Plant Partners – Meadow Agave
I have been thinking about starting a new regular feature and this picture has made me decide to do it. I am not sure what regularity I carry this on, but I am on the look out for whatever I can find. This feature I am speaking of is exciting plant combos…Plant Partners…pairings that are not just pretty, but something that is truly knock your socks off, I haven’t seen that before, whoa stop the bus, down right cool. If you have a combo you have created or seen, snap a photo, email it to me and I will share it here.
This first up is a shot taken by Michelle Derviss at Garden Porn. It was taken at Cornerstone Gardens in California. A great photo and a stunning combo.
It is Agave Americana and I am not sure exactly the name of the purple clover and the grass and the little yellow flower. Do you know what they are? Let us know in the comments….
S@sha said,
August 18, 2009 @ 11:20 am
The grass looks like Nassella tenuissima (formerly called Stipa tenuissima) or thread grass. It self seeds easily and is highly drought tolerant.
More info: http://www.highcountrygardens.com/catalog/product/92950/
Don’t know what the clover flower is.
michelle d. said,
August 18, 2009 @ 12:07 pm
S@sha nailed it correctly, the grass is Stipa tenuissima. The purple drum stick looking flower is Allium sphaerocephalon – drum stick allium .
This combination was crafted by the fabulous design team at Oehme and van Sweden in Sonoma at the Cornerstone Festival of Gardens.
Cornerstone is hosting a new cutting edge garden show coming up in September 18-20.
All the regular exhibition gardens in the complex, including Oehme and van Sweden’s will be open to the public as well as 20 (+/-) new temporary designs .
Rochelle, thanks for posting that photo. It is one of my favorite combinations.
I look forward to your new series.
best,
Michelle
Jennifer said,
February 9, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
the yellow is a smallish (newly unfurled?) California Poppy.
I posted my pics here:
http://degraafassoc.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/garden-of-contrasts/