A Hardy Winter Plant Surprise for Foliage Follow-up February 2014

Sometimes I just accidentally find my way into a pleasant plant surprise.  I do a good bit of research and planning so it's a surprise when a plant outperforms expectations.  That's the case with False Agave 'Flamingo Glow' (Beschorneria yuccoides) which I'm featuring for Foliage Follow-up sponsored by Pam at Digging.

Another Frosty Morning

A light freeze was predicted overnight for San Antonio.  There was a surprise waiting when I looked outside this morning.

Foliage follow-up March 2013

Foliage Follow-up is sponsored by Pam Penick at Digging the day after Garden Blogger's Bloom Day each month to show off the foliage in our gardens. 

This week we are very busy in the garden preparing it for summer.  Even though the calendar will turn to spring soon we are due to hit 90F/32C by Monday and that means summer weather.  Our spring is typically short because our winter weather is spring-like compared to many parts of the country.

Spring foliage is special for the fresh green color of newly emerging foliage like this fig tree.  The fig is a breva fig formed on old wood which usually falls off as the new crop forms on new stems.