Japanese Holly Fern Cyrtomium falcatum
Butterfly, or African iris – there are so many varieties available. Dietes bicolor or Moraea grandiflora – I’ll make a note of which it this spring when they flower. I am pretty sure it is Dietes bicolor Moraea grandiflora
Cattails on my Live Oak Querus virginiana
Shumard Red Oak – Quercus shumardii leaves are budding.
Tri-color Ginger – Stromanthe sanguinea ‘Triostar’ combines beautiful texture and color.
Rocky Top Lettuce Mix
Thanks to Pam at Digging for creating Foliage Follow-up. To see more fantastic textures and shapes, head over to Foliage Follow-Up.
Jacqueline D'Elia Freelance garden writer, photographer, wordpress blog designer, and computer geek. Earned a BS in Horticulture at Texas A&M. She gardens in Houston Texas and enjoys growing organic food in her raised bed garden. You can follow her garden antics on Twitter @JDElia.
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
I love the freshness and hopefulness of the unfurling new leaves. Lovely pics, Jackie. Thanks for participating.
BTW, I think your bicolor iris may be something else. The leaves look perhaps thinner and floppier than the Dietes bicolor?
Your lettuce photos makes me hungry! Lovely photos. Looks like your Shumard is a couple weeks ahead of mine. Seeing your live oak reminds me of how I DON’T miss that pollen in my backyard!
Those are beautiful photos. I cannot wait to see them in full bloom. Thanks to the new spring season I am highly excitied to start building my gardens. Good luck and keep up the great work on this blog.