![]() oblonga 'Flavida' sends up 12-18 inch tall flower stalks crowned with a cluster of dangling pale-orange tubular flowers with recurved petals that entice hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators in summer. The flowers of Chalky Finger Aloe are quite attractive and differ from the apetalous Senecio varieties of chalksticks. oblonga 'Flavida' is a drought tolerant South African succulent that is sure to add beauty and interest to the landscape for years.Ĭhalky Finger Aloe is a small, succulent shrub with thick leaves that resemble fingers covered with a chalk-like dust and has beautiful flower clusters with pale-orange blooms. To date, they’ve painted a house, built their dining room table, remodeled a bathroom, installed custom floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in Jamie’s dream office, and built the raised garden beds that are the inspiration for In the Weeds.Cotyledon orbiculata var. ![]() Jamie and her husband are fond of home improvement projects, even if they challenge their marital status. ![]() We expanded our flower beds, replaced a brick border with new stone, planted lots of new perennials just days before the first frost, and stayed married! Last fall, my husband and I finally finished a project we’d put off all summer (and the summer before that, if we’re being honest). I mean, how much fun would it be if the project didn’t take 10 days longer than expected with several unexpected twists and turns along the way and the threat of a hard frost or snow? You also need a person who feels confident in their mediocre gardening abilities and proclaims it better than they had imagined.Įvery project needs at least two people with the same end goal but wildly different ideas about how to actually accomplish it, just to keep it exciting. You also need one who wants to go to bed and will finish in the morning.Įvery marriage needs someone who worries the finished product might not look as good as they hoped and wants to bring in a second opinion. You also need the person who will drive to the store and just buy a new one already before someone gets impaled trying to use the broken handle.Įvery marriage needs one person to snap a chalk line to ensure everything is on the straight and narrow and another who thinks maybe you could just wing it and save a bit of time.Įvery marriage needs one strong person to dig up the sod, move the soil and carry the stone and another to get on their hands and knees and plant the flowers.Įvery marriage needs one person who will work late into the night by headlamp to get just one more stone laid. You also need one person who is an excellent eye-roller and reminds the other that no one else is going to notice or care if it’s perfectly perfect.Įvery marriage needs one person who tries for too long to re-attach the wheelbarrow handle that snaps off while it’s carrying a too-heavy load of stone. ![]() Or the year after.Įvery marriage needs one person who measures, remeasures, checks, double checks and triple checks that everything is perfectly level throughout an entire project. You also need one person who thinks your existing landscaping looks good enough so maybe you should put the project off until next year. Every marriage needs one person who has a vision of an expansive project with new stone, shrubs, perennials and annuals that will make the front yard really pop.
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