New succulent pot

I made a new pot of succulents yesterday. Here's what's in it:

Tallest item: Cotyledon orbiculata
Directly in front of that: Kalanchoe longiflora coccinea
Foreground center: 6 rosettes of Graptosedum "California Sunset"
Left back: Sedeveria "Blue Mist"
Left front: Haworthia coarctata
Right, creeping over edge: Sedum burrito "Donkey Tail"

Bulbs blooming

Got a few results here. First is the paperwhites. I was expecting the daffs and muscari to flower at the same time, but I guess that was wishful thinking!

 Then we have the white hyacinths, smelling good too:

 

 And the other pots, still waiting for results here. Will those muscari ever flower???

Bamboo

Matt and I drove to Napa yesterday and bought a metal stock tank full of bamboo from a craigslister for $35! Even when you add the cost of gas and time, this was a bargain - and it looks very healthy. It was a major pain to get up the stairs into the house and through to the patio, but well worth the effort.

It's already leaning over the door - we'll need to tie it back a bit.

More bulbs

Today I filled some pots with bulbs. I am running out of space for them so I will probably add some to plastic pots and transplant to the garden when they are finished. The photos show the bulb placement before I filled the pots with compost, or added Muscari.

Round dish (left above):
12 white Hyacinths
5 Daffodil "White Lion"
15 Muscari



Square ceramic pot (left below):
5 Daffodil "Replete"
10 Daffodil"Fragrant Rose"
15 Muscari

Round ceramic pot:
10 Daffodil"Dutch Master"
6 white Hyacinth
15 Muscari

Still left to plant:
20 Daffodil"Dutch Master"
5 Muscari
10 Daffodil Tazetta "Golden Dawn"
5 Daffodils "Flowerdrift"
5 Daffodils "Fortissimo"
40 Daffodil "Ice Follies"

Yep... I think some of these will have to go out in the garden!

Bulbs

Today I planted 14 Narcissus "Geranium" in the Ficus pot.

I need to find another pot for the following, bought at the weekend:

40 narcissus "Ice Follies"
9 Hyacinth (white)
50 Muscari (blue)

New pots potted up today

I was going to add daffodil bulbs to a lot of pots today, but sadly the rain came on and the sun set before that happened. However, I did get the following done:

First large galvanized box (above left):
Yellow dwarf Canna (looking a bit bedraggled)
Juncus (curly)
Bacopa

Second large galvanized box (above right):
Black taro
Little wiry groundcover thing
Variegated pineapple mint
Juncus (curly)

Cordyline australis "Kiwi" - repotted
Kalanchoe beharensis - repotted (above right)
Lobelia cardinalis - cut back (above left)

New plant

Got a Cordyline australis "Kiwi Dazzler" today - yay!

Also sprayed the Asclepias for aphids (grr) and potted up an Aloe, a Crassula "Golum" (both above) and some other succulents. I didn't want to fill the entire tall pot the Aloe is in with soil so I put it in a plastic pot and perched that inside the tall one.Looks... OK, I guess.