Comments on: May Blooms – GBBD

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:35:29 +0000

I love the Phormium ad nauseum – its amazing that across the world, we have the same species of Phormium!

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:02:14 +0000

Nice blog, love the stone path. My Salvia chamaedryoides took ayear or 2 to take off & now it’s a blooming frenzy. Wait until you see that indigo blue bloom with the red phormium.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:57:04 +0000

The salvia is in our garden because we bought it for a job, but decided it didn’t match the other plants so we took it home. I really like them by themselves and they always tempt me at the nursery, but that intense cool blue is too hard to combine with other colors so don’t use them anymore.

By: lostlandscape(James)

lostlandscape(James) — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:13:53 +0000

Funny–I have a Salvia chamaedryoides not too far from my own phormium (not sure if it’s P. ad nauseum, but looks close to yours). I enjoy the salvia’s flowers, but the color is pretty intense and almost hostile to some of the colors around it.

By: joey

joey — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:03:02 +0000

I forgot about GBBD but always have lots happening in my garden. Love your flagstone path and border. So enjoyed visiting your stunning garden, anxious to return and spend more time. Thank you for sharing … a delight to see other May gardens. Gardeners are wonderful gifts!

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:30:39 +0000

Thanks, everyone. I’m really impressed at how many people participate in GBBD. Last I checked, there were almost 100 blogs in the link, so impressive.

Phormium ad nauseum is the official DryStoneGarden and BuenoLuna name for all phormiums.

The path in our outer garden is made of recycled concrete. It works great. It seems like most of the California blogs show clarkia at some point. It’s just such a good annual, probably the second best after poppies, I think, because they extend the wildflower season and they’re easy and there’s so many of them.