Category Archives: Bulbs

notes on some spring plant sales

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Denise

Is that a water pistol in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? I’ve been hearing from friends in the retail nursery business that the new water restrictions have them very worried. Indeed, I’ve been told retail … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, climate, design, garden travel, journal, pots and containers | Tagged botanical garden plant sales, Dierama pendulum var. robustum, Flora Grubb Gardens, Fullerton Arboretum Green Scene, Huntington Botanical Garden 2015 Plant Sale, Leucadendron argenteum, Leucadendron laxum, Plectranthus zuluensis, Protea neriifolia, Rudbeckia maxima, San Francisco Botanical Garden plant sale | 11 Comments

Wednesday clippings 4/15/15 (water on the brain)

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Denise

Finally, a chance to spend some time with the blog again. There’s been lots of reading to catch up on, after the guv dropped that bombshell. (Pass the almonds.*) One of the best sources of information I’ve found was right … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, books, Bulbs, climate, clippings, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Agave franzosinii, and Bart O’Brien, Australia, Berkheya purpurea, Beth Chatto's The Dry Garden, Bob Perry, Caesalpinia gilliesii, California drought, Carol Bornstein, Cistus Nursery, David Fross, dry garden, Dustin Gimbel Second Nature Garden Design, Emily Green Chance of Rain, Emily Green's After the Lawn, Hymenolepis parviflora, KCET In-Ground Gardens, Lambley Nursery, Landscape Plants for California Gardens, lawn rebate programs, Long Beach City College Dept of Horticulture, Mark Bittman, Pacific Horticulture, Reimagining the California Lawn, Sphaeralcea 'Newleaze Coral', Verbascum undulatum | 7 Comments

streetside; rainy day house & gardens

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Denise

(alluding to Joni Mitchell’s Rainy Night House) I recently read that Taylor Swift wanted the part in a movie on Mitchell. I see Swift’s photo all over the Internet, but it wasn’t until Sunday that I finally heard one of … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, design, driveby gardens, garden ornament, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Acacia iteaphylla, Aloe marlothii, Aloe striata, Annie's Annuals & Perennials Nursery, Asphodeline lutea, Big Daddy's Antiques, Big Red Sun, Brahea armata, Dymondia margaretae, International Garden Center, Joni Mitchell's Rainy Night House, Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, Merwilla plumbea, Mexican Blue Palm, Pedilanthus bracteatus, Scilla natalensis dwarf, Scilla peruviana, Venice | 13 Comments

Bloom Day February 2015

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Denise

Bloom Day — you know the drill. (And if you don’t and somehow stumbled here unwittingly, just calm down and see May Dreams Gardens for some helpful background by Carol.) I bought this Banksia ericifolia from a newish nursery in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Abutilon venosum, Aloe 'Always Red', Aloe 'Moonglow', Aloe cameronii, Anigozanthos 'Little Jean', Banksia ericifolia, Canna indica, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Leucadendron 'Safari Goldstrike', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Pelargonium echinatum, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Veltheimia bracteata | 11 Comments

Bloom Day October 2014

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Denise

Guest-hosted by Evie the Cat. Not another Bloom Day…and you’ve got nuthin’ Wait, I got it! Why don’t you show them your nerines?* Let’s see what else we’ve got… Evie, those aren’t blooms! I better take over. Bloom on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, creatures, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Emilia javanica 'Irish Poet', Evie the cat, fall-blooming bulbs, Manihot esculenta 'Variegata', Nerine sarniensis, Salvia 'Love and Wishes', Senecio anteuphorbium, Solanum pyracanthum, South African bulbs | 8 Comments

favorites 4/10/14

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Denise

Loree at Danger Garden shares her favorite plants in the garden every week, and spring is a good time to join in, when so much is fleeting and the turnover in favorites comes at a rapid pace. True, that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, Plant Portraits | Tagged Agave 'Jaws', Albuca canadensis, Albuca maxima, Loree Bohl/Danger Garden, Stipa gigantea | 4 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

the Climbing Onion, Bowiea volubilis

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Denise

It must be pretty obvious by now that I’m refusing to look at the big, end-of-summer picture. So I’m offering another micro plant portrait, the South African Climbing Onion. Logee’s calls Bowiea volubilis “an old favorite.” If so, this old … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, Plant Portraits | Tagged Bowiea volubilis, climbing onion, Dustin Gimbel, hanging plants, Logee's Greenhouses, South African bulb, Venice Garden & Home Tour 2013 | 2 Comments

Echeveria agavoides ‘Ebony’

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Denise

Seen at the 2013 Inter-City Cactus & Succulent Show held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum over the weekend. Once again, on the show table, not the sales table. Echeveria agavoides ‘Ebony,’ intensely desirable and chronically unavailable. Is it going … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, plant nurseries, succulents | Tagged Boophone disticha, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Echeveria agavoides 'Ebony', Grevillea 'Moonlight', Inter-City Cactus Show & Sale, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, plant sales, plantzafrica.com, San Marcos Growers, Urginea maritima | 20 Comments

scenes from the garden 7/6/13

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Denise

There’s an unspoken Upstairs/Downstairs, front garden/back garden dynamic at home, as I suspect there is with most hands-on gardens. Most of the front garden isn’t tinkered with much anymore, needs little attention, more of just keeping an eye on sizes. … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Calamintha nepeta 'Gottlieb Friedkund., Cuphea viscosissima, Digging Dog Nursery, Dymondia margaretae, eucomis, Euphorbia atropurpurea, Phormium 'Alison Blackman', proteaceae family | 7 Comments