants you should aim closer to getting twenty little perennials than three or four big perennials. Planting four $25 plants will have a very small impact visually and you’ll be way too precious about them. Five small plants of the same species will make a bigger visual impact than one large plant of the same species. Plants are living things that you’re planting outside in the weather. You should be buying plants with the understanding that they are closer to folding chairs than Ming vases. If you spend $25 on a plant and accidentally step on it, you haven’t killed the plant but you’ve probably broken off about $12 worth of stems. If you step on a $5 plant you’ve caused like $2 worth of damage and it was probably young anyway so it might push out enough new growth to fill back in by the end of the season. You’d have to outright kill 5 of your $5 plants to equal losing one $25 plant. You will always kill some of your plants, or at least they won’t all thrive. Better to lose a $5 plant than a $25 plant.

Also plants grow, usually quickly. Very few perennial plants look good their first year in the ground, buying a bigger plant doesn’t really change that. Most of the time the difference between buying a gallon perennial and a pint perennial is that you dig a bigger hole for the gallon, you pour more water on the gallon, and you watch it look bad more closely.

All I’m saying is that it recently came to my attention that people when people complain about gardening being expensive it’s because they are spending $600 on landscaping that, frankly, looks like nothing bc they’re buying $50 to $100 plants.

[margocooper]

Молодило кровельное (лат. Sempervivum tectorum) или "Каменная роза". Май 25. Sempervivum tectorum (Common Houseleek) or "Stone Rose". May 25.

[zegalba]

Monotropa Uniflora, also known as Ghost Plant, is an herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to temperate regions of Asia, North America, and northern South America

[awakeningthevioletswithin]

Bluebloods

Watercolor On Black Cotton Paper

2025, 22"x 30"

Blue Delphiniums

[seafleece]

she says “hey you, do you remember me too?

we were coiling—”

— — —

perennial cradling the memory of someone old and dear… who it was, only she knows now…

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Nancy Phelan and Michael Volin - Yoga for Women - Perennial Library - 1973

[fanyeline]

Perennial's forsaken

[evegoldenwoods]

I actually started this drawing back when figure changed playbooks, but it really wasn't working. At the time I was trying to make the galaxy out of Russian sage too, and it just didn't look right. Anyway after the most recent ep I realised I could do the galaxy as stars, and finally finish this off. And now I'm pretty happy with it!

The Russian sage colours are referenced from a photo I took of the bush growing in my front garden. It was there when we bought the house, and it always felt like a pleasing coincidence. If I ever get a Russian sage/perennial tattoo, it'll probably look something like this. It's still an if because it takes me ages to decide on things, but whether or not I do, it's certainly the case that I will never be normal about perennial again.

[sagent-of-chaos]

license and registration

[nordicsublime]

Holger dribling from the pond in the perennial garden

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 5 April 2025

In the shelter of my Polycrub the containers of Tulipa 'Rasta Parrot' (parrot tulip) are providing an explosion of colour and interest. Parrot tulips were first described in the early 17th century and have laciniate petals with narrow, irregular segments and resemble feathers.

Jill Raggett

[indigrassy]

Selfies

[margocooper]

Седум обыкновенный (лат. Hylotelephium telephium) на известняковой скале. Ноябрь 23. Sedum telephium  on a limestone rock. November 23.

[eteroutsider]

my secret samol piece for @thecrumpit !

[seafleece]

disorders of the heart