Tag Archives: Agave ovatifolia

multifaceted Mirador house, Austin TX

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Denise

Heroic in scale, the agaves and Cor-Ten steel undulating walls wet with rain, topped by a grove of Yucca rostrata at the rear entrance to the property. I was so intrigued by this garden I visited in Austin earlier this … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, design, garden travel, garden visit | Tagged Agave ovatifolia, Austin, COR-TEN steel, Curt Arnette, Garden Bloggers Fling 2018, LaRue Architects, Yucca rostrata | 13 Comments

wrap-up; Garden Bloggers Fling Austin 2018

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Denise

the last night’s post-tour dinner in a field of larkspur Austin opened its friendly arms wide, Texas-style, in a full-circle welcome to garden bloggers from all over the world. These annual soirees and orgies of garden touring and plant talk … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers | Tagged Agave ovatifolia, Articulture Designs, Austin, Garden Bloggers Fling 2018, hesperaloe, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center | 11 Comments

Agave ovatifolia

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Denise

Treasured for being on the short list of agaves hardy to zone 7, this imposing agave is no less desirable in warmer zones. My recently planted ‘Frosty Blue’ has a ways to go before it looks like this: Photos of … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, MB Maher, Occasional Daily Photo | Tagged Agave ovatifolia, MB Maher | 8 Comments

Garden Bloggers Fling 2013; Organic Mechanics Garden

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Denise

The first garden on Friday was created in the courtyard between two apartment buildings originally gifted to twin sisters by their father in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The Organic Mechanics, James Pettigrew and Sean Stout, see opportunity where … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, design, garden travel | Tagged Agave ovatifolia, Garden Bloggers Fling 2013 San Francisco, James Pettigrew and Sean Stout, Leucadendron linifolium, Organic Mechanics, salvage | 7 Comments

Sherman Gardens & Library

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Denise

I took the day off yesterday to check out some local nurseries for dahlias and eucomis in flower. (All my eucomis were bought as bulbs, some with leaves purportedly of varieties as dark or darker than ‘Oakhurst,’ but all instead … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave 'Royal Spine', Agave ferdinandi-regis, Agave macroacantha 'Blue Ribbon', Agave ovatifolia, Begonia luxurians, Echinocactus grusonii, Eriogonum giganteum, Matthew V. Maggio, Nicolaia elatior, Pacific Horticulture, Sherman Library & Gardens, succulent garden | 7 Comments

Come Any Time

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Denise

Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino (Pasadena), California. MB Maher and I visited on Saturday, May 28, 2011. As I wrote here, one of the reasons we visited on Saturday was to catch some puyas in bloom. But there’s always … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, MB Maher, succulents | Tagged Aeonium percarneum, Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave franzosinii, Agave ovatifolia, Bromelia balansae, Colletia paradoxa, Cussonia spicata, Echeveria agavoides, Euphorbia ambohipotsiensis, Euphorbia atropurpurea, Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society, Puya spathacea, Puya venusta, San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society | 10 Comments