Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Wednesday Vignette - best laid plans

As I mentioned on Monday I just returned from a week away. A week away from my garden. In spring. A week that included the longest dry and sunny stretch Portland had seen since November. I wasn't supposed to be gone that week, but being sick caused things to shuffle a bit and that's how it ended up. Best laid plans go awry. Naturally I walked the garden studying ever detail before I left, that's when I spotted the new growth and flower buds on the variegated Daphniphyllum...

Wednesday Vignettes are hosted by Anna at Flutter & Hum.

UPDATE...by popular request I've added a photo of what the plant looks like today. The bright sunshine plays with the color but here you have it...

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24 comments:

  1. AlanApril 06, 2016

    So pretty! That looks exactly like the type of thing that a deer would chomp off. :(

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    1. AnonymousApril 06, 2016

      Don't jinx it, Alan!!

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    2. danger gardenApril 06, 2016

      Thankfully there are no deer here...

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  2. outlawgardenerApril 06, 2016

    Very exciting and purty too! Thought of you recently when I was at Heronswood and saw their huge specimen of variegated Daphniphyllum. Hope your week away was good and that your garden survived without you.

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    1. danger gardenApril 06, 2016

      That's the second one of these I'd ever seen. The first was at John Kuzma's garden.

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  3. AnonymousApril 06, 2016

    So, now that you're home - what does it look like now?

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  4. Kris PetersonApril 06, 2016

    It's a gorgeous thing...

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  5. www.ravenscourtgardens. comApril 06, 2016

    A welcoming home bloom!

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  6. UnknownApril 06, 2016

    I second Anna's ? That was then, what is now?

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    1. danger gardenApril 06, 2016

      See above...(I try to please)

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    2. UnknownApril 11, 2016

      They look all dressed up for a Hawaiian war dance.

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  7. tvojtApril 06, 2016

    That is one amazing plant! In the second photo, it looks so anthropomorphically fashionable, ready for the runway.

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  8. AlisonApril 06, 2016

    Such a beautiful plant! It really seems to be thriving for you.

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    1. danger gardenApril 06, 2016

      And I hope it continues. I will be extremely bummed if anything happens to it.

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  9. Beth at PlantPostingsApril 06, 2016

    Lovely, and I'm happy you're home and feeling better. Also, thankful that you bowed to peer pressure and shared a "today" vignette. ;-)

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    1. danger gardenApril 06, 2016

      Thanks Beth...and today was an amazingly beautiful day...life is good!

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  10. Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)April 06, 2016

    I've said it before, but I will say it again: You have the coolest plants!

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  11. Jenn B-Victory or Death GardenApril 06, 2016

    Is it just me or does the wide shot evoke hula dancers??...loving this plant, any ideas on how it does in heat?

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  12. laura @ gravy lessonsApril 06, 2016

    Of all the plants that you grow, this is the one that I envy the most! It's gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the update shot.

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  13. UnknownNovember 08, 2019

    love the Variegated Daphniphyllum i have Daphniphyllum teijsmannii 'Mountain Dove' which os also beautiful. I would live to have your as well.

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