Plants

 

Propagating lupine like a science fair kid
Geum triflorum or prairie smoke or old man’s whiskers. Not anemone and everything about my life is not coming together.
‘Ver-ba-scum, it’s now or never’ and really showed up this year. Well worth the 8 year wait
Baby Colorado blue spruce giving middle F’s to the would-be posers who paid her no mind or made growing tough. Never looking better
The situation for baby spruce and verbascum pre-enlightenment
Lamb’s ear is good for the honeybees, is easy to propagate and takes care of itself
Crakoviensis lettuce seed broadcast and allowed to bolt and seed and do its thing
This agastache did its thing and started itself here. The mother plant died and this baby managed to find a magic zone 5 spot
Another agastache on the east side with a similar story but this one has trippy pink orange and purple flowers that I soak in honey
Papaver orientale that has been growing here for as long as I’ve been growing here on Earth
Iris that has a similar story to the poppy, and they like growing together
Fairy trumpet or gilia.
Humulus Americans that I sourced out in Chromo growing wild under a ponderosa tree. This one planted itself on the east side of our front porch
After a few years of growth, the wild hops showed itself off for 2021
Here’s what that propagated lupine will one day become; also a low-maintenance plant
A poorly composed shot showing the communion between salvia and a perennial bachelor button
At last count, there’s 5 types of thistle here, this one being bull thistle which is my preferred thistle to manage/chop/remove
It’s the little things in life, right? Look at little apricot seedling who found a friend in comfrey – I don’t care how small you are, I’m still gonna love u and wait for u.
An old, rambling yellow rose plant lives under the apple tree and propane tank and dresses up the area every June
Maidenhair fern blooming, I’m so touched
Monster Columbine coming to the party… seed sourced from a rental in Santa Fe and saved for years and wow. Baby Hosta on one side and astilbe on the other. Shade buds.
Verbascum 2022: killing it even tho the grasshoppers nibble here and there and cats poo here and there (gross, kitties!)
I will call you OctoMommy and I will eat your fine berries when they ripen