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.
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.
