Foliage Follow-Up....February, 2012

Agave Lophantha

Yesterday, I showed you the meager blooms we have here at 

Patchwork Garden.

Today, we join Pam, over at Digging, for 

Foliage Follow-Up.

You've seen a lot of these many times before.

I'm loving the Mexican Feathergrass, Nasella tenuissima.  That plant above performed well all during the 

awful summer we had...with a good drink about once a month.

Who wouldn't love that.  Freezes don't seem to bother it, either.

Lamb's Ear, Stachys byzantina, is always a good foliage plant.

That fuzzy leaf is not tasty to the deer.

The same goes for Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis fruitcosa.  

Although, I have seen the deer chomp on the blooms.  Not often, though.

They never touch the Rosemary.  

This is also in the same bed as the feathergrass...watered once a month or so last summer.  

I've never seen the deer mess with Dusty Miller, Senecio cineraria.

Or, this Artemisia 'Powis Castle'.

This Squid Agave, Agave bracteosa, is doing well.
There are two of these, in containers by the front porch...inspired by Pam's culvert planters.

We're still not sure what this agave is.  A friend of my daughter-in-law gave her two pups.  She shared one with us.  It's grown a lot.  I'm protecting from the deer, with my homemade screen....a cut down tomato cage, covered with deer mesh.

Anybody know what kind it is?

We have a new Yucca.  I need to do some research on what kind it is.  

The label was discriptive....'yucca'.  

It's pretty, huh?

There's pretty foliage in the Veggie Garden.

This Brussels Sprout is looking good.  Not sure we'll get sprouts, though.

I don't seem to be too good at growing Brussels Sprouts.  But, the leaves are pretty.

The Swiss Chard, 'Bright Lights', looks good, too.  These look good, even in the flower garden.

Oops!  How'd this bloom get in here?

I missed it yesterday.  It's on the Sugar Snap Peas.  Again, not many came up.  

I don't seem to have much luck with these, either.

OK...back to our regularly scheduled foliage report.

Cilantro...I planted one little pot of this, late last spring.  It didn't last long.  The heat set in early.

This year, there are several that just appeared.  They make a pretty plant.  And, of course, they're good to use in lots of dishes.

Last, but nowhere least....Celery.

Remember when I told you that Ally @ Garden Ally had shown how you can grow celery from the root end?
Well....it worked...and, in no time.  I just set this on top of the soil, about a week ago.
This fuzzy picture shows you what's happening.  How cool!

OK...I've shown you some of what I've got.
Head over to Pam's, and see what else is out there.

Happy Foliage Follow-Up...
~~Linda~~