Tag Archives: Agave ‘Blue Flame’
Landscape Crit
A new shopping center was planted with sharp plants four years ago. Agaves, yuccas. I was thrilled but also slightly alarmed.
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave americana, Agave attenuata, Agave desmettiana, Agave parryi var. truncata, Agave weberi 'Arizona Star', California, Del Amo Mall, Salvia greggii, sansevieria, Senecio mandraliscae, The Malling of America by William Severini Kowinski, Torrance, Yucca aloifolia, Yucca rostrata
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Lobelia tupa/Yo-Yo Gardening
I’ve been in a digging mood, which probably dates back to this draft of a post I wrote but never posted on December 28, 2010. A brief shower last Sunday has been the only rain since the December storms, and … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Portraits
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Lobelia tupa, Mesogeo Gardens, Oxalis vulcanicola, The Patient Gardener
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Extraordinary Pots for Extraordinary Plants
I was in the area for work-related business so decided to pay a late-afternoon visit to the California Cactus Center in Pasadena. I’ve had aloes on the brain since visiting the Huntington and wanted to check on the CCC’s aloe … Continue reading