Crevice Gardening ......in defence of rock.....

[astragalus]

I was gobsmacked!!

So long as being gobsmacked didn't leave you banjaxed.

Banjaxed?  Explanation, please.  Is it something like poleaxed??

[ranunculus]

I was gobsmacked!!

So long as being gobsmacked didn't leave you banjaxed.

Banjaxed?  Explanation, please.  Is it something like poleaxed??

Poleaxed happens to the citizens of Warsaw ... Banjaxed to our friends in the capitol of Thailand.

Poleaxe tends to mean 'to cause great shock', while banjaxe means 'to ruin or incapacitate'.  Anthrax is only for bunnies. 

[astragalus]

Planted some years ago in a natural crevice and doing well, Anthyllis montana (yet another of the glorious peas).

[astragalus]

In the crevice garden this morning.  Hopefully, the Onosma is setting seed and the unusual color will be reproduced in the seedlings.  Three self-sown seedlings have been found.

[Lesley Cox]

The Onosma definitely has that "full of seed" look to it that Boraginaceae get when they're going to reproduce. I'd be very hopeful in your position.

That Asperula is a real beauty.

[astragalus]

Not quite sure what the asperula is so I just call it "sp".  So many different things come from Asperula sintenisii seed.
The onosma seedlings I found were from last year and they look really healthy.  Maybe next year I'll transplant them and hope they duplicate the wonderful coral color the parent had this year.  It was truly different compared to others I've grown.

[astragalus]

Picture of the onosma in flower in the tufa crevice garden.

[astragalus]

In the crevice garden this morning (too hot and muggy to garden).
Penstemon thompsoniae v desperatus
Convolvulus boisseri
and foliage close-up
Dianthus: tiny, small and largest (Dianthus pavonius)

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Fantastic plants Anne !  They sure seem happy where they are ! 

[cohan]

Picture of the onosma in flower in the tufa crevice garden.

Wow!! Fantastic plant, beautifully grown!

[astragalus]

Thanks, Cohan.  I'm hoping that the self-sown seedlings will have the same lovely coral color.  This onosma gets woody quite quickly and I have no idea how to propagate it other than seed.  Does anyone know?
In the crevice garden today.  It's the start of convolvulus, moltkias, and acantholimons (not quite ready to photograph).  Everything is quite dry now but not too hot, and most of the plants seem to like life in the crevice garden.  I love it that the overall color schemes  keep changing.


016 eriogonum ovalifolium - flowers starting to change color
026 convolvulus compactus - pink form
022 moltkia petraea
018 moltkia petraea close-up

[Maggi Young]

Look at all the promise of flower in the Convolvulus- that's one generous plant, Anne!

[astragalus]

Convolvulus coompactus and C. compactus - pink form, now in better bloom.  Early because of early heat.  Wednesday it will be 95F.  No rain in sight.  The convolvulus plants are usually the mid-June spectacle and can last for weeks.

[Carlo]

Beautiful! Love these guys.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Superb plants Anne !