The Front Berm is a large ungainly mound that sits in the middle of our front yard. It is basically a huge pile of our red clay, mixed with lots of sand and punctuated with large boulders. We top dressed it with 6-8 inches of additional sand and lots of gravel. In this austere and extremely well drained garden we grow only western natives.
We garden in Sonora, California at an elevation of 2000' on red, granitic clay punctuated with frequent granite boulders. Our gardens are hot, dry, and very neglected.
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Front Berm
New Baby
05/19/2010 - 17:44
Every once in a while a new creature emerges from the garden. This year it was a small rosette of leathery leaves. I had been kind of ignoring it for a while, and suddenly it shot up a spike of flowers. The stem was tinted burgandy and it had the simple elegance I associate with Digitalis obscura. And then the flowers opened. It was serious love at first sight. I think it may be a hybrid of D. obscura. Whatever it is, I am hoping beyond hope that the seeds will be viable. Click on the photos below to see enlargement.
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