The old adage, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again" is one every gardener lives by. For me, the living proof is none other than Blue Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata).
Blue agave with blue plumbago....so cool!
For most Texas gardeners, plumbago just grows and blooms without a care.
For me, I have struggled....until now.
Butterflies LOVE plumbago nectar!
This is my third year to grow this same plant and it is finally blooming like a champ. I find it weaving its way around agaves and spilling over a small stone ledge...just like you'd find in garden magazines!. It has well over a hundred clusters of blooms
and seems to be adding more each day!
Zinnias, gomphrena and blue plumbago in the front garden
It is easily one of my proudest gardening moments. Plumbago even loves our torrid August heat!
I love Plumbago!
I'll end with a funny story from my childhood.
Each summer I would spend a lot of time with my grandmother out on the farm. She had the most wonderful flower garden you could imagine.
One day while helping her pull weeds, I stopped and asked, "Grandma, why do your flowers all look perfect?"
"They don't."
"What you're looking at are only half my flowers."
Imagining some wonderful gardening secret I asked, "So where's the other half of your flowers, Grandma?"
She didn't even look up to answer, "They're all dead and I pulled them up!"
So much for perfect flowers!
I'll end with a funny story from my childhood.
Each summer I would spend a lot of time with my grandmother out on the farm. She had the most wonderful flower garden you could imagine.
One day while helping her pull weeds, I stopped and asked, "Grandma, why do your flowers all look perfect?"
"They don't."
"What you're looking at are only half my flowers."
Imagining some wonderful gardening secret I asked, "So where's the other half of your flowers, Grandma?"
She didn't even look up to answer, "They're all dead and I pulled them up!"
So much for perfect flowers!
All for now. Happy Gardening.
David/:0)
