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The progression of my parent’s fence! I had them expand the fence limit from the edge of the extension to the edge of the main house — which magically granted a “backyard” to a house with too narrow of a lot to have a backyard. The fence still needs the lattice topper (which will be interesting as I can’t use kits due to the custom build of the fence — the posts are irregularly spaced) and proper arches over the gates. I’m still contemplating the gates... maybe I won’t do arches... the problem with not having deadlines is you get to think about things tooooo long. #tuesdaynightcompany #beforeandafter #beforeafter #beforeafterhome #beforeafterlandscape #floridafriendlylandscaping #floridahomes https://www.instagram.com/p/CE65qLtAYcW/?igshid=1xaqnif84m9i3

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Working on my parent’s backyard! There’s still a ton to do, but at least I got a couple Simpson’s stoppers planted and the mulch down. Still have the gas meter to move, concrete removal, deck building, and oh yes, much more plants. I’ll post some before’s of what it looked like prior to the new fence. (at Clearwater, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEeyyp5AhJ2/?igshid=7ckx1o4hazsd

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Are you taking time to notice the details in life? #itsthelittlethings #reflection #takeabreak #tuesdaynightcompany https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcLSMigEc7/?igshid=zizwdef8ia95

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Welcome back to Tuesday Night Company, an ever-expanding timeline of information on plants, landscape design, naturalism, and the future. This is K.C. Today’s featured plant is from Southern California: the Matilija poppy or fried-egg poppy, Romneya coulteri. A perennial that dies back at the end of each summer, it grows up to eight feet tall and can flower from April through August (with some extra water in the heat of the summer). The flowers are truly massive, as wide as 6″ across. It’s a plant that is ironically both hard to start and hard to stop. It is difficult to propagate and resents being transplanted. I worked on a Romneya coulteri micropropagation project in which we were trying to grow more poppies from tissue. It wasn’t going well. It only wants to grow via root cuttings and there’s only so much root to cut. Seeds wouldn’t work because we were growing a cultivar – the seeds wouldn’t grow true to the type of mother plant they came from. Should you get it planted and happy, however, it will spread by underground roots (rhizomes) to cover an area somewhere between 6-8 feet square or infinity squared. Every piece of root, no matter how small, will regrow if left in the soil. They’re prickly, so they can be a literal pain to remove. In the wild, I encountered it most often in the dry flatlands near riverbeds, or in disturbed burn areas. This batch was found in Silverado Canyon, Orange County, California. (at Silverado, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZTPhsg66V/?igshid=tff05c9hw6ix

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What are you and when can I have you in every garden everywhere? The purple petals were from a huge tibouchina above, but I found no marker to explain this curious beast. #sunkengardens #stpetersburgfl #whatisthisplant #bloom #blooming #tuesdaynightcompany #prettyinpink #botanicalgardens (at Sunken Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEIipD1gLrB/?igshid=1ivuwucya5dhw

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A little homemade bouquet in my home office. :) See those new leaves coming in on the greenery? Yeah those were tiny two days ago. This illustrates why camphor tree (what I cut the greenery from) is hell to get rid of. It’s trying to grow roots in the flower vase. (at Tampa Bay, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFX86uHDhH/?igshid=1kop98y2s1r9h

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The dream (it fits) and the reality (it kinda doesn’t). I don’t think I could have fit one more flower in there... plants are stacked on top of each other’s pots. https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4HqgwAcwk/?igshid=yanwdquje1hj

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This is what we’re here for: maximum plant fluff. Taken at a client’s house. Tomorrow, I will increase the fluff to even greater amounts of fluffiness. https://www.instagram.com/p/CD2qLClAQ5c/?igshid=l2vfa7y1vb4u

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Cotton candy colors. Wandered towards Clearwater Beach but didn’t get there entirely. Stopped in a residential area with my engine running and caught the end of the sunset washing the clouds. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxZGn1ATgj/?igshid=q8kjum46ee53

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Maybe the grass was little long. For the second time in my life, ever, I mowed a lawn. I did so because desperate times/measures at my client’s house. Trust me, you don’t want to pay me to mow your lawn. I’m an snooty horticulturist who can do all the fancy-plants things, but when it comes to a plain ol’ lawn, I look back and say, “Damnit, how’d I miss that spot?” (at Tampa Bay, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDt5sTEALeJ/?igshid=14lrdmqdt0vsp

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Native plant nerds! What magic is this?! This is a type of California buckwheat (which looks not even a little “wheat”-like) and I have never seen such pink, or such candy-like stripes. Right by the ocean in Point Lobos, CA. Perhaps it is just an environmental reaction? It was the only one I found in this color. (at Point Lobos - Whalers Cove) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgn-Gbg2uP/?igshid=1fwr9hdtlzhsf

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Everyone likes a good before and after! This is the “England in Florida” project I did in the Tampa Bay Area. It’s the first project I ran from design to installation and I’m quite pleased with how it came out. My clients are the best. :3 #englandinflorida #tuesdaynightcompany #beforeandafter #beforeandafterhomeedition #florida #southflorida #zone10 (at Clearwater, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKdJ2dA8gu/?igshid=v0dfkg8mgyu4

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Some bees buzzing my latest landscape installation! Salvias bring in the buzz. #bees #bee #salvia #landscapedesign #wildlifegarden #tuesdaynightcompany https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPUcSvFCj5/?igshid=kl8xtxt7ywla

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America is in space again, people are burning down Minneapolis, and here is an angelonia flower. This is Earth. Glad you’re here. #spacex #angelonia #flower #earth #icantbreathe #minneapolis #tuesdaynightcompany https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2yY6JFbx5/?igshid=1rfz6l9sa60fa

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Aw. Little red pineapples. They’re pineapple-puppy size: about the size of a couple meaty man-fists. Or three dainty lady-fists. #pineapple #tropicalplants #tuesdaynightcompany https://www.instagram.com/p/CAoNixDg6gH/?igshid=1bj779kk3ntce

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Why yes, that is the back of my car. This is how you get a large plant order home without a truck. The view in the mirror was great, but the trunk shows you how stuffed the little SUV was. #itfits #plantsplantsplants #horticulturelife #tuesdaynightcompany #blooms https://www.instagram.com/p/CAReUDTAoX_/?igshid=sbg5zg38f6wr

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Stay safe, and don’t pet the fish. (I was going to post some plants. Then I found this. Spotted in a Whole Foods, well before COVID-19 was a thing.) #dontpetthefish #whywouldyoudothat #tuesdaynightcompany https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fV5e9F8N7/?igshid=fti75rgtfdgf