Category Archives: clippings

friday clippings 12/7/12

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Denise

The tulips are planted, and now the vegetable bin in the fridge is once again restored to its rightful purpose of chilling vegetables. I went beyond the required six weeks of prechilling this year, but overchilling is not the problem … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, clippings, plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Aloe polyphylla, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Far Reaches Farm, Gertrude Jekyll, glaucium, High Country Gardens closure, Lincoln Avenue Nursery, Native Sons plant nursery, Othonna cheirifolia, Senecio viravira, Sideritis oroteneriffae, Sideritis syriaca, silver foliage | 5 Comments

porpoising (sunday clippings 11/18/12)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Denise

Surfacing briefly, like the porpoises I watched slicing the surface of the ocean on the ferry boat crossing to Catalina Island Friday. A visit mostly all business*, the pleasure coming mainly from the 30-minute walk to the conference room at … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, succulents | Tagged Aloe capitata var. quartzicola., Calfiornia, Catalina Island, Hibiscus acetosella, Ken Burns documentary The Dust Bowl, Tetrapanax papyrifer, Verbascum 'Clementine', Wrigley Botanical Garden | 11 Comments

monday clippings 9/24/12

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Denise

It may technically be autumn, but the high temps and torpor of summer persist. I’m feeling a bit muzzled by the heat, but stuff is still getting done. Agave parrasana ‘Fireball’ was moved to a larger pot this weekend. As … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Agave 'Dragon Toes', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Far Reaches Farm, Olearia virgata v. lineata 'Dartonii | 6 Comments

friday clippings 8/17/12

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Denise

August is not a month to be trifled with. Spring comes so early here, with winter more a brief, rainy intermission than a season, that by August I really need to 1) loosen compacted clay soil that refuses to absorb … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, clippings, plant nurseries, succulents | Tagged Aeonium nobile, Begonia hatacoa 'Silver Jewel', Christopher Lloyd, Pelargonium 'Crocodile', Sisyrinchium striatum, tulips, Western Hills Nursery | 8 Comments

Friday clippings 6/29/12

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Denise

Lobelia tupa from Chile is blooming for the first time in my garden, thereby making everything right again with the world. Long time coming, Ms. Tupa. The color on the lobelia is deeper than salmon but slightly less intense than … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, design, journal, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave bovicornuta, Agave guadalajarana, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, CSSA, Dahlia 'Chat Noir', dahlias, expanded steel, Huntington Botanical Gardens, industrial salvage, Lepismium cruciforme, Lobelia tupa, Petunia axillaris, Petunia integrifolia, Portulaca molokiniensis, Teucrium betonicum | 7 Comments

saturday’s clippings 5/12/12

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Denise

Quote of the week: “I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus,” philosophized a 26-year-old woman who torched a 3,500-year-old bald cypress known as The Senator last January, one of the 10 oldest trees on earth, while … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, clippings, journal, Plant Portraits, shop talk, succulents | Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Anemanthele lessoniana, Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', Argyranthemum haouarytheum, Cotinus 'Grace', Cra, Crassula expansa subsp. fragilis, Hesperaloe parviflora, Nancy Ondra, Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Ornithogalum dubium, Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', Salvia canariensis var. candissima, Salvia wagneriana, Stipa arundinacea | 5 Comments

friday’s clippings 5/4/12

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Denise

Spring is such a great whoosh of a season, isn’t it? A spring weekend really needs to be four days to accommodate all the incredible stuff there is to do. Let’s get those bright minds in Congress on that right … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, design, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged Anais Nin, Jane Jacobs, Janes' Walk, Los Angeles, Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, Richard Neutra, spring garden tours, Venice Home and Garden Tour 2012 | 1 Comment

Saturday’s Clippings 4/28/12

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Denise

I enjoyed this article very much earlier in the week, well worth a Sunday read: “Any patch of earth, large or small, turns out to be a mad surprise party of species — fluid, unpredictable and wild — and a … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, clippings, design, garden ornament, garden visit, plant nurseries, pots and containers, science | Tagged "Counting Species on a Little Patch of Earth", Agave 'Felipe Otero', Agave attenuata 'Kara's Stripes', Agave attenuata 'Raea's Gold', Agave Coast Landscapes, arctotis, B&D Lilies, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Catalina Ironwood, Desert to Jungle, Dustin Gimbel, Fermob garden chairs, Gary Hammer, Huntington Botanical Garden plant sale April 2012, Laura Dalton, Lily 'Lankon', Lyonothamnus floribundus, Potted gifts for the garden, San Marcos Growers, Sarah Robinson/Sarah's Gardens, Second Nature Garden Design, South Coast Plaza Spring Garden Show, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times | 2 Comments

friday’s clippings 4/20/12

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Denise

Friday’s Clippings is a handy blog closet into which accumulated stuff can be shoved at the end of the week, things I want to refer to again that might be of wider interest. And speaking of odds and ends shoved … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, creatures, design, garden travel, garden visit, journal, science | Tagged Colony Collapse Disorder, Dustin Gimbel, Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, neonicotinoid insecticides, South Coast Plaza, Southern California Spring Garden Show 2012, Why Trees Matter by Jim Robbins | 2 Comments

friday’s clippings 4/6/12

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Denise

I trust we’ve all safely arrived at the doorstep of this spring weekend relatively intact. My car is in the shop from a minor crash a few weeks back, my first since I can’t remember when, and the rental has … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, Cinema Botanica, clippings, creatures, journal, Plant Portraits, shop talk | Tagged Abbey Hotel, Allium schubertii, alliums, Bonhams, Chateau Marmont, Chelsea Hotel, Colony Collapse Disorder, Irish wolfhound, Jean Shrimpton, Rob Walls photographer, Rose 'Bouquet d'Or', Terence Stamp | 3 Comments