Happy holiday weekend! This ridiculously large 7' lily is blooming just outside the front window. The weather has been glorious, but slightly cooler today.
Dilatris pillansii has bloomed!
Looks a bit like an oversized chive flower.
The tomatoes have gone bonkers with the warmer temps. I started the seeds in January and put the plants in the ground in February.
And have tried to keep up on pruning, but it's a constant battle.
Poblano peppers and cucumbers coming along well.
Blueberries, delicious! These are O'Neal.
Both the Feijoa trees are beginning to bloom, the petals are really delicious. To me they taste a little like strawberry/apple - I'm going to put them in my next salad. And the tree leaves are so pretty with the undersides almost white.
A later bloom than expected from Amaryllis.
And a few things that caught my eye, the clump of Echinocereus rigidissimus -rainbow hedgehog cactus bursting with blooms.
The golden barrels in the sun, I still have a few I need to get in the ground. Oops.
And the Pilosocereus -blue torch cactus I moved to the protected spot outside the kitchen window is quite happy. Although I love the other ones I have as they grow fur - this one is focused on a spines only approach to life and is quite beautiful.
I hope you enjoy the long weekend. And I'm curious, do you grow any fruit/veg/herbs in your garden?
Che spettacolo, un po' mi ricorda il mio giardino con la parte di cactus e la parte di fiori! Certo che la stagione da te è almeno due mesi avanti rispetto a qui!!
ReplyDeleteSì, non posso limitarmi a un solo tipo. È un complimento paragonarlo al tuo bellissimo giardino, grazie!
DeleteThe Dilatris pillansii is interesting - I've never seen or even heard of that plant before. I love the frilly Echinocereus too. Your garden looks well ahead of mine but then our temperatures have remained low due to the persistent morning marine layer that usually extends into the afternoon. I also have 2 pineapple guavas but there's no sign of flowers on either yet. My blueberries (2 'Bountiful Blue' and one 'Sunshine Blue') are developing fruit but they're nowhere near ripe and, as they get closer, I'll be fighting the birds for them. We have various fruit trees and I still have a few herbs, mostly used for ornamental purposes, but I gave up my veg garden several years ago in favor of a floral cutting garden.
ReplyDeleteI do get scrub jays on the blueberries, they just haven't found them yet. I think every year about turning that area into a cutting garden, but I can't stop on the fruit/veg. Especially the tomatoes & pumpkins. The Dilatris is from Waltzing Matilija. I hadn't heard of it either!
DeleteQuite a lot is growing well at the moment. Your garden looks good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Liz, this is a great time of year!
DeleteI felt a little pang of sadness at the sight of your gorgeous Feijoa blossom. None of those for me this year as I've gotten rid of both of my plants now (winter defoliation). I've planted three kinds of tomatoes and plan for several types of basil as soon as it's warmer at night.
ReplyDeleteDang it, I feel for the losses. Tomatoes & basil are one of the joys of summer.
DeleteDilatris pillansii--super cool! Awesome lily. Hippeastrum flowers later here this year as well.
ReplyDeleteDear Husband had the first tomatoes from the garden on Friday. He reported they were good. Strawberries this year, the tomatoes. Citrus and avocados, of course. The seedless table grape has many flower clusters soon to open.
Oooh, I can't wait for the first tomato! Such a great selection you have- fingers crossed I get some avocadoes next year.
DeleteHello, our radish and lettuce are doing very well right now. :-) We are able to enjoy a fresh salad every night for dinner. :-)
ReplyDeleteI know I have said it before... I love your garden.
Carla
Thank you Carla - and your salads sound wonderful!
DeleteI love your golden barrel slope. Imagine how spectacular it will be in a few more years?!?
ReplyDeleteI can only hope, lost a few of the largest 2 years ago with all the rain. The smaller ones seemed to adapt better?
DeleteSo lovely and wonderful.
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DeleteI love all the colour in your garden. The warmth shines through. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenny, that's lovely!
DeleteHi Tracy from a first-time visitor to your blog who will be looking around at previous posts. My name is Dorothy aka Beatrice on The Frog&Penguinn blog. I always enjoy reading comments from fellow bloggers and meeting new ones, even if on-line is special. Thankfully, we were able to meet a couple of bloggers face-to-face on our recent road trip. Please do vfeel free to stop in and visit anytime.
ReplyDeleteI have saved your page Beatrice! Thank you!
DeleteForgot to add that your garden is beautiful and in many ways, I do miss our yards, but now that we are apt dwellers all that I can do is appreciate the beauty in other people's.
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ReplyDeleteThank you Rajani :)
DeleteWow - your garden looks fantastic.
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DeleteYour garden looks fantastic! We are enjoying fresh lettuce; so good. We have a handful of snap peas; chives and sage are flowering, garlic is starting to put out scapes. It's a wonderful time of year for us, too. We won't be eating tomatoes until July.,
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous of the snap peas, they are delicious! And our lettuce is long gone.
DeleteLooking gorgeous!! I love those blueberries. I can't wait for summertime blooms too!
ReplyDelete:). I'll share all the blueberries!
DeleteI love a good Echinocereus. E. rigidissima is a particularly nice one. Not much of a veggie gardener here. Spent $20 on lettuce seed one year - they would germinate and get eaten as fast as I could plant them. Planted a huge batch of peas this year, covered it with hardware cloth, and then came out to find a chipmunk had tunneled under and eaten every last seed. And, our summer nights have been too cold for tomatoes, most squash, etc. They just sit and sulk. Apples, rhubarb, and herbs, however, we can do in abundance. We go for our strengths and buy the rest at the supermarket.
ReplyDeleteNoooo, dang critters! You are lucky with the apples & rhubarb, I killed a supposedly heat hearty variety here. I love rhubarb, and have to wait for the grocery to supply it.
DeleteWe grow blueberries, raspberries and strawberries along with tomatoes, lettuce, carrots and other veggies. Your gardens look lush and beautiful.
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