The sanseverias, strelitzia, and the spathiphyllum are waiting patiently by the window for better days in the spring.
This group on the floor awaits warmer winter days when I open the door and slide them outside for a few hours. I've been collecting these vintage white clay planters for several years.
Pretty nice pattern detail on Ctenanthe which was purchased on sale last spring and added a nice spot of pattern to the front yard all summer.
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The one foliage surprise is outside by the detached garage where this Brugmansia 'Candida Double White' is still green against the north wall which is protected by the house. Other than the one branch which is more exposed to cold and has lost its leaves this seems to be a good spot so I'll consider moving more brugs to this bed in the spring.
That's the foliage report from north San Antonio on this January 2013 Foliage Follow-up day. To see more foliage from a variety of gardens be sure to visit Digging.
Heeeee! Your plants waiting by the windows and doors reminds me of my kids. :) ...just itching to get outside or wave... PRETTY FOLIAGE SHIRLEY!
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly it! Waiting by the window until it's time to go outside and play or wave to the neighbors is a fun way to look at them.
DeleteI love it! I have soo many plants like that right now. The garage looks like some sort of scene from George of the jungle!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to have them highlighted for a post, it's part of what we do for our plants.
DeleteFoliage report from the garage! Love it! I have so many plants in there (mostly waiting to be planted) that I can't get my car in! Those ctenthanthe are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWe don't get pretty frost much because it is so dry so I had to hunt around for some ideas.
DeleteGlad everyone enjoyed to trip to the garage.
Oh, I love the leaves on that Ctenanthe. I know how those plants feel all cooped up waiting for spring. I'm so jealous of your Brug, mine got frost-damaged, and I'm not sure they'll survive till spring.
ReplyDeleteAs long as the roots are undamaged, the brugs will return. Mine have survived lows of 15F. They did not bloom until the following year.
DeleteWhat a good idea for Foliage Follow Up, Shirley... my huddled masses of not-quite-hardy plants (including a few pots of Ctenanthe - isn't that funny?) are getting a little sun through the garage window, but are yearning to be outside again, too. But there is so much of January & February still to come.
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They can yearn but I know what's best for them right now. Our winters are short enough that they can take it.
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ReplyDeleteWe only have a couple plants that come inside. And, there are a couple covered up, on the porch. Uncover for a good day, and hope we remember to cover for the cold.
We have one person in the neighborhood, who has a flatbed wagon with plants on it. When it's nice, they roll it outside. Not sure that would work here. Those pesky deer would come running for a snack.
And...the deer don't eat your brugmansia? I planted a small one a couple years ago, and they ate it down to the ground.
It's an exercise that we can get tired of over the winter. We're planning a porch where the plants can stay all winter but right now they are covered and uncovered as needed. At least we have plenty of warning for freezes.
DeleteThe deer have not touched brugs at all, the brugs remain in containers on the deck until they outgrow the space and then are planted out so that may be the secret.
I love seeing your summer stock actors waiting in the wings for their big show. My plants in winter storage are not as glamorous.
ReplyDeletePart of it might be our slightly milder climate even though we are in similar zones. They spend only a few weeks at a time in confinement and even are treated to the outside on good days.
DeleteOh, to have a garage...and yours looks quite civilized.
ReplyDeletePart of living in the 'burbs although we are surprisingly close in as development has taken over.
DeleteYour garage pics pretty much sum up winter gardening in central Texas! Waiting out the cold for the inevitable warm days to return. It's fun to see what's waiting patiently in your garage.
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