Gardening
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Yucca Blooms In Northern Israel
Above: And that strelitzia that everyone thinkgs is a banana (wrong) grew to be sooooooo tall! Did you know that the Yucca plant actually has flowers? Honestly I only discovered this a few years ago, despite owning some Yucca plants myself! The first Yucca I ever saw in bloom was in a large container, so…
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Thunbergia Laurifolia Blooms In My Container Garden
To me one of the things I love about summer is flowers! And in the month of July, just before things get really hot, there are usually many blooms to enjoy. One of the things that I adore are flowering vines, which are much easier to grow in the ground, but can be grown in…
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Canna Blooms In My Northern Israel Container Garden!
One of the favorite plants that continues to thrive in my Northern Israel container garden, year after year, is Canna, a plant loved across the globe for its large leaves, dramatic height and stunning blooms, in red, orange or yellow. While our winters are somewhat hardy, and temps can get to freezing, this plant dies…
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My Israeli Sub-Tropical Container Garden Blooms, In Late June!
My container garden in Northern Israel is now full of color and I just had to share a few photos with you! Looking back at the archives, I see that late June early July has been the time, every year, that the garden comes alive with color. The roses bloom in all their glory earlier…
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Stunning Coral Vine With Tiny Pink Blooms In Harduf, Israel
This past summer we has the great pleasure of a three night stay on Kibbutz Harduf, (more about that soon) in the Southwestern corner of the Galil, and I saw a lovely vine with tiny flowers that I did not recognize. Fast forward, today I finally had to chance to do a bit of research…
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How to Plan a Large Vegetable Garden
Now that the shemittah year has passed, during which we did not work the land in Israel, we can start to think about vegetable gardens again! I don't have any land, but might be able to install some raised beds on a paved area, which could also work. I dream of having a cutting garden…
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Stunning Variegated Bougainvillea Bushes Grow In The Galil, Israel
Wow, when I saw this bougainvillea bush with variegated leaves during our recent stay on Kibbutz Harduf, I just could not believe my eyes. I thought I new just about everything about bougainvillea, but apparently not! It is widely available online, but I have not yet been able to find any info about it, and…
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White Daisies That Fill Containers Year After Year!
White daisies that fill containers year after year are favorites in my book! I’ll admit, my poor container garden, while quite large, does get neglected now and again, and I have mostly filled pots with large plants that perform well with low effort on my part! The lemon tree that I’ve had for a good…
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Hillsides Filled With Echium Pininana In Devil’s Slide
As we were about to enter the Devil's Slide trail in Pacifica, CA, which I posted about here, I could not believe my eyes……… hillsides filled with tall cone like plants that truly looked like something only seen in Dr, Suess's imagination, not actually in real life! Wow, wow wow, it truly felt like I'd…
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Foxtail Agave Makes A Stunning Container Garden Addition
I just love Agave, and was so happy to see them in gardens and container gardens all over San Francisco, during our visit this past July. I'll admit I first became aware of them because they are used and grown in abundance in Australia, and I just so happen to follow the design/gardening scene on…
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Gum Rock Rose, Cistus, The Flowering Shrub Of My Childhood!
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Narrow-leaf Chalksticks, Senecio Vitalis Makes A Great Bedding Plant
Narrow leaf chalksticks, senecio vitalis makes a great bedding plant! We are now in the shemittah year in Israel, meaning we are letting the land rest, so no gardening, or at least no planting for me this year, but I can surely dream right? Plus, right now we are in the middle of Succot, when…