Comments on: A Glorious Death – Spike http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/ by Ivette Soler Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chuck b. http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-275 chuck b. Sat, 16 May 2009 01:38:59 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-275 Is that Coleonema behind Agave in the first picture? Now that's an inspired pairing. Is that Coleonema behind Agave in the first picture? Now that’s an inspired pairing.

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-124 germinatrix Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:48:28 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-124 Hey there Pam! We are bloomspike mothers, you and I; with all of the ambivalence that comes with it, right? I love the drama of it all, but losing a plant is always sad. I am so glad your Mangave isn't going to bite it after blooming. PHEW! He is gorgeous... Kate my sweet! I am totally wanting my garden to be a place where the prehistoric and the terrifying emerge - you nailed it! Wait until you see my friend Laura's garden, I'm writing about it now - Monster Plants everywhere! That's what happen when you live here at the edge of civilization... pretty flowers are hard for us, but the odd and the spiky - bring it on! XOXO! Hi Nick! Right on! All of us ex-Domino bloggers doing it on our own ... I am linking to you immediately! An Elizabeth Peyton beach towel? See? Thank GOD you're blogging - we NEED to know about these things! (I love her, too) Haha ... Spike IS pretty Frankie, isn't he? Fellow garden blogger ESP has inspired me to re-name him 'Vlad' (the real Dracula was named Vlad the Impaler) GERMI SAYS RELAX t-shirts! Don't joke... I like it! XO friend! Hey there Pam! We are bloomspike mothers, you and I; with all of the ambivalence that comes with it, right? I love the drama of it all, but losing a plant is always sad. I am so glad your Mangave isn’t going to bite it after blooming. PHEW! He is gorgeous…

Kate my sweet! I am totally wanting my garden to be a place where the prehistoric and the terrifying emerge – you nailed it! Wait until you see my friend Laura’s garden, I’m writing about it now – Monster Plants everywhere! That’s what happen when you live here at the edge of civilization… pretty flowers are hard for us, but the odd and the spiky – bring it on!
XOXO!

Hi Nick! Right on! All of us ex-Domino bloggers doing it on our own … I am linking to you immediately!
An Elizabeth Peyton beach towel? See? Thank GOD you’re blogging – we NEED to know about these things! (I love her, too)

Haha … Spike IS pretty Frankie, isn’t he? Fellow garden blogger ESP has inspired me to re-name him ‘Vlad’ (the real Dracula was named Vlad the Impaler)
GERMI SAYS RELAX t-shirts! Don’t joke… I like it!
XO friend!

]]> By: Nick http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Nick Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:00:37 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-123 YOWZA! All that spike needs is a "GERMI SAYS RELAX" tee shirt. Hayloooo Ivette, it's Nick, your old chum from the glory days of Domino! SO GLAD you're back on this world wide garden web, and with such gusto! Brava, brava. Keep it up and check me out at http://nickolsenstyle.blogspot.com/ !!! X O X O Nick YOWZA! All that spike needs is a “GERMI SAYS RELAX” tee shirt.

Hayloooo Ivette, it’s Nick, your old chum from the glory days of Domino! SO GLAD you’re back on this world wide garden web, and with such gusto! Brava, brava. Keep it up and check me out at http://nickolsenstyle.blogspot.com/ !!!

X O X O
Nick

]]> By: Kate F. http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Kate F. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:20:37 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-122 HOLY CRAP! I have so never lived anywhere that these sorts of plants are common...It's all so prehistoric and terrifying! Awesome though. HOLY CRAP!
I have so never lived anywhere that these sorts of plants are common…It’s all so prehistoric and terrifying! Awesome though.

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Pam/Digging Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:28:07 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-120 Yes, that is quite eye-catching, Germi. Wow! These agave/mangave spikes are so fun to watch, but it is a bittersweet realization to see them start one. Yes, that is quite eye-catching, Germi. Wow! These agave/mangave spikes are so fun to watch, but it is a bittersweet realization to see them start one.

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-117 germinatrix Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:05:33 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-117 Wow, ESP - your Agave attenuata gave you SO MANY babies! And I love the way they look, all potted up en masse in the tiny terra cotta pots ... nice design idea! Follow the link and check them out, people! Mine isn't an attenuata, its a vilmoriniana - it doesn't have that rosette-like form; instead it has a very open, tentacle-y quality (hence its common name - Octopus Agave). I think the bloomspike doesn't curve the way the one on A. attenuata does, but I don't know! We have to wait and see - it is getting longer by the minute... on by the way, I don't think I left the name of Ganna Walska's garden on my comment to your post - Lotusland! It is BRILLIANT! Wow, ESP – your Agave attenuata gave you SO MANY babies! And I love the way they look, all potted up en masse in the tiny terra cotta pots … nice design idea!
Follow the link and check them out, people!

Mine isn’t an attenuata, its a vilmoriniana – it doesn’t have that rosette-like form; instead it has a very open, tentacle-y quality (hence its common name – Octopus Agave).

I think the bloomspike doesn’t curve the way the one on A. attenuata does, but I don’t know! We have to wait and see – it is getting longer by the minute…

on by the way, I don’t think I left the name of Ganna Walska’s garden on my comment to your post – Lotusland! It is BRILLIANT!

]]> By: ESP http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-113 ESP Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:33:32 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-113 Hi Evitte. Congratulations on your agave bloom! Got to love these plants. Here is one I had last year... http://east-side-patch.livejournal.com/1658.html This one was an Agave attenuata, is yours the same? You can see the pups that I propagated from the host ship in my most recent post. My "beanstalk" spiked upward, then arched over my property (and I am not boasting)! The bees went crazy over it when it bloomed in all of it's yellow flowered glory. It really was an amazing sight, quite a hole was left when it finally died and was finally extracted: http://east-side-patch.livejournal.com/7533.html Can't wait to see what yours does! ESP. Hi Evitte.
Congratulations on your agave bloom! Got to love these plants.
Here is one I had last year…

http://east-side-patch.livejournal.com/1658.html

This one was an Agave attenuata, is yours the same?
You can see the pups that I propagated from the host ship in my most recent post. My “beanstalk” spiked upward, then arched over my property (and I am not boasting)!
The bees went crazy over it when it bloomed in all of it’s yellow flowered glory. It really was an amazing sight, quite a hole was left when it finally died and was finally extracted:

http://east-side-patch.livejournal.com/7533.html

Can’t wait to see what yours does!
ESP.

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-112 germinatrix Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:01:55 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-112 You are so right, Dee - what else could they do after blooming like that? Get up and belt out a show-stopping rendition of "What I Did For Love"? Or do complex calculus in pen? No, best to check out at the very top of your game! Thanks for stopping by! And CoCo - I've been playing in the veg beds myself ... ah, so fun! You are so right, Dee – what else could they do after blooming like that? Get up and belt out a show-stopping rendition of “What I Did For Love”? Or do complex calculus in pen? No, best to check out at the very top of your game!
Thanks for stopping by!

And CoCo – I’ve been playing in the veg beds myself … ah, so fun!

]]> By: Dee/reddirtramblings http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Dee/reddirtramblings Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:41:20 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-111 Ah, it is a naughty garden. Hee, hee. I do love the exuberance of it all. I mean, what other flower is that dramatic? No wonder they die afterward. After all, they can't really top themselves can they?~~Dee Ah, it is a naughty garden. Hee, hee. I do love the exuberance of it all. I mean, what other flower is that dramatic? No wonder they die afterward. After all, they can’t really top themselves can they?~~Dee

]]> By: Compulsively Compiled http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/17/a-glorious-death-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Compulsively Compiled Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:39:41 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=99#comment-110 Wow, that's one of the best things about gardening, I learn something new every day! Thanks, Germi and yes, CoCo really is fun. I'm off to finally get in the veggie garden today, yeah! Wow, that’s one of the best things about gardening, I learn something new every day! Thanks, Germi and yes, CoCo really is fun. I’m off to finally get in the veggie garden today, yeah!

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