365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Scaevola From Down Under
Day 227: As I was wandering around Watson's Nursery looking for annuals for my hanging baskets, I encountered this relatively new introduction to the US gardening scene. Scaevola is an Australian/Polynesian species, known commonly as Fan Flower or Half-Flower. It has trailing stems, a long flowering period, and purportedly tolerates forgetful watering, a feature I hope not to put to the test. It comes in a number of different colours. It seems to grow fairly rapidly. Mine have only been in the baskets a few weeks and are already starting to hang over the sides, flowers emerging at almost every node. I think I'm going to like this one!
Labels:
Fan Flower,
gardening,
Half-Flower,
hanging baskets,
Scaevola
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