Monthly Archives: June 2011

Bloom Day June 2011

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Denise

I missed yesterday’s Bloom Day post, hosted by May Dreams Gardens, but now need a photo for Digging’s Foliage Follow-Up, always held the day after Bloom Day. Let’s see….blooms and great leaves. Oh, of course. Cannas can do double-duty for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, Plant Portraits | Tagged Canna 'Bengal Tiger' | 4 Comments

How To Set A Picnic

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Denise

Yes, I’m being ironic, since I hadn’t anticipated lavish tableware displays from the outdoor-themed “The Art of Entertaining,” a one-day event held June 15, 2011, at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California. Work had me on the freeways, so … Continue reading →

Posted in design | Tagged Emmo, Hermes, Lalique, outdoor dining, table-top grill, tableware, Villeroy & Boch | 3 Comments

Random Senecio

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Denise

Composite flowers of senecio come paired with an incredible range of leaf forms. A few portraits from one of the largest genera of flowering plants, taken at recent plant shows Senecio fulgens with an Emilia javanica-like flower Senecio tropaeolifolius Senecio … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Emilia javanica, Senecio fulgens, Senecio jacobsenii, Senecio tropaeolifolius | 4 Comments

Succulent Sunday

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Denise

The nice man who I gave all my cash to, talking about a miniature agave from Japan he called ‘Shoji.’ (Unlike many of the Japanese A. potatorum hybrids, this one supposedly grows not much bigger than a poker chip.) Cleaned … Continue reading →

Posted in garden visit, succulents | Tagged Aeonium smithii, Billbergia sanderiana, California Nursery Specialists, Crassula marginalis, Echeveria subrigida, Kalanchoe synsepala, Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society, plant shows, Senecio rowleyanus, Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief | 5 Comments

Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana “Pink Butterflies”

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Denise

The entire name wouldn’t even fit in the post title: Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana ‘Pink Butterflies.’ How fitting that a hybrid with a parent commonly known as ‘Mother of Thousands’ would have a name involving syllables of thousands. I’ve had … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged 'Houghton's Hybrid', A.D. Houghton, Arthur Duvernoix Houghton 1870-1938, Hortus Third, Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana 'Pink Butterflies', Terra Sol Garden Center, website Succulent Gardening; The Art of Nature | 46 Comments

June Leans In

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Denise

Look away briefly, and June overwhelms winter’s carefully laid plans. Since spring in Southern California really gets going in March, by June plant growth is at full throttle. The agaves, succulents, and Mediterranean evergreen shrubs have presented a sedate, enchanting … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Agave titanota, Briza maxima, Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga, crocosmia, Gaura linheimeri, Geum magellanicum, Haloragis erecta, Lobelia tupa, perovskia, Persicaria amplexicaule, Salvia 'wendy's Wish', Salvia cacaliifolia, Teucrium 'Fairy Dust', zone 10 Southern California | 6 Comments

Garden Attire From Koreatown

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Denise

I saw something tangentially related to gardens in the window of a golf shop in Koreatown recently, UV-protective clothing, which gives me the barest of opportunities to write about one of my favorite LA neighborhoods. Los Angeles’ most densely populated … Continue reading →

Posted in design, shop talk | Tagged Ambassador Hotel, Blade Runner, Chapman Market, Kool Dog, Koreatown Los Angeles, Radiohead OK Computer, tattoos, The Wiltern Theater, UV-protective clothing | 4 Comments

The Kitchen Garden Contained

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Denise

Is it possible for a vegetable to reach celebrity status? Tuscan kale has seemingly reached a kind of stardom with both ornamental and vegetable gardeners. Brassica oleracea var. acephala, aka Italian lacinato, Nero Toscano, black kale, dinosaur kale. I grow … Continue reading →

Posted in design, edibles, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged black kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala, climbing squash Trombetta di Albenga, Deborah Silver, dinosaur kale, Italian lacinato, Nero Toscano, Noel Kingsbury, pole bean Trionfo Violetto, small garden, urban garden, Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea' | 4 Comments

Manly Plants

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Denise

I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay. I sleep all night and I work all day. (Manly chorus: He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay He sleeps all night and he works all day) I cut down trees. I eat my lunch. … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Debra Lee Baldwin, Gymnocalycium doppianum, Gymnocalycium multiflorum, Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society, Mammillaria decipiens var. camptotricha, Monty Python, Peter Walkowiak, San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society, Sulcorebutia mentosa, Titanopsis calcarea | 6 Comments

Occasional Daily Photos 6/6/11

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Denise

San Diego Cactus & Succulent Society Plant Show and Sale at Balboa Park (San Diego), California. First-time visit to this amazing show in an open-air courtyard at the Casa Del Prado of Balboa Park. I’ll stick with photos of some … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave lophantha 'Goshiki Bandai', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Crassula capitela, Echeveria agavoides 'Ebony', Euphorbia bupleurifolia | 4 Comments