Feb and March (I know, I know, I am posting these kinda late) is MAGNOLIA time here in the Bay Area. This tree is in front of a house we are planting at right now. This dark pink is one of my favorite colors. This front yard will have Achillea ‘Summer Wine’ to start echoing this same dark pink color in the summer time. It also has lighter pink to reds as the flowers age. It’s a pretty plant.
We also added these hilarious Loropetelum patio trees to the entrance. I don’t know why I am so in love with random plants being in patio tree form but here we are. Maybe it’s just the thought of some human thinking, “you know what would be cool? Let’s spend a lot of time and effort making sure this plant has a tall trunk and nice round ball at the top”. LOL. I do also love any kind of topiary for this same reason. Like, “Hey let’s make all these shrubs look like rabbits.” and everyone else is jumps up pumping their fists in the air, “ Let’s GOOOOOOOOOOO.”
Don’t worry, we will be removing the tree stakes soon. I put in some Liriope ‘Silvery Sunproof’ and then Grevillea ‘Mt. Tam’ to get some more pinks draping over the side of the pots. Pink and this coppery red/brown of the pots look good to me.
I aspire to have one of these someday.