Category Archives: succulents

Foliage Followup February 2012

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Denise

Pam at Digging hosts this sequel to Bloom Day on the 16th of each month, a chance to stand up for photosynthesis and plead a case for the slighted leaf, doomed in most gardens to forever playing second fiddle to … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aloe polyphylla, Argyranthemum haouarytheum, Foliage Followup, MB Maher, Portulaca molokiniensis | 10 Comments

mid-week garden jaunt

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Denise

There is a beloved, family-owned nursery in Pasadena that, over the past couple years, has become breathtakingly expensive. My now-20-foot Chinese fringe tree was bought here as a sapling they raised from seed. Many of my agaves were found here, … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, plant nurseries, succulents | Tagged acacias, Aloe dolomitica, Aloe vanbalenii, aloes, Chionanthus retusus, Golden Barrel Cactus Echinocactus grusonii, Huntington Botanical Gardens, Montezuma cypress, opuntia, puyas, Romagna Purple artichokes, veltheimia | 4 Comments

Inner Gardens, Los Angeles

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Denise

Hat tip to Miss Rumphius’ Rules for recently blogging on Inner Gardens, which put the sliver in my brain to check out *Stephen Block’s garden antiques emporium in Culver City. Today I worked just a couple miles down the road … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Cactus & Succulent Society of America, hoyas, Inner Gardens, Kalanchoe beharensis, Kalanchoe orgyalis, Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, Stephen Block | 5 Comments

Tuesday’s children

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Denise

Monday’s child is fair of face Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go, Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for a living, But the child … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, Occasional Daily Weather Report, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Brent and Becky's Bulbs, Cape Hyacinth, Dianthus carthusianorum, Digging Dog Nursery, Echeveria multicaulis 'Copper Roses', Haloragis erecta, Lachenalia 'Romaud', Lotus jacobaeus, Occasional Daily Weather Report, Pelargonium sidoides, plant nurseries, pots and containers, Robin Parer's Geraniaceae plant nursery, Salvia karwinskii | Category: Bulbs, succulents | 3 Comments

Bloom Day January 2012

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Denise

Bloom Day brought the rain back. A solid month of dry weather and blue skies was getting very tedious. Thank you, Carol! And congratulations on five years of hosting Bloom Days at May Dreams Gardens. Much of what was blooming … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, succulents | Tagged Anigozanthos 'Gold Velvet', Begonia luxurians, Centratherum punctatum, Cotyledon macrantha, Echeveria agavoides, Euphorbia rigida, Gerbera 'Drakensberg Carmine', Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight', Helleborus argutifolius, Lantana montevidensis, Pantone Color of the Year Tangerine Tango, Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', Salvia chiapensis, Senecio rowleyanus | 6 Comments

Occasional Daily Weather Report 1/4/12

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Denise

Unusual for January 4, 80 degrees, dry, and piercingly blue sky. Sweaty weather for garden work. Great weather if you’re a succulent.

Posted in Occasional Daily Weather Report, succulents | Tagged echeverias, Kalanchoe grandiflora, Sedum rubrotinctum | 3 Comments

here’s to 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Denise

The usual quiet of my little garden was broken by lots of chatter and laughter in 2011. Thank you! I’ve been entertained, educated, enthralled, and enchanted by our garden blogging community in 2011 and can’t wait to read what you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, creatures, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Astelia chathamica 'Silver Spear, Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca, Dasylirion longissimum, Gerbera 'Drakensberg Carmine', Orlaya grandiflora, Sedum confusum | 8 Comments

holiday cheer

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Denise

the garden has started a holiday party of its own, in a very traditional palette

Posted in Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged aeoniums, crassula, Fuchsia 'Baby Chang', Helleborus argutifolius | 1 Comment

Foliage Followup December 2011

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Denise

400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles Mellon Bank Center An enormous agave (A. weberi?) in a sea of Senecio mandraliscae, ribboning out into massed plantings of dwarf phormium, then masses of a smaller agave, replaced by blocks of feather grass. … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Plant Portraits, succulents, The Hortorialist | Tagged Agave weberi, chalksticks, downtown Los Angeles, Senecio mandraliscae | 3 Comments

bowl of succulents

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Denise

Hoping to do some holiday shopping for the hikers in the family, I drove out to Patagonia’s store at The Camp in Costa Mesa. Also at The Camp is the little shop Organic Designs by Aggelige, where I studied this … Continue reading →

Posted in design, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged California, Echeveria 'Afterflow', Lepismium cruciforme, Orange County, Organic Designs by Aggelige, Portulacaria afra, The Camp Costa Mesa | 9 Comments