Low-key Father's Day weekend in the garden

I had a low-key weekend doing odd jobs in the garden—trimming, weeding, rearranging, etc. Nothing too exciting, but not every minute can be filled with thrills and titillation. I did stop now and then to take some pictures of the garden. I enjoy having these frozen moments in time to look back on down the line.

Early evening in the front garden

Agave 'Desert Love' (also seen in the first photo on the right). This is a hybrid between Agave ovatifolia, Agave parrasana, and possibly Agave asperrima created by Plant Delights.

Front garden looking west

I love layers of textures and colors

Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi, planted recently

Agave attenuata 'Boutin Blue' in the very front, Cleistocactus straussii behind it on the left

Hanging pot made by Diana Moulds of Tentacle Arts. I picked it up last December when I visited Diana and her partner Xandra at their studio in Phoenix, AZ. The plant is a Rhipsalis cactus; I originally received a few cuttings from Loree “danger garden” Bohl, and they've grown into a lovely tangle.

Bed next to the front door

Same bed, different angle. Dioon edule 'Palma Sola', a cycad from eastern Mexico in the front.

Dudleya brittonii

Terrestrial bromeliads

Manfreda 'Rio Verde' in the driveway bed

Dioon edule 'Palma Sola' in the driveway bed, this one with a flush of new leaves. The leaves look so green because of the warm evening light.

Acacia aphylla, steely blue and leafless. It photosynthesizes through the bark tissue.

Aloe elgonica flowering now. The yellow-flowering shrub is an Australian native, Senna (previously Cassia) phyllodinea.

The color yellow brought to you by sundrops (Calylophus drummondii)

Aloe 'Hellskloof Bells' and white-flowering lavender

I recently posted about my most behated weed, spotted spurge, but oxalis is a close second. It's impossible to remove from this dense mat of Dymondia margaretae.

Billy buttons (Craspedia globosa), an Australian native, pairs well with spiky plants like this Aloe marlothii

×Mangave 'Mayan Queen' looking like it's emerging from a sea of Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt'

Fire cracker plant (Russellia equisetiformis) and Agave 'Crazy Horse', a hybrid between Agave cupreata and Agave asperrima. The dun-colored shrub on top is our recently deceased Grevillea 'King's Fire'.

Centaurea gymnocarpa and  Leucadendron 'Ebony'

In the foreground: Euphorbia characias 'Glacier Blue'

Euphorbia characias 'Glacier Blue' (left) and Banksia nivea (right)

Arctostaphylos 'Ruth Bancroft' and ×Mangave 'Pineapple Express'

Aloidendron 'Hercules' and chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus), now in full flower

Agave americana 'Mediopicta Alba' and Yucca rostrata in the evening light

Seeing how this has morphed into a truly strange year full of uncontrollable events and random happenings, expect more potpourri-type posts in the weeks and months to come as staying close to home continues to be the norm. 

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