Pantops Garden Spring 2026

August 15 2026

Received two new plants from Plant Delights in pots:

12997 Agapanthus 'Prolific Blue' Agapanthus 'Prolific Blue' is a 1993 lily-of-the-Nile introduction from Washington's Don Duncan, that is both prolific and blue. Agapanthus 'Prolific Blue' has thrived in cold hardiness trials in Zone 6 Michigan since 2010, surviving -15 degrees F without protection, and still flowers beautifully. Each 30" tall spike is topped, starting in July (NC) with 100+ rich light blue flowers with dark blue keels and a white eyezone...spectacular, and a haven for native bumblebees. Rich, moist soils produce the best agapanthus. 

Zones: 6a to 10b, at least

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 30" tall

8250 Agapanthus 'Stevie's Wonder' Agapanthus 'Stevie's Wonder' is an introduction from California's Emerisa Gardens that we picked up on a West Coast swing many years ago...as much for the name as anything else. Over the years, this has been a star in our agapanthus trials for winter hardiness, deer-resistance, and outstanding flowering. The 2.5' to 3' tall (over 6' tall in the Pacific Northwest) spikes are topped with 4" ball-shaped heads composed of rich blue-violet, hummingbird-attracting flowers. We think you will find Agapanthus 'Stevie's Wonder' a superb garden-worthy clone, sure to be the sunshine of your life. We'll get yours on the way...signed, sealed, delivered.

Item #: 8250 

Zones: 7b to 10b, at least

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 36" tall

Culture: Sun to Part Sun

 

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Only three new plantings, all in the deck pots.

Caladium ‘Carolyn Whorton’ 

 Ordered 5 Feb

Caladium Summer Breeze	5	$12.00
Caladium Day Dreamer	5	$14.50
Caladium Apple Blossom	5	$12.00
Canna Australia	1	$15.75

 3rd one unavailable.  I don't think I asked for a replacement.

26 April planted them on deck.

Caladium one bulb DAY DREAMER-white red veins in small pot.   

 Rest in larger pot. with red dahlia from last year and year before, sprouted despite the very cold weather on the porch.

Canna with last year's canna remnant in large pot.   

Peony ostii bloomed magnificently, peak 7 April, too many blooms to count. 

 

 

Possible heron plantings

From BrentnBecky left  Echinacea Pow Wow® Wildberry  Showy, rose-purple flowers from early summer to early fall; gets better every year! Full to part sun; 18″-24″; WHZ 4-9; plug. right Echinacea – Butterfly™ Rainbow Marcella. same, different color

Agapanthus Northern Star bright violet-blue florets and more winter hardy than most make this Agapanthus a real stand out in the garden; blooms mid-summer to fall; a great choice in the garden, containers and arrangements; 28″-32″; WHZ 6-11; plug.

Pantops Garden Spring 2025

April 7  Beautiful P. Ostii 'Feng Dan Bai' blooms; Ida Lee harvested 6 or so thus I have no good count of blooms. I think there were about ten or 11.  Glorious Spring Day!

April 17 arrive Dville for Easter.  African daisy in full bloom; many peony buds but no blooms yet.  Crepe myrtle beginning to grow back from its murder, not sure about Mimosa.

Pantops Garden Spring 2024

 Tree peony had 11 blooms! P. Ostii 'Feng Dan Bai'

P. Bartzella bloomed for the first time since purchase.

Aechmea in bud May 2024.

Both peonies by road--to right of driveway and north of yellow iris (coral red) bloomed.

 Ordered from Brent and Becky's 3/11/23

Product	Total
Caladium Celebration – Angel Wings, Elephant Ears × 5	$16.00
Caladium Pink Splash – Angel Wings Elephant Ears × 5	$16.00
Agapanthus – Galaxy White × 1	$19.25
Canna Tenerife – Indian Shot – ‘Big Bang for Your Buck’ × 1

Water Line repair 2013

Above grey is old quest pipe; black, new pipe
 4 January 2023

Seth Cassaday visited to check on water use problem.  

Cut off water in house then checked the meter which still showed ca 40g per hour of consumption.  No obvious leaks.  

Conclusion: Main line from street must have a leak somewhere.
 Plan: dig around the entry point to the house outside dining room where problem was last time but was fixed.  

 If nothing is found, check between meter and access point Seth put in by big rock on W side of driveway.  

Next use wire to trace line under driveway and check for leaks at an intermediate point between dining room and big rock.  This will disturb driveway surface which will then need to be patched but if leak is found more digging will be needed in vicinity of leak, with subsequent patching.

6 Jan
Seth visited, old repair dug up, nothing found.  More explorations needed.

Proposed running new water line through old one, destroying it as it progressed.  About 230 feet.  Estimate of $6800 provided; we approved.

9 Jan

Seth dropped off backhoe, equipment truck.  Wet spot in cat room traced to drywall wetness in ceiling where light attaches. 

10 Jan 

Work began,  water off, on again at ca 4pm.  No cat room leak while water off.  It returned when water is on again,

11 Jan

 returned ca 10am to clean up, patch driveway,  traced leak to water line feeding ice maker on fridge above, water regulator is leaking.  Maytag repair (2011 Whirlpool fridge) coming 1/19.

 
In late 1945, Lucile was living on a beautiful tree-lined street at 124 E 37th St, New York, according to her passport, a historic 5-story townhouse built ca 1910 in Murray Hill between Park and Lexington Avenue\footnote{November 10, 1944, New York Times business financial section, Page 32:
Mrs. L. Bonnar, president of the Bonnar-Vawter Fanform Company, has purchased for occupancy the five-story dwelling at 124 East Thirty-seventh Street, near Park Avenue, from Mrs. Dora H. Weiss through the Madison Realty Company. }.   Visas in her passport date around 28 Dec 1945, for Guatemala, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile.

 Cuernavaca, Mexico.  Leaving this afternoon for Mexico City which is rather a pity because today is warm enough for a swim, so I won't swim.
Wonder of Wonders the mountains Popo and Ixta have been on view every day.  I did a very good sketch of them yesterday afternoon tho it was rather hard to sit down on account of my horse had bumps which gave me a couple of saddle sores in the course of a 3 hour ride,  It was nice tho and in spite of the cursed Mexican saddle I thoroughly enjoyed it.  We rode to a little village, 3 miles from here, called San Antonio.  This is located on a gorge (They call it a "barranca", the dopes) and El Salto does a daredevil dive over the lip of a giant cup formed by action of said river (yes, it's lots bigger than Bill's mustache cup) does two steps and 75 feet to a green pool.  From the bottom looking up you see a cookie shaped piece of sky and the towering rocky banks that seem to threaten to fall any minute.  It was a hard subject to sketch for my mediocre ability but I think I can work it up so people can tell the difference between the water and the banks.  Also got plenty flea bites and my upper lip is SWELLING.  Can you picture Am. Express consternation when the tenth passenger appears looking like one of those savages Mr. Ringling brought from the wilds of Africa (to his sorrow, I hear)?

Start at 10:00 A. M. in the morning on the dreary round of consulates.  Hope everything goes off according to plan.  Don't know hoe the cold sore will affect my health standing.

No films found so far and I'm sorry to report the weight of camera etc. was too much for the felt in the lovely bag--it's giving out so I'll go to the market and get one of those straw affairs.  It will hold cosmetics too and I can leave two pieces of luggage behind.

Have been sleeping a lot and believe I'm getting caught up.  My head itches tho.  Maybe dust.  I'll know the worst Wednesday when I get a shampoo.  It's my suspicious nature I guess.
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 She arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala on 11 Jan 1946 by air and left 15 Jan, according to passport stamps.  Several postcard views suggest she visited Antigua, to the east of Guatemala City while in Guatemala.  A stamp from Panama shows arrival by air there on 15 Jan; by 17 January she had arrived in Peru, at Limatambo in the Cuzco region.