New plants
These are some of the new plants I bought this season and some info I learned about them from the interweb. I'm so excited!
Delosperma cooperi or Hardy Ice Plant is a perennial evergreen succulent from the Orange Free State of South Africa. They have a prostate habit with leaves that are about 2-3/16 inches (5.5 cm) long by ¼ inch (0.6 cm) wide by 3/16 of an inch (0.5 cm) thick, nearly cylindrical but flattened on the top. This is a great succulent groundcover for rock gardens or for slopes. It takes heat well and needs very little water to keep looking good. They are hardy from USDA zones 5-11.
Festuca ovina glauca, Common name - blue fesque grass. Common but useful ornamental grass - a mop of quite blue-tinted foliage, topped with tan flower/seed-stalks in summer.
Gray Lavender cotton; Santolina. Site Requirements: Sun; needs excellent drainage, Form: Low spreading mound, Texture: Fine, Foliage: Aromatic, silver-gray foliage, Flower/Fruit: Button-like yellow flowers on stalks above the foliage, Comments: Good in small areas; good drought tolerance
Orange Stalked Bulbine, Bulbine frutescens is native to desert grasslands in South Africa, this plant grows best in a well-drained soil and is also very tolerant of poor, dry soil. Be careful not to over water, Bulbine does not like wet feet. Bulbine grows best in full sun, has succulent foliage, and produces racemes of star-shaped yellow with orange flowers in the summer months. Orange African Bulbine should be deadheaded to encourage more flowering. Bulbine can withstand a light frost, keep protected in colder climates. Commonly called Bulbinella and Burn jelly plant, the sap in the leaves is used for healing in South Africa.
Delosperma cooperi or Hardy Ice Plant is a perennial evergreen succulent from the Orange Free State of South Africa. They have a prostate habit with leaves that are about 2-3/16 inches (5.5 cm) long by ¼ inch (0.6 cm) wide by 3/16 of an inch (0.5 cm) thick, nearly cylindrical but flattened on the top. This is a great succulent groundcover for rock gardens or for slopes. It takes heat well and needs very little water to keep looking good. They are hardy from USDA zones 5-11.
Festuca ovina glauca, Common name - blue fesque grass. Common but useful ornamental grass - a mop of quite blue-tinted foliage, topped with tan flower/seed-stalks in summer.
Gray Lavender cotton; Santolina. Site Requirements: Sun; needs excellent drainage, Form: Low spreading mound, Texture: Fine, Foliage: Aromatic, silver-gray foliage, Flower/Fruit: Button-like yellow flowers on stalks above the foliage, Comments: Good in small areas; good drought tolerance
Orange Stalked Bulbine, Bulbine frutescens is native to desert grasslands in South Africa, this plant grows best in a well-drained soil and is also very tolerant of poor, dry soil. Be careful not to over water, Bulbine does not like wet feet. Bulbine grows best in full sun, has succulent foliage, and produces racemes of star-shaped yellow with orange flowers in the summer months. Orange African Bulbine should be deadheaded to encourage more flowering. Bulbine can withstand a light frost, keep protected in colder climates. Commonly called Bulbinella and Burn jelly plant, the sap in the leaves is used for healing in South Africa.