Dammit! Okay, now what should I plant there?

This is not a happy post.

Back in July I shared a couple shots of this Agave ovatifolia as it was looking pretty rough. I was holding out hope that it would somehow make a turn for the better, after all the center was still solid.

Not anymore. Dammit!

That's it there in the corner of the front garden. It's prime location, where something special should be.

Here's a photo in better light, from the 20th Anniversary Then and Now post. 

So against logic I want to plant another agave out there, I mean the one that's dying was happy for eight years. I have a few in waiting. On the left is an Agave ovatifolia (not 'Frosty Blue') and on the far right Agave 'Sharkskin'. I know a few other folks that have had long term success with 'Sharkskin' in the ground here in Portland, so it *could* work.

This poor guy would love to get in the ground.

Because I got nervous when so many other Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue' around town started blooming, I've been growing on these two for when my big guys against the house in the front garden start to go (since they were tissue cultured many are about the same age).

They're pretty sweet (again, bad light... I took most of these photos with my phone late in the evening).

So another shot, to get you thinking. This one from last September, when all was well. What would YOU plant out there at the corner? Cause as soon as we have a coolish day it's time to say good by to the sad agave. Oh and a caveat, it's too late in the summer to plant out an agave. If I decide to go that route I won't be able to plant it until next spring. So maybe a temporary plant to fill the space until then?

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Labor Day...

August 1st I remember thinking how quickly June and July had flown by, but how lucky that all of August stretched out ahead. And now it's September 1st, Labor Day... the end of meteorological summer, the end of summer for those who go by the school year. Of course it's really still summer through September 22nd...

I thought it would be fun to mark the day (Labor Day) with this collection of watering cans I saw during a Hardy Plant Society of Oregon open garden last month, after all laboring in our gardens (over the long, hot, dry summer) means watering, whether you're moving around hoses or hauling vintage cans like these...

vintage metal watering cans as seen in Jennifer Buss' garden

 

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