Drifting white petals
This post was going to be about our first rain in more than six weeks and how I moved quite a few potted succulents out into the open so they can have a good drink after three months of dry hibernation. But as I was looking at the photos I took I realized that in virtually every one there were white petals. Sometimes just a few…
…sometimes a lot.
The white petals are from the Bradford pear tree along the edge of our front yard. In a few days they’ll be brown and unsightly but today they look beautiful.
Agave quartet:
(left to right) Agave mitis, Agave ‘Cornelius’, Agave bovicornuta, Agave dasylirioides
Agave titanota
Agave titanota ‘Felipe Otero’
Agave bovicornuta
Agave ‘Cornelius’
Aloe capitata var. quartziticola
Cycas revoluta
That's pretty, like snow for those in temperate zones. I'm not a fan of bradford pear, but for a few days a year it's nice to see.
ReplyDeleteGreat collection of agave, I'm considering an A. bovicarnuta since I saw it in a friend's garden.
Shirley, Agave bovicornuta is one of my very favorite agave. Great choice. It's supposed to be fairly tender (mid to upper 20s) but mine is doing great in a pot.
DeleteLooks very pretty, like confetti all over :) I suppose the winds will just blow them all away later on.
ReplyDeleteThe wind's been blowing like crazy since last night. Yep, the petals are all gone.
DeletePretty! I used to get a similar effect in my yard in June (or was it July?) when the black locust blooms dropped, except those ended up smelling terrible. Blech.
ReplyDeleteSome people don't like the way ornamental pear blossoms smell (I won't repeat what the smell reminds them of) but the fallen petals don't have a smell. They just turn brown and eventually get blown away, like they did last night.
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