Category Archives: succulents
this week in plants
My Portland friend Loree at Danger Garden collects impressions of favorite plants at the end of the month, so I put together a contribution of what’s catching my eye this week. I’m enjoying how the Verbascum bombyciferum echoes the rosette … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Abutilon venosum, Agave 'Dragon Toes', Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Albuca maxima, Canna indica, Cistus 'Snow Fire', Crambe maritima, dyckia, Echium simplex, Hymenolepis parviflora, Manihot grahamii, Phlomis lanata, Solanum pyracanthum, Sonchus congestus, Verbascum bombyciferum
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CSSA 2015 Biennial Convention, June 14-19, 2015
agave at South Coast Botanic Garden, a former open pit mine for diatomite extraction, then landfill, now botanic garden I should probably split this glut of information into several posts, but if I don’t sit down right now and do … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, commerce, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt', Agave guiengola 'Moto Sierra', Agave isthmensis 'Rum Runner', Aloe 'Martha Layhew, aloes, Brian Kemble, Buck and Yvonne Hemenway, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, CSSA 2015 Biennial Convention, Huntington Botanical Garden, Karen Zimmerman's aloes, Kelly Griffin, Osa pulchra, Panayoti Kelaidis, Pitzer College, Schefflera 'Nova', Sedum dendroideum 'Colossus', South African plants
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streetside; rainy day house & gardens
(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
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a February visit to the Huntington desert garden
I got caught in a rainstorm at the Huntington’s desert garden yesterday, which was magical. Storm warning
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, succulents
Tagged Agave attenuata 'Boutin's Blue', Agave vilmoriana, Aloe 'Goldilocks', Aloe 'Kujo', Aloe 'Sophie', Aloe bussei, Aloe castanea, Aloe chaubadii, Aloe dorothea, Aloe erinacea, Aloe percrassa, Aloe sinkatana, Aloe striata, Aloe vanbalenii, Aloidendron 'Hercules', Huntington Botanic Garden Desert Garden
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2015 Dates to Remember
I’ve been working on 2015 plants sales and plant show dates under the heading Dates to Remember, top of the page. Please feel free to send along info on anything I’ve missed or something worthy that must not go unmentioned. … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, succulents
Tagged 2015 garden travel, 2015 plant sales, AZ, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix
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Bloom Day February 2015
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
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Saturday clippings 2/14/15
Valentine’s Day would seem to demand a quote on love, and this one by Rilke sums it up well: Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. No, I didn’t grab a book off the … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave vilmoriniana 'Stained Glass', Bowiea volubilis, mangaves, Rainer Maria Rilke, Russell Woodard Sculptura chairs, Russell Woodard spun fiberglass table and chairs
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Bloom Day January 2015
It wouldn’t do to start the new year off skipping the first Bloom Day, which is technically the 15th of every month, but our host Carol (May Dreams Gardens) doesn’t seem to mind slackers. Helleborus argutifolius, the last plant remaining, … Continue reading
Occasional Daily Weather Report 1/2/15
The thrumming of little portable heaters has been the constant background noise here at home in these brand-new days of the new year. A post-holiday chest cold has descended on the entire household, which has left me fit for nothing … Continue reading