New plants at Johnnye Merles!

September 2010

www.purtyplants.com

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Does anyone notice?

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Still delving into the ancient aloe in search of structure. Somewhere in there is a form, waiting to be freed.

Scenes from the Sherman Oaks Garden Tour 2018 -- For more photos and gardening content, visit A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch

Ely, Cambridgeshire, England

Rosemary is a beautiful Mediterranean native to choose for a drought tolerant garden. Choose upright hedge or sprawling ground cover types. For more information about growing rosemary visit GardenZeus.com.

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Pink and green spikey flower of the Mulla Mulla plant from Australia

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Scenes from the Sherman Oaks Garden Tour 2018 -- For more photos and gardening content, visit A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch

Mimulus aurantiacus; "Sticky Monkey Flower"

Brightly colored flowers in shades of red and orange adorn this and several related Mimulus species that are native to California's chaparral and coastal sage scrub habitats.

Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

March 26, 2010.

Alyogyne, a drought-tolerant member of the Hibiscus Family. Photo by Melanie Martinez