Foliage Follow-up November 2014

While I was out yesterday getting bloom photos I decided to go for two and capture the mist on my foliage plants for Foliage Follow-up sponsored by Pam at Digging.  Those of you who live in perennially damp climates are probably laughing yourselves silly by now.  We average about 30 inches of rain a year which usually arrives in downpours just a few days a year and within a few hours it's dry out there again.  A series of rainy days or a light mist/drizzle day is rare.  Even if you find my misty wonderment hilarious I hope you will enjoy these views of my garden.

The shiny droplets on the Yucca recurvifolia look almost frosty in the chilly mist.  A predicted freeze last week never arrived.  We have another freeze warning for Tuesday morning and it might happen this time so the tender plants are protected.

Foliage Follow up July 2013: Impulse Plant Buying

Foliage Follow-up is sponsored by Pam Penick at her blog Digging for bloggers to highlight the foliage in our gardens on the 16th of each month.  For July 2013 I'm highlighting some of my recent impulse purchases.  I've never been much of an impulse shopper, preferring to stick to a plan for most of my purchases.  I take the opposite approach when shopping for plants and purchase many plants on a whim, choosing whatever looks interesting, colorful, and fun at the moment I'm in the garden center.

That's how I acquired this variegated St. Augustine grass.