previous
  • Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
    Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
  • Backyard Makeover Game
    Backyard Makeover Game
  • How to Start a Vegetable Garden
    How to Start a Vegetable Garden
  • Garden Catalog Collector
    Garden Catalog Collector
  • Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
    Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
  • Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
    Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
  • Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
    Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
  • Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
    Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
  • Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
    Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
  • 15 Deer-Resistant Plants
    15 Deer-Resistant Plants
  • Design an Engaging Entryway
    Design an Engaging Entryway
  • 25 Robust Summer Bloomers
    25 Robust Summer Bloomers
  • Enchanting Japanese Maples
    Enchanting Japanese Maples
  • Variegated Plants Create Drama
    Variegated Plants Create Drama
  • The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
    The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
  • Cool-Season Annuals
    Cool-Season Annuals
  • Building a Compost Bin
    Building a Compost Bin
  • Find the Perfect Tomato
    Find the Perfect Tomato
  • How to Grow Raspberries
    How to Grow Raspberries
  • Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
    Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
  • All About Starting Seeds
    All About Starting Seeds
  • A gardener's checklist for early summer
    A gardener's checklist for early summer
  • Big Flowers from Bigleaf Hydrangeas
    Big Flowers from Bigleaf Hydrangeas
  • Off With Their Heads: Deadheading Perennials
    Off With Their Heads: Deadheading Perennials
  • 10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
    10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
next

Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


A juicy combo for a container

comments (4) March 5th, 2010 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
7 users recommend
Click here to enlarge this photo. Click the image to enlarge.

Click here to enlarge this photo.

Photo: Michelle Gervais
Add CommentAdd Comment
PrintPrint

This combo might be juicy, but it also has teeth! The flame-licked leaves of Tropicanna canna (Canna 'Phasion', Zones 8-11) are the perfect backdrop for the flashy orange spines of this porcupine tomato (Solanum pyracanthum, annual). Note that the orange flower in front doesn't belong to this prickly plant. Rather, it is a pot marigold (Calendula officinalis cv., annual).

Welcome to the Fine Gardening Garden Photo of the Day blog! Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or add us to your RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.

If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.

 

Add CommentAdd Comment PrintPrint
Back to List

Comments (4)

Ruth writes: salsaman, if you're looking for black lashing cord for trellises, you can purchase it here: http://www.gardeners.com/Black-Lashing-Cord/VegetableGardening_Accessories,31-494,default,cp.html?SC=ALTRT666 Posted: 9:29 am on March 11th
salsaman writes: I cannot find black lashing tape. Please tellme a cource3. Posted: 4:51 pm on March 10th
Wood_Nymph writes: Nice plants, but not together. Posted: 4:27 pm on March 5th
KariLonning writes: Interesting group of leaves! Posted: 2:15 am on March 5th
You must be logged in to post comments. Click here to login.