Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Wednesday Vignette (and Foliage Follow-up), what a mess!

Lots of messy/leafy vignettes to choose from for today's post — but I wasn't really in a choosing mood so I'm sharing several — all courtesy of Clifford, our big-leaf Magnolia and a windy night.

Please note the subtle Agave spear...

And the leaf threaded, skewer-style, on an Agave striata spike.

If this dropping of leaves seems a little late to you then I'll let you in on a secret. It actually happened a couple of weeks ago. This was to be my WV last week, but then the election threw me for a loop and I had to go another direction. Life sometimes takes a turn. But anyway...

This may be my favorite, I mean everyone knows an Agave "leaf" can cause harm but how about the leaf of a Darlingtonia californica? Yep...after all they are carnivorous (chomp chomp...).

Wait...was I just choosing favorites? Sammy + Clifford...kinda like Chocolate and Peanut Butter.

The Trachycarpus didn't want to be left out.

Wednesday Vignettes are hosted by Anna at Flutter & Hum. And since this post is all about foliage, fallen-foliage, I'm also joining up with Pam at Digging, for her Foliage Follow-up focus.

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38 comments:

  1. Those are some seriously big leaves. At least they're easily grabbed, I guess, like picking up party napkins off the floor after a blow-out party. I always get a kick out of seeing fallen leaves speared by agaves and yuccas too.

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    1. Great exercise too, walking around the garden doing squats.

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  2. Have to say I really enjoyed seeing someone else's garden buried under leaves. Once they start coming down it seems like it goes on forever.

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    1. I guess that was a nice thing about this event. They trickled down for a couple of days but then the big one hit and BAM! There they were.

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  3. Wow - what a show! I think my fave is Sammy + Clifford, but the pitcher plants made me chuckle too. You will be proud of me, Loree. I just succumbed to my plant addiction by buying a 5' Magnolia start. I have NO idea where I'm going to put it, but I know that I cannot possibly resist it. I really love those big leaves too much - how they are yellow on one side and this silvery purple on the other. Resistance is futile...

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  4. That must have been one heck of a windstorm! Maybe you could lay the leaves in an overlapping pattern on your dining room table, top with all of your books until the leaves dry for a very cool Thanksgiving tablecloth! Or not...

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    1. Ha, "or not"...I've used a few here or there. They really are quite large though, and with a small house they easily overwhelm.

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  5. I've been picking those big leaves up for a while now too but yours look much more interesting than mine. Good times.

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    1. Maybe it's just that I've got more open space to see them in?

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  6. So 'Big Leaf Magnolia' is not just some clever name. :)
    The pitcher plants spearing the leaf definitely deserves a second look and a chuckle!

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    1. I was kind of shocked by that one, they're not sharp so I couldn't help but get a metal image of them gnawing their way through.

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  7. Wow! That is quite an amazing spread of fallen leaves. To be truthful, the photos of Cotinus leaves in my WV today were taken a couple of weeks ago too. Most of the branches are bare now.

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    1. Well good to know you're not living in some strange banana belt.

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  8. OMG...I don't think I could have imagined that scene if you hadn't shown it!

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    1. It's pretty crazy. I'm glad they mostly end up in my garden. As one who spends a lot of time cleaning up the neighbors leaves (which they generously leave in place until the wind or rain moves them into my garden) I'd hate to give them to someone else to deal with.

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  9. These are the most photogenic leaves ever!

    Wouldn't you love to actually SEE one of them being pierced by an agave spine? That would be so cool.

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    1. I think I'd most like to witness the skewer in slow-mo.

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  10. It looks like a tree had a party!

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  11. Clifford appears to be the Pigpen of the plant world. Still, it does seem considerate that he dropped his mess all at once rather than a little here and a little there (as my Magnolia grandiflora does). I love the Sammy+Clifford vignette - a floral arranger couldn't have done better than that mash-up.

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    1. Why is that vignette so appealing? I love both of the plants but those two leaves together just become something else entirely. Maybe it's the texture and color differences?

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  12. If you see it the right way, that first photo looks like regular-sized (small) leaves on a miniature garden. 8^)

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    1. I'll just have to believe you on that one, try as I might I can't see it that way.

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  13. Sammy & Clifford together could pass for one of your vase creations.

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    1. You made me smile with that observation Ricki.

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  14. "Sammy + Clifford" is an absolutely magnificient photo!

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  15. So I have to ask, do you have any concerns about Cliffords' eventual size and the amount of shade he'll be throwing around your back garden ? I'm struggling with that issue right now and will be having a tree removed this winter. But those fabulous leaves !

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    1. Yes and no. He's already shading parts of the patio in a way that is both a curse and a blessing. If I had it to do all over again I would plant him further north, rookie error! Then again I do love laying in bed and looking out the window to see him standing guard.

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  16. Nature is artful, and so are your interpretations and your photographs. Nice.

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  17. oooh, i loved seeing the few fallen leaves from my small Magnolia M. and I can't wait until I get a whole entire carpet of fallen leaves from it!

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    1. The array shown here, filled my yard waste container...full up! You've been warned.

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  18. This makes me laugh. It's like the morning after scene following a wild plant party.

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    1. I love the idea that my plants were partying.

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  19. What fun pictures...I am sure it wasn't fun to clean up but the pictures made me smile!

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