Comments on: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: June 2009 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/16/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2009/ Oakleaf Green Landscape Design is a boutique organic landscaping firm specializing in design for lower maintenance, drought tolerance, and native plants. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/16/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Andrew Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:06:29 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=871#comment-34 Lanata has a much smaller, more silvery leaf -- this guy has some leaves that are as big as my hand. My suspicion would be that humidity's a factor. They're Mediterranean plants, so I imagine they like that dry heat. The flowers on these lean a bit sometimes, but they've never flopped. I'm trying a new one called Phlomis cashmeriana, planted tiny but growing like gangbusters. Hoping for good things! (Did it email you when I replied to this, BTW?) Lanata has a much smaller, more silvery leaf — this guy has some leaves that are as big as my hand. My suspicion would be that humidity’s a factor. They’re Mediterranean plants, so I imagine they like that dry heat. The flowers on these lean a bit sometimes, but they’ve never flopped.

I’m trying a new one called Phlomis cashmeriana, planted tiny but growing like gangbusters. Hoping for good things!

(Did it email you when I replied to this, BTW?)

]]> By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens (Texas) http://www.oakleafgreen.com/2009/06/16/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-33 mss @ Zanthan Gardens (Texas) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:06:34 +0000 http://www.oakleafgreen.com/?p=871#comment-33 Is there a difference between Phlomis russeliana and Phlomis lanata? The latter name is what my Jerusalem sage was sold under. It looks great in April and May here but it really hates the heat, although it survives it. It just wilts every day. It's incredibly easy to root from cutting, though. Is there a difference between Phlomis russeliana and Phlomis lanata? The latter name is what my Jerusalem sage was sold under. It looks great in April and May here but it really hates the heat, although it survives it. It just wilts every day. It’s incredibly easy to root from cutting, though.

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