Saturday, January 20. 2007
A Look Back
Everybody's gardengrows throughout the year, and the Costa Mesa Daily Pilot's garden is no exception:
Back at home, as with any gardener, the year offered success as well as failure. Additions during 2006 to my eclectic array of plants were 675 plants and 288 unique varieties.
At this point in my gardening life, the plants I crave are those that are likely of interest to only a handful of people.
My personal plant obsession has grown beyond sanity to border upon addiction. My current narcotic plant of choice is an obscure selection of tiny plants known as Oxalis, specifically those from a small area of South Africa. Much to my wife's dismay, my Oxalis collection continued to expand in 2006, numbering over 150 varieties.
Plants will always fluctuate in popularity. This year we continued to see big gains in the popularity of low-chill blueberries, succulents and Mediterranean plants. Meanwhile, other trends declined; noticeably cottage gardening, water gardening and lawn care.
At this point in my gardening life, the plants I crave are those that are likely of interest to only a handful of people.
My personal plant obsession has grown beyond sanity to border upon addiction. My current narcotic plant of choice is an obscure selection of tiny plants known as Oxalis, specifically those from a small area of South Africa. Much to my wife's dismay, my Oxalis collection continued to expand in 2006, numbering over 150 varieties.
Plants will always fluctuate in popularity. This year we continued to see big gains in the popularity of low-chill blueberries, succulents and Mediterranean plants. Meanwhile, other trends declined; noticeably cottage gardening, water gardening and lawn care.
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