Category Archives: clippings

tuesday clippings 4/1/14

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Denise

I sat down Sunday to write about the flu, earthquakes, and plant shows, but the blog server was down, so Sunday’s clippings has become Tuesday’s. And with the building I worked at today undergoing a bomb threat, I can’t remember … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, journal, succulents | Tagged Beaucarnia recurvata, Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame', Echeveria 'Ebony', Graptopetalum pentandrum ssp. superbum, Graptopetalum superbum, Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Papaver setigerum, Tillandsia fasciculata | 4 Comments

Sunday clippings 12/8/13

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Denise

(baby, it’s cold outside…) The cold front that’s been scaring the bejeezus out of Central Valley citrus growers hit new lows last night. The back garden temperature gauge registered 40 degrees at 7ish a.m., but that’s our moderating coastal influence … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, cut flowers, Occasional Daily Weather Report | Tagged Aeonium 'Zwartkop', Big Daddy's Antiques, Culver City, equisetum, equisetum spore dispersal, Helleborus argutifolius, holiday cheer, Remodelista Holiday Market Los Angeles, The Nutcracker ballet | 4 Comments

in the news

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Denise

Since the government shutdown, I’ve been checking in with The New York Times at an increasingly feverish pace, several times a day, (and doing little else, it seems), so it was in real time that the story on James Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, clippings, design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged Cindy McNatt, dirt du jour, Dustin Gimbel, James Golden, MB Maher, Michael Tortorello, non-secateur, Orange County Register, The Garden Conservancy Open Days, The New York Times, View From Federal Twist | 8 Comments

clippings 9/30/13

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Denise

While on the subject of concrete, precast manhole covers, stacked. I prefer to have a day’s worth of concrete projects if I’m going to drag all that mess out. Found at BHG here, but the link loads slow. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, clippings, pots and containers | Tagged concrete, fall-blooming bulbs, Fiona Apple, knotwork, Nerine sarniensis, nerines, Orange County's The Lab, sailor's doorstops, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Scarecrow | 5 Comments

monday clippings 8/5/13 (bromeliads and summer camp)

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Denise

It’s August and I’m craving a summer camp experience. Unfortunately, the summer camp bus left 40 years ago. So up there is my designated summer camp 2013. I admit accommodations are rustic and no-frills, but a short trip up the … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, creatures, journal, Plant Portraits | Tagged Aechmea 'Loies Pride', Aechmea nudicaulis, Alcanterea 'Volcano Mist', Beschorneria albiflora, Bilbergia ‘Violetta’, bromeliads, Colocasia 'Blue Hawaii', Dyckia dawsonii, Hohenbergia ‘Leopoldo Hortstii’, Neoregelia concentrica, South Bay Bromeliad Associates | 13 Comments

monday clippings 4/29/13

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Denise

I was living large with orange marmalade on my bagel this morning, after trying it on some excellent shortbread Sunday afternoon. I first tasted then bought the marmalade from the Arlington Garden in Pasadena yesterday, where it’s made from their … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, garden visit, succulents | Tagged Arlington Garden, bromeliads, Echeveria aff. potosina, Garden Conservancy Open Days, Haworthia cuspidata, Haworthia greenii, Huntington Botanical Garden Plant Sale, Huntington Botanical Gardens, labyrinths, Papaver rhoes, Pasadena CA | 1 Comment

tuesday clippings 3/26/13

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Denise

Nothing too thematic, just some odds and ends. To prove I left the plant sale tables briefly and did a lap in the show room at the recent Orange County CSSA show, here’s a Dyckia ‘Brittle Star’ hybrid that won … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, Occasional Daily Photo, plant crushes, Plant Portraits | Tagged Agave americana var. striata, Dyckia 'Brittle Star', Geranium maderense 'Alba', Isoplexis isabelliana, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', pittosporum, poppies, Prostranthera ovalifolia 'Variegata, tillandsias | 8 Comments

clippings 2/26/13

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Denise

Work has piled up, so there’s little time for much else. But something I can always squeeze in while under deadlines are small breaks to read catalogue descriptions of plants. And with impeccable timing, a great Australian plant nursery catalogue … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Anthemis 'Susanna Mitchell', Argemone munita, Digging Dog Nursery, Lambley Nursery, Salvia africana-lutea | 3 Comments

which way to the garden?

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Denise

Ever click on a house tour article that opens with a photo like this, hoping to see a few more photos of the landscape? If the article is about a house for sale on the island of Barbados, I’m betting … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, design | Tagged "House Hunting in Barbados" by Nina Roberts, Barbados, Garden Design magazine, photographer Julie Chabaud, The New York Times | 4 Comments

sunday clippings 12/16/12

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Denise

I was skimming through the design archives of the Wall Street Journal online yesterday, a wonderful trove of good reading, and recognized the pressed leaves of Macleaya cordata, the plume poppy, used by the shoe designer Christian Louboutin to decorate … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, plant nurseries | Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Christian Louboutin, Crithmum maritimum, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Geranium maderense 'Alba', Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis', Macleaya cordata, Mina lobata, Mirabilis jalapa 'Limelight', Orlaya grandiflora, Passiflora loefgrenii, pressed leaves, reseeding plants, Senecio stellata, Solanum pyracantha, Teucrium hircanicum, The Wall Street Journal, Thompson & Morgan seeds | 4 Comments