I took a few photos the other morning, they feel fallish I thought I'd share. Also with the time change coming up it felt like I should. In 2018 California overwhelmingly passed Prop 7, to stay permanently on Daylight Savings Time. However, it needs a 2/3 majority of both the State Assembly and Senate and a signature from Newsom I believe. GET ON IT! Give the people what they want! The morning sun first hits the back of the house, and this wall of pots.
At this time of year, the slope above the pool doesn't get lit up until a few hours later. In spring and summer, this area is full sun all day. Feels a little gloomy when it's shaded.
The Hakea leaves are as pretty as the blooms.
I like how the base of the Yucca filamentosa was glowing. From Annie's Annuals.
Heat Miser.
Baby Silver torch, and a Puya that I'm hoping will finally put out a bloom in 2025? Maybe.
From the other side.
Aloe castanea, cat's tail aloe. Also from Annie's Annuals.
A bit of a wounded golden ball notocactus.
My first Aloe plicatilis, fan aloe. I almost killed him a few years back. But we made up and he's fine now. Jk, I just moved him to a warmer, better draining site.
The incredibly messy, but beautiful Pepper tree - I can sit and watch the debris falling, falling into my yard. There is a wood pecker pecking away up there, but you can't see him in the photo.
I believe this is an Alexander King Palm, I got it at Lowe's or Home Depot on clearance. I planned on using it to shade other plants, but it's grown on me. They like full sun, but Livermore full sun is a different story. It spends a good part of the year very scorched. I don't know if I should move it, or perhaps it will get used to the heat as it grows. The trunk and fresh leaves look lovely.
I like how Aloe Helenae swirls her leaves out.
A nice stout Aloe ferox, I'm excited for aloe blooms this year. Hopefully!
And you wonder why I haven't been showing the front perennial garden? Ha ha, it's COVERED in leaves and is looking incredibly messy!
I do a half-hearted clean of the pathways, and let the leaves in the growing beds stay put.
I'll do a proper clean up when all the leaves have fallen. I think I have a few weeks...
Have a great weekend, enjoy your extra hour!
Your back garden looks magnificent in the early morning light, Tracy. As it matures, I can tell it's just going to get better and better. I almost killed a fan aloe a friend gave me as a division but I dug it up, popped it up for a year to develop better roots, and am currently preparing to replant it with fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteI wish we'd stop the time changes too, although the initial "fall back" is nice. However, will the cat recognize the time change? I think not!
This is the time of year when it's dark when I get up. I will enjoy that hour of sunshine in the morning, but it does get dark so early. Sigh. Your garden is looking like it's ready for some non-scorching temps this fall.
ReplyDeleteI adore your plants. They are so different from mine. I find it really interesting!
ReplyDeleteI do love morning sun and wish my garden was better oriented to take advantage when photographing. I'm looking forward to standard time mornings -at least those few weeks when the sun is up before 7.
ReplyDeleteGood thing you reminded me about the time change. I don't think I would have remembered on my own, though all the modern web-based devices do all the changing by themselves. Heat Miser is a such a good name, calling back to the Rankin/Bass stop animation shows I used to watch every holiday season. I can see why they named it that.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I love the light in the morning (and again in early evening). Your garden looks so good. I especially like the last photo. We don't get to see that view very often.
ReplyDeleteÈ davvero sempre uno spettacolo! Qui a 800 metri sul livello del mare teniamo in piena terra prevalentemente Trichocereus e Echinopsis ma è già un mese che sono sotto al telo per ripararli dalla pioggia e dai nostri inverni umidi.
ReplyDeleteTi auguro un buon inverno.
That Pepper Tree is truly impressive! And so are all your other amazing plants. Gosh, I wish we could stay on one time or the other. The change two times a year is truly the hard part for me; I know it seems silly, but it takes me (and the dog) a few days to adjust. Fingers crossed for peaceful days ahead...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos Tracy! That Aloe plicatilis is so chunky, it's adorable. The Yucca filamentosa, I don't know if it matters but I don't think that's what it is. Yucca filamentosa leaves usually have curly threads or filaments along the margins of the leaves. As for the time change, I heard that even once a state approves not changing the time (we're also in the process, as is Washington) it also has to be approved on the national level.
ReplyDeleteHi, I too would like all the states to just get on with one time, no more silliness with the time change.
ReplyDeleteI always love your garden tours, so different from mine here in Wisconsin.
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Carla
I am not fond of the twice yearly time changes and hopefully one day it will cease. I always enjoy seeing the plants growing in your garden mainly because of the variety and most unknown to me.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful light in autumn and winter. Your photos illustrate the magic of it.
ReplyDeleteI long for no time change. Standard or Daylight, just pick one! I have 2 dogs who tell time by their stomachs. Time changes are chaos for us.
That Archontophoenix is more likely A. cunninghamiana, A. alexandrae is too frost tender even here right by the bay. King Palms are probably a risky bet in Livermore any time it dips below 28°/29°F in winter.
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