Tag Archives: Agave geminiflora

gardens without borders

This corner of my small, jam-packed garden is where it gets crazy. Okay, okay. Crazier. This east end of the garden kind of horseshoes around this collection of containers, with the main sitting area (and more containers) off to the … Continue reading

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Bloom Day August 2014

August? Come in, August. Ground control to August? August: Um, we’re in a bit of a holding pattern here. Over. Repetition seems to be a hallmark of my summer Bloom Day posts. It’s been the usual suspects all summer. Still, … Continue reading

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bloom Day, pots and containers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Agave geminiflora

Agave geminiflora spangled in morning dew is one of my favorite sights these mornings. Slow growing, doesn’t offset, rare denizen of open oak woodland in Mexico, and just about everybody agrees the best thing in a container since Nutella. The … Continue reading

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Occasional Daily Photo, pots and containers | Tagged , | 2 Comments

November garden dispatches

We all have our favorite months in the garden. Our sentiments aside, the November garden continues sending out dispatches, oblivious to any seasonal bias. dispatches from plectranthus tillandsias and cryptbergias urgent communications from Echeveria gigantea Candy-corn-colored Morse code from Mina … Continue reading

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Rediscovering Agave guadalajarana

My memory of the name of this agave planted years ago in the front garden went as far as guada-something. Easy enough to plug in a partial search string, right? Yet searches always narrowed down to the most likely suspect, … Continue reading

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, succulents | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments