Category Archives: agaves, woody lilies

wednesday vignettes 5/2/18

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Denise

More Palm Springs-style landscape architecture from the recent Pasadena Garden Conservancy Open Days, in this case overlooking a deep arroyo, with some of the foothills’ iconic bridges in the distance. The landscape design zealously protects views and is as much … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, climate, design, garden visit, succulents | Tagged Garden Conservancy Open Days, landscape architecture, Nord Eriksson, Pasadena | 3 Comments

monday clippings 4/30/18

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Denise

Have you checked on your dudleyas lately? (“Stolen succulents: California hipster plants at center of smuggling crisis; Demand in China and Korea has led to thousands of dudleya being stolen from California as officials lament ‘plant poaching.”) Lots of pruning … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, cut flowers, design, pots and containers | Tagged Acacia craspedocarpa, Adenanthos sericeus, Centaurea ragusina, Centranthus lecoqii, Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings' | 4 Comments

Garden Conservancy Open Days season (Pasadena)

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Denise

The Garden Conservancy Open Days season is upon us, and I want to go to every single open garden, from here to Maine. Be sure to check the schedule for when gardens reasonably close to you will be included on … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, climate, design, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers | Tagged Garden Conservancy Open Days, landscape architecture, Nord Eriksson, Pasadena | 7 Comments

rainy thursday 4/19/18

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Denise

Would you look at that — wet pavement! The corrugated roof on the pergola starting lightly pinging about 7 a.m., and I froze stock still and listened. Could it be? The clouds seemed indecisive for a few minutes, like they’d … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, climate, clippings, journal, Occasional Daily Weather Report, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aloe peglerae x marlothii, Berlandiera lyrata, Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor', Phlomis 'Sunningdale Gold', Salvia carduacea, sarracenia leucophylla 'Tarnok' | 5 Comments

scenes from the popup (big thank you!)

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Denise

photos by MB Maher Here’s a look at the tables as they were first set up, before the sale. Dustin Gimbel’s footed “log” pots were a big hit and sold out. (Luckily, you can find the “Gimbel Marbelized Trunk Planter” … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, commerce, design, garden ornament, MB Maher, photography, plant nurseries, plant sales, pop-up, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged Albuca spiralis, ceramics, Dustin Gimbel Designs, Eric Trine, Grigsby Cactus Gardens, Hazel Jewelry, Heal the Bay, Kevin Sheby Half Light Bindery, Phylica pubescens, Potted gifts for the garden, Rhipsalis crispata, River LA, Surfrider Foundation, Theodore Payne Foundation, Urban Americana, Wilder California | 7 Comments

Monday clippings 3/19/18 (upcoming pop-up!)

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Denise

On the heels of these most welcome, intermittent March rains, the poppies have exploded into growth and tumbled quickly into bloom. Papaver setigerum, a friend of the garden since at least 2010, like all annual poppies, ultimately transforms itself into … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, commerce, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave kerchovei 'Huajuapan Red', Aloe peglerae x marlothii, Dustin Gimbel, Papaver setigerum, pop-up shop, Urban Americana | 9 Comments

the week in plants 3/16/18

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Denise

I’m seeing Euphorbia rigida in bloom on all the garden blogs now, in my own garden, and here at the Entrance Garden at the Huntington Botanical Garden. The euphorbia is seen here with Sea Squill, Urginea maritima, a bulb that … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Euphorbia rigida, Huntington Botanical Gardens | 7 Comments

weekend plans

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Denise

Any big plans this weekend? We’re promised some rain, so it won’t be warm enough for pool parties. I’m meeting up with a friend this Sunday at the Huntington. While she’s traveling in Southern California, she’ll be visiting another garden … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, succulents | Tagged Ganna Walska, International Women's Day, Lotusland | 2 Comments

this week in the garden; more silver leaves

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Denise

Silver plants have sneakily become a new obsession. I should qualify that as unfamiliar silver plants, ones I haven’t grown before, and I’ve grown a lot. (Last year’s silver crush was the Afghan fig ‘Silver Lyre,’ mail-ordered from Cistus, a … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, journal, plant crushes | Tagged Agave celsii, Agave mitis var. albidior, Agave salmiana var. ferox 'Medio Picta', Bocconia frutescens, Centaurea ragusina, Dianthus caryophyllus 'Single Black', dry garden, Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum, Ficus afghanistanica 'Silver Lyre', Hazardia detonsa, Lavandula 'Silver Anouk', Plectranthus argentatus, Salvia pachyphylla, silver leaves | 7 Comments

friday clippings 2/16/18

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Denise

dark background is the creeping fig wall (Ficus pumila covering 6-foot high CMU wall, extending 2 feet up from the top, for a privacy-enhancing 8-foot wall) It’s been an incredibly balmy week in Los Angeles, notwithstanding a teasingly insufficient bit … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, clippings, design, garden travel, journal, MB Maher, pots and containers | Tagged California, Jay Griffith, Lomandra 'Platinum Beauty', Venice | 8 Comments