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Related: About this forumFront yard full of flowers!
Cluster of Agapanthus:A single Agapanthus:
Blooming Purple Daylilly:
Blooming kangaroo paws:
Blooming Yellow Daylilly:
3catwoman3
(24,005 posts)What a whimsical name and interesting looking plant.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)They grow well here and are quite pretty if you get close enough, which I did today.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)I envy your agapanthus. We planted five but found although they are listed as "deer resistant" our deer don't resist them at all. They were chomping the leaves back almost to the ground!
A week ago we transplanted them into one of the terraced beds and put crinum into the space where the agapanthus were. The agapanthus are finally getting leaves back and the crinums are settling in. Now we have to wait a couple of years to find out which crinums we have. We had some milk & wine ones (with white and read striped flowers) and at least one spider lily, but when we dug them up to rescue them before the construction, they all got mixed up.
I sort of love this haphazard discovery method of gardening - it keeps life interesting.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Well, we don't have any deer hereabouts, so nothing eats our flowers! I just love how they look when they first come up, before they open.
Good luck with your crinum plants! I've never heard of them, so maybe you can post some photos when you have flowers!
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Since you asked for pictures, here are some from a month ago in my garden.
Here is a milk & wine one:
Another plant you won't see is coral bean. Here is a flower stalk:
And a coral bean plant:
Coneflowers are common here, but I got a hybridized variety Pow Wow Berry:
And another native, heliopsis:
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Thank you so much for sharing them.
George McGovern
(5,420 posts)Vibrant, Vivid, Razzle-dazzly!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Your words are as dazzling as my flowers!
Thank you so much.
Karadeniz
(22,528 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,002 posts)So bright, and cheerful! That purple one is really lovely.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Thanks for your generous words, and I'm glad you're enjoying the view.
Pas-de-Calais
(9,904 posts)Well have around 20-25 this year
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)We have just a couple of little strips alongside our driveway, and so we don't have as much room for them as you do.
Harker
(14,020 posts)It's like getting an unexpected bouquet.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)It sure is.
Harker
(14,020 posts)Bristlecone
(10,128 posts)You know how to plant !
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)It makes a great backdrop.
jalan48
(13,869 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)MLAA
(17,296 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,834 posts)I have agapanthus envy.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Every year, I take so many photos of those flowers! Even though I have lots of duplicates, I can't resist.
And if you can imagine, they are even more beautiful in person. Alas, but they don't last very long...
But I love them while they do.
MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)Agapanthus is on my get list at the nursery. It looks like fireworks to me.
I was out in the yard this morning and saw that the deer had eaten all my Monarda blossoms! Ive been waiting so patiently and they were just about to pop. Grrrrrr. Danged deer...they arent supposed to like Monarda.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)I often hear stories like yours from my friends who live in deer country. I would be devastated if we had deer, and they ate my flowers too.
Have you tried planting the Monarda in a more sheltered spot? It's got to be hard to find a place where they'll thrive and where the deer can't get to them.