Easter egg flowers
Happy Easter, happy spring, everyone! No cute pictures of bunnies or colored eggs here, but I do have Easter egg-colored flowers to share, if that works. Pictured above is my first winecup bud (Callirhoe involucrata ) amid the Texas bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis ).
A white rainlily, one of a handful that have appeared between the slabs of limestone in my new garden. I love surprises like this.
Gulf Coast penstemon (P. tenuis ), with white-barked Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana ) behind it.
A trio of pastel succulents
And a close-up of the bigger blue one
What would an Easter post be without a symbol of fertility? Since I have no bunnies or eggs, how about the ever-growing bloom stalk of the ‘Macho Mocha’ mangave?
Another look
Have a great weekend!
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Beautiful! Happy Easter to you and your family.
Cameron
Very nice Pam. I really like the succulents. So how much taller is that Macho Man going to get before the bloom opens?
I don’t know, Janet. I’ve never seen it bloom before. I’ve heard 8 feet, but this one seems to be slowing down at three and a half. —Pam
Nice Easter colors!
Love all the succulents, and if green isn’t the color of spring, what is? (Oh, right. Pastels. But you have those covered, too.) Happy Easter! (Hope a chocolate bunny finds its way to you.)
Love those pastels! Lovely succulents too. Your garden is looking beautiful.
Happy Easter, Pam!
Happy Easter Pam. Your garden looks pastel perfect this morning! gail
I love the white rainlily and the penstermon. So pretty!
Pam, I know nothing about mangaves. It won’t die after it flowers will it? I hope not. Happy Easter.~~Dee
I’ve been online to find out, but I’m still not entirely sure, Dee. Susan, a former garden blogger in Austin, commented that hers didn’t die after blooming, but it didn’t fully recover from the experience either. If mine declines significantly, I’ll replace it with one of the many pups coming up under its leaves. —Pam
Happy Easter to you.
Here in our part of Sweden the spring has just begin.
Ken
Surprises are always wonderful. Can’t get enough of those garden surprises. Happy Easter.
Here’s to many more happy surprises in your garden, Pam!
I remember when my aloe sent that big stalk up. I watched and watched it. I thought it would never bloom. Finally it did. And it was worth the wait. Sweet-smelling flower surprises are the greatest gifts. Happy Easter.
Brenda
The succulents are so fat and perfect. I can’t have them here–they melt–but I always love seeing them in other gardens when they look this good!
Aiyana
Happy Easter to you!!
Wow, that mangave is showing off its macho nature by the fast growing stalk, isn’t it? Is it like an agave, and will die after it blooms? I hope not! Happy Easter, Pam. Thanks for all your help over the past year.
I’m not sure, Robin. See my answer to Dee’s comment, above. Happy Easter to you too. —Pam
Wow! I love the winecups. I heard they were a bit persnickity to grow intentionally so hats off to you. The succulents are great too.
I haven’t had any trouble with winecups in either my old garden or my new, so maybe they aren’t as tricky as you’ve heard, Chrisf. I give them full sun and well-drained soil, and off they go! —Pam
Beautiful blooms for Easter!
Hi Pam.
Great pictures of you succulents, don’t you love the textural value of these plants!
The light quality through your rainlily is great.
Your symbol of fertility is a lot more palatable than the one in my latest post! Eww!
Have a happy Easter Sunday.
ESP.
Uh, yeah, ESP. I just took a peek-see at your fertility symbol. I’ll just say I’m glad I didn’t have to smell it. —Pam
Okay so today was our Hardy Plant Society sale in Portland. I managed to leave a ‘Macho Mocha’ mangave on the table and walk away. I look at your post and think what the #$%!@*&#!!!!! was I thinking! The sale is still on tomorrow I think I am going back…..darn you!
Sorry I meant to say darn….
okay I said d_a_r_n but it doesn’t show up that way!
It looks fine on my Mac, but on a PC this word does look a little more…intense. 🙂 Sorry about the font trouble. I’m going to replace it soon. —Pam
A rainbow right in your garden! Enjoy the day!
Happy Easter, Pam!
Lovely photos, Pam. I’ve been planning to plant creeping thyme between my patio flagstones, but now, after seeing your post, I’m thinking I’ll throw in a few rain lilies too. Happy Easter!
Such beauties in your garden Pam. I love the trio of succulents. I wish I could grow them in situ. They are always in a pot for me and never grow too large. Happy Easter.
Lisa, I assume these will die with the first freeze of next winter. I may dig them up, cover them, or just treat them as annuals—I’m not sure yet. —Pam
Those flowers are more lovely than easter eggs! Hope you had a wonderful day!
Oooooohhhh! What are those echeverias? I must know! Not E. imbricata … much prettier – I WANT ONE!!!
And your Mangave – what a stud!
XO
The echeverias are mysteries, Germi. They were unlabeled at the nursery, alas. —Pam
Is the Mangave stalk going to bend over at the top and have droopy-ish flowers? Or is that an unintentional kink? Sorry for the inane questions – I’ve never seen a real Mangave (we don’t seem to have them here in NZ) and I’m intrigued.
I never have either, Kerole. Well, I’ve seen agaves bloom, of course, but not a mangave, so it’s all new to me too. I think this kink has already straightened out. I’m posting a new picture on Bloom Day, so come on over and take a look. —Pam
Pam,
I love your ‘fertility symbol’ – very appropriate!
Yes, one of the best parts of taking over a pre-owned garden is the surprises.
Chloe M.
You crack me up, Pam:”I give them full sun and well-drained soil, and off they go!” In my garden, a well-drained spot in full sun would be way too precious for a magenta callirhoe!
Aren’t the white Cooper’s rainlilies beautiful? At our previous house I pried them from the ground and grew them in deck containers to save them from the deer. Now they grow in this garden.
It will be fun to see how tall the Mangave stalk can get. (BTW “Mangave”? Reminds me of the Manbra on Seinfeld).
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Annie, I think you should give a full-sun square to a 4″ pot of winecup. They just wind their way through the other plants, not really taking up precious space at all. When the stems pop out between other plants and find the sun, they bloom! They work very nicely amid irises. —Pam
Beautiful shots Pam. Very nice!!