I was recently delivered a spindly office Ficus Tree from a sheepish co-worker, who was hoping for a miracle. The tree was dropping all of its leaves, and the only ones remaining were pale yellow-green, and browning on the tips. I agreed to take the tree for a time to see what I could do [...]
A plant that is grown for its visual appeal.
This is a glossary entry that will help you understand some of my blogs better. Plants have a vocabulary; most specialized areas of learning do. Pick up one new term a day, and in no time you'll be a pro.
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Metal Ornamental Pattern Screensaver 1.0
This screensaver lets you observe a live ornamental pattern of metal in your display. The pattern shows a current time and he is never repeated. The moving lightes supplement this mysterious picture. The screensaver uses 3D graphics, but he requires only a version 1 of [...]
Simple, yet elegant curves.
From the 1960’s neighborhood called Winterwood which is on both sides of Sahara Avenue, EAST Of Nellis Boulevard on the far west side. There’s a lot of modernism, as well as ranch style.
Our company has a very interesting mid mod listing there, but geographically it’s not really in Vintage Vegas as I [...]
Yesterday’s flower/butterfly design was a square block holding all 4 petals/wings. Today’s is a rectanular half pattern variation.
I’ve never found it where the blocks are stacked straight up and down. I’ve always found it used in a staggered fashion as seen in these examples.
If you focus on one spot, you get the butterfly/flower pattern.
But [...]
Kristen Peterson tells the story in this mornings Las Vegas Sun:
Photo by Leila Navidi for the Sun
The ornamental concrete walls that accent midcentury modern architecture in old Las Vegas neighborhoods was a stylish option for shading and security during the 1950s and ’60s.
Today the decorative walls, conjuring up visions of martini evenings and jet-age architecture, [...]
Managing growth in ornamental eucalypts: Ongoing Eucalyptus gunnii sculpture in a temperate Atlantic garden
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We have seen previously in this EUCALYPTOLOGICS Blog how Eucalyptus can adapt well to different types of cultivation, variable depending on the final desired use (ornamental or timber production...
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On the other blog I wrote an entry on how to root ornamental sweet potato vine cuttings and in this one I posted pictures of my sweet potato vine tubers after I lifted them to store them for the winter. If you're looking to root sweet potato vines or store the tubers visit the links right aboveWhen I first purchased my ornamental sweet potato vines back in the spring I decided I would root cuttings since I had heard they were easy to start from cuttings One of the sources I came across stated that roots would start to grow on your ornamental sweet potato vine cuttings within five days. I didn't think they would grow so quick now since we're approaching winter and plants aren't actively growing. But sure enough these cuttings started to root within a week and in plain water.With the tubers and cuttings I have rooting next year I won't have to buy any new ornamental sweet potato vine plants for the garden. Although I may not grow the green colored variety and just stick to the black
Well, we put up the Christmas tree today, which meant another trip down memory lane around here.
Most of the ornaments displayed on our tree were gifts. David and I take time each year to look at them and talk about them before they are hung. There's the wooden snowman and tiny little gingerbread man my grandmother, God rest her soul, made a couple of years prior to her death, and a snowflake
We bring you today yet other four presentation examples of several types of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus. Some of these gum trees are specimen plants in big containers suitable for display at garden centres or urban landscaping and requiring special care in this case. Others of these container grown plants are suitable for direct planting into convenient garden designs but requiring appropriate maintenance operations post-planting. (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? All these eucalypt types can thrive in USDA Zone 8 and some can tolerate USDA Zone 7 winters in gardens with appropriate microclimates. Most Eucalyptus benefit from full sun exposure and suitable protection from wind damage during their first years.Wa
We bring you today yet other four presentation examples of several types of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus. Some of these gum trees are specimen plants in big containers suitable for display at garden centres or urban landscaping and requiring special care in this case. Others of these container grown plants are suitable for direct planting into convenient garden designs but requiring appropriate maintenance operations post-planting. (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information? (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information? All these eucalypt types can thrive in USDA Zone 8 and some can tolerate USDA Zone 7 winters in gardens with appropriate microclimates. Most Eucalyptus benefit from full sun exposure and suitable protection from wind damage during their first years.Wa
Warning: ironies belowAs you well know, Eucalyptus are those little diverse Australian trees, that all become giants, invasive unestoppable weeds, they deplete soil and lower watertables, so aggresive nothing grows under them, so poisonous nothing can grow where they once grew, as much troublegiving as unable to be planted in gardens because their roots spread for a hundred meters and can cause havoc to anything growing in their way. They have nil or low ornamental potential and in addition they are not cold hardy!Fig 1: Example of compact growth in sculpted cold hardy Eucalyptus grown in big containers Fig 2: Example of garden performance for Minilyptus, sculpted for mallee growth habit. Planted in company of red flowering Callistemon and with an understorey of different Hebe cultivars.Fig 3: Example of distinct connate juvenile foliage and flower buds of the Spinning Gum Tree.Fig 4: Example of heavily pruned (pollarded) Eucalyptus gunnii cultivated from a potted specimen and plante
Warning: ironies belowAs you well know, Eucalyptus are those little diverse Australian trees, that all become giants, invasive unestoppable weeds, they deplete soil and lower watertables, so aggresive nothing grows under them, so poisonous nothing can grow where they once grew, as much troublegiving as unable to be planted in gardens because their roots spread for a hundred meters and can cause havoc to anything growing in their way. They have nil or low ornamental potential and in addition they are not cold hardy!Fig 1: Example of compact growth in sculpted cold hardy Eucalyptus grown in big containers Fig 2: Example of garden performance for Minilyptus, sculpted for mallee growth habit. Planted in company of red flowering Callistemon and with an understorey of different Hebe cultivars.Fig 3: Example of distinct connate juvenile foliage and flower buds of the Spinning Gum Tree.Fig 4: Example of heavily pruned (pollarded) Eucalyptus gunnii cultivated from a potted specimen and plante
Early growth in ornamental eucalypts: Sculpting Eucalyptus gunnii (Follow the links under each figure for full description of each stage)Fig. 1: Standard potted ornamental eucalypt ready to be planted outFig. 2: Early growth during the first year post-plantingFig. 3: First winter growth and spring Eucalyptus pollardingFig. 4: Second year early growth after size control operations (pruning & clipping)Fig. 5: Pollarded & pruned ornamental Eucalyptus 65 weeks after plantingBenefits of combining pollarding, pruning and clipping on ornamental garden Eucalyptus- Size control achieved, important for gardens with limited space (tree size estabilised around 3 m)- Basal branches retained (not discarded by the tree after building up higher crown)- More compact form (noticeable length growth in basal branches)- Balanced aerial part/root system ratio (we minimise windhtrow damage risks)- Fresh Eucalyptus foliage from pruning operations, useful for flower arrangementsKeep an eye on...- New branch ar
Early growth in ornamental eucalypts: Sculpting Eucalyptus gunnii (Follow the links under each figure for full description of each stage)Fig. 1: Standard potted ornamental eucalypt ready to be planted outFig. 2: Early growth during the first year post-plantingFig. 3: First winter growth and spring Eucalyptus pollardingFig. 4: Second year early growth after size control operations (pruning & clipping)Fig. 5: Pollarded & pruned ornamental Eucalyptus 65 weeks after plantingBenefits of combining pollarding, pruning and clipping on ornamental garden Eucalyptus- Size control achieved, important for gardens with limited space (tree size estabilised around 3 m)- Basal branches retained (not discarded by the tree after building up higher crown)- More compact form (noticeable length growth in basal branches)- Balanced aerial part/root system ratio (we minimise windhtrow damage risks)- Fresh Eucalyptus foliage from pruning operations, useful for flower arrangementsKeep an eye on...- New branch ar
An interesting eucalypt species from both a timber production perspective but also an ornamental point of view, Corymbia maculata (known as Eucalyptus maculata from 1844 to 1995) sets its flower buds and later its seed capsules in panicles also known as corymbs. Individual flowers and capsules are normally grouped in 3's or 4's, but many times a pair of groups grow from the same point of the branchlet, giving appeareance of groups of 7's. Globose and urn shaped capsules of medium size normally develop in dense clusters where previously medium sized white flowers attract nectar browsing fauna that involuntarily cooperate with this eucalypt for pollination.Urceolate and globose infrutescences of Corymbia maculata (ex Eucalyptus maculata)The spotted gum receives its name for a relatively unusual bark type within eucalypts. "Maculata" literally means "spotted", and that is the appeareance of mature bark, showing patches of grey, brown, white and yellow that give it a ressemblance to a t
An interesting eucalypt species from both a timber production perspective but also an ornamental point of view, Corymbia maculata (known as Eucalyptus maculata from 1844 to 1995) sets its flower buds and later its seed capsules in panicles also known as corymbs. Individual flowers and capsules are normally grouped in 3's or 4's, but many times a pair of groups grow from the same point of the branchlet, giving appeareance of groups of 7's. Globose and urn shaped capsules of medium size normally develop in dense clusters where previously medium sized white flowers attract nectar browsing fauna that involuntarily cooperate with this eucalypt for pollination.Urceolate and globose infrutescences of Corymbia maculata (ex Eucalyptus maculata)The spotted gum receives its name for a relatively unusual bark type within eucalypts. "Maculata" literally means "spotted", and that is the appeareance of mature bark, showing patches of grey, brown, white and yellow that give it a ressemblance to a t
Here you have other three examples of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus. These gum trees are not, as we saw in a previous entry, destined to become specimen plants in big containers. These are for direct planting into convenient garden designs in USDA Zone 8. Some of these species would tolerate appropriate microclimates of USDA Zone 7 gardens too. (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information?(click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -3ºC to -8ºCMore information?(click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information?Some types of Eucalypts can reach noticeable sizes in few years if planted out and not subject to size control by the adecuate interventions of pruning and/or pollarding, so our recommended post-planting management is highly dependant on your garden size, available free space and desired plant shape to match the desired combination with other plants or elements of your garden design.Please remember these operations do require so
Here you have other three examples of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus. These gum trees are not, as we saw in a previous entry, destined to become specimen plants in big containers. These are for direct planting into convenient garden designs in USDA Zone 8. Some of these species would tolerate appropriate microclimates of USDA Zone 7 gardens too. (click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -15ºC to -20ºCMore information?(click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -3ºC to -8ºCMore information?(click image to enlarge)Cold tolerance: -8ºC to -12ºCMore information?Some types of Eucalypts can reach noticeable sizes in few years if planted out and not subject to size control by the adecuate interventions of pruning and/or pollarding, so our recommended post-planting management is highly dependant on your garden size, available free space and desired plant shape to match the desired combination with other plants or elements of your garden design.Please remember these operations do require so
We have seen that certain Eucalyptus species can easily reach giant sizes in relatively short periods of time. With such a biodiversity within this plant genus (hundreds of species, subspecies, varieties and cultivars) giantism is luckily not always present for all types of gum trees. But a good deal of eucalypt knowledge worldwide has to do with their applications for timber production, and in such cases fast growth, good form and suitability to resist frost events by winter are some of the initial important considerations. However, for the urban gardener, especially if with limited space, alternative options need of some consideration.Here you have four examples of tamed cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus achieving their final destination as plants in big containers, whose frost tolerance makes them suitable for cultivation outdoors in USDA Zone 8 gardens and favourable microclimates of USDA Zone 7 gardens. Some of these can reach giant sizes if planted out and not subject to size con
We have seen that certain Eucalyptus species can easily reach giant sizes in relatively short periods of time. With such a biodiversity within this plant genus (hundreds of species, subspecies, varieties and cultivars) giantism is luckily not always present for all types of gum trees. But a good deal of eucalypt knowledge worldwide has to do with their applications for timber production, and in such cases fast growth, good form and suitability to resist frost events by winter are some of the initial important considerations. However, for the urban gardener, especially if with limited space, alternative options need of some consideration.Here you have four examples of tamed cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus achieving their final destination as plants in big containers, whose frost tolerance makes them suitable for cultivation outdoors in USDA Zone 8 gardens and favourable microclimates of USDA Zone 7 gardens. Some of these can reach giant sizes if planted out and not subject to size con
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Ornamental grasses are becoming more endearing especially as water restrictions and drought-prone areas press their case against our gardens. It wasn't that long ago that many gardeners would steer clear of these 'weedy' grasses and opt for flowers and ornamental perennials.
But, times are changing and what was once determined as unworthy for the home garden is rapidly becoming a popular import. Gardeners are replacing their non-indigenous botanicals for native grasses and enjoying the benefits of low-maintenance weed-suppressing plants. And, we're not limited by variety or colour, shape or texture as many of our predecessors have been.
Ornamental grasses have copped some bad publicity over the years, and it's not entirely unjustified. In some states of Australia and the US, several species reside on the noxious weed lists and have been banned from being grown in home gardens.
The reason: they are incredible propagators.
This is both an advantage as much as it is a disadvan
One of the most striking aspects of genus Eucalyptus is their diversity. Sizes, shapes, colours, textures, fragrances. And multiple options for timber and non timber production, marketing and commercialization. Trees with bad press due to created interests, ignorance on their diversity frequently leads to firm opinion without solid basements.Examples of Eucalyptus species suitable for foliage production in Galicia Some years ago a certain Mr. Francisco Dans del Valle, forestry engineer, judged in 10 minutes a proposal for a Final Project from one of his college engineering students which involved identifying appropriate macro and microclimates for commercial cultivation of Eucalyptus trees able to yield annual non timber products under specially adapted forestry silvicultural regimes. Maybe judging on firm opinions based on limited data, the "impossible, so look for something else" veredict was not exactly very well received. Some years later, after trialling several dozen eucalypt s
One of the most striking aspects of genus Eucalyptus is their diversity. Sizes, shapes, colours, textures, fragrances. And multiple options for timber and non timber production, marketing and commercialization. Trees with bad press due to created interests, ignorance on their diversity frequently leads to firm opinion without solid basements.Examples of Eucalyptus species suitable for foliage production in Galicia Some years ago a certain Mr. Francisco Dans del Valle, forestry engineer, judged in 10 minutes a proposal for a Final Project from one of his college engineering students which involved identifying appropriate macro and microclimates for commercial cultivation of Eucalyptus trees able to yield annual non timber products under specially adapted forestry silvicultural regimes. Maybe judging on firm opinions based on limited data, the "impossible, so look for something else" veredict was not exactly very well received. Some years later, after trialling several dozen eucalypt s
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A year ago I was given seeds for this ornamental pepper called 'Black Pearl' and got around to sowing them pretty late in the season. When fall arrived the seeds had just barely begun to sprout but by the them the days started to grow shorter and I thought about just letting the plant die in the garden. But since the seeds were given to me by a gardener I decided to bring it indoors a long with my cacti and succulents and see what would happen.I wasn't expecting much because I have not had any luck with keeping Rosemary indoors over the winter and I thought this ornamental pepper would suffer the same fate. Looking over the collection of plants I'm very surprised at how this little plant managed to make it through the winter. Since my window space is limited and that space is devoted to my cacti & succulents and my tender plants and bulbs, like my Amaryllis, I set this plant in a bathroom on the opposite side of a window.Not only did it survive on low light but it survived a co
