The Agavoides group ticks a lot of boxes for me. It has colour, structure, and as the name suggests looks a little Agave like, and is providing me with interest over these drab winter days. Judging by the prices going on ebay lately, they seem very en vogue at the moment.
I first saw these over at my friend Chris's garden, who has some exceptionally beautiful specimens.
Here's a few I grow
Ebony
Red Edge or to some Lipstick
Aquamarine
Romeo
I've got a few tiddlers to grow on, and some more I've recently purchased. There is still one that eludes me , a Pink Sirius. But I will prevail, oh yes!
Common Nasturtium..
but get closer and look inside
Not too sure on the correct name, expect that its exceptional !
Oleanders are the Med, holidays in the sun , vivid colours. I like them so I grow a few, and sometimes on a sunny day I can fool myself that I am on holiday again.
Here's a few
Salmon
Pink with a ripple
Pink
Double Pink
Nice and bright White
Finally a cutting from a very kind lady Liliana, from her cracking specimen of Alsace.
Despite good intentions I've concentrated on my other blog, but in the darker colder nights of this winter it is time to look back and get inspiration from plants again.
Here's a few pictures of the unsubtle but hard to ignore Delospermas
