Tag Archives: Huntington Botanical Garden

new entry gardens at the Huntington; form, color, texture & time

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Denise

On the 14th of this month I attended a lecture by Huntington Botanical Gardens head gardener Seth Baker entitled “The 4D Garden; Landscape Design Using Form, Color, Texture, and Time.” If I understood correctly, it was his first such public … Continue reading →

Posted in design | Tagged Catherine Dee, Form & Fabric in Landscape Architecture, Huntington Botanical Garden, Leucadendron argenteum, Seth Baker | 9 Comments

wednesday vignette 3/21/18

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Denise

When I last visited the Huntington a couple weeks ago, I mentioned to my friend that I had yet to visit the new Chinese Garden. (I should say “newish,” because the first phase was completed ten years ago!) That’s some … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit | Tagged Chinese garden design, Garden of Flowing Fragrance, Huntington Botanical Garden, Liu Fang Yuan | 4 Comments

some upcoming dates October 2017

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Denise

I was at the Huntington last Sunday to attend a talk by author Andrea Wulf (“The Invention of Nature“) on Alexander von Humboldt. If Ms. Wulf has scheduled speaking engagements in your area, I urge you to attend. She is … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, clippings, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged "Natural Discourse", a, Andrea Wulf's The Invention of Nature, Artistic License Fair, Cornerstone Sonoma, Dr. Alejandro de Avila, Dustin Gimbel, Fullerton Arboretum, Huntington Botanical Garden, LA County Arboretum fall plant sale, Mediterranean Garden Society, Oaxaca Ethnobotanical Garden, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, San Diego Botanic Garden, Shirley Watts, Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery, U.C. Riverside Botanic Garden, Visual Voyages | 6 Comments

growing up with palms

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Denise

After checking out the CSSA sale at the Huntington recently, per usual, I roamed around the botanical gardens for a while, clutching my little box with the newly acquired Euphorbia clavigera. I must have juggled that euphorbia and my camera … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits | Tagged Bismarckia nobilis, Brahea armata, Brisbane Box, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Dypsis decaryi Triangle Palm, Emily Green, Huntington Botanical Garden, Lophostemon confertus, Southern California palms, Washingtonia filifera | 8 Comments

roll out the barrel(s)

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Denise

I know spiky agaves in the garden make some people nervous, but lovers of architectural plants for the dry garden can get into a lot more trouble than an agave. The golden barrel cactus has recently gotten under my skin, … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, succulents | Tagged Crassula pubescens ssp. radicans, Echeveria agavoides, Echinocactus grusonii, Huntington Botanical Garden, Sherman Library & Gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden | 13 Comments

the siren call of cycads

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Denise

a local Long Beach front garden, zone 10, south-facing exposure I recently chanced upon a house and garden that I used to drive by a lot more frequently. Habits change, errands take one in a different direction, and in that … Continue reading →

Posted in garden visit, Plant Portraits | Tagged California, Cycad Day 10/24/15, cycads, Fallbrook, Huntington Botanical Garden, Lotusland, Palm & Cycad Exchange, The Cycad Society | 13 Comments

signs of fall

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Denise

Fall doesn’t announce itself ceremoniously draped in dramatic curtains of crimson and gold. We’re a little, ahem, minimalist and understated here in Southern California as far as seasonal transitions. But there are many autumnal similarities we share. Like everyone in … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Adenanthos sericeus, Aeonium 'Zwartkop', Aeonium hierrense, Agave 'Snow Glow', Agave sisalana ‘Variegata’, Aloe 'Hercules', Anemone japonica, Euphorbia ammak variegata, Euphorbia lambii, Grevillea 'Moonlight', Huntington Botanical Garden, Jim Folsom, Natural Discourse; Flora & Fauna 10/17/15, Rancho Los Alamitos | 10 Comments

CSSA 2015 Biennial Convention, June 14-19, 2015

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Denise

agave at South Coast Botanic Garden, a former open pit mine for diatomite extraction, then landfill, now botanic garden I should probably split this glut of information into several posts, but if I don’t sit down right now and do … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, commerce, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt', Agave guiengola 'Moto Sierra', Agave isthmensis 'Rum Runner', Aloe 'Martha Layhew, aloes, Brian Kemble, Buck and Yvonne Hemenway, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, CSSA 2015 Biennial Convention, Huntington Botanical Garden, Karen Zimmerman's aloes, Kelly Griffin, Osa pulchra, Panayoti Kelaidis, Pitzer College, Schefflera 'Nova', Sedum dendroideum 'Colossus', South African plants | 7 Comments

counting euphorbias

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Denise

Tis the season to celebrate euphorbias, since many of us will be living with or gifting/regifting one of its tribe over the next couple weeks, the poinsettia. Call me scrooge, but I’d much rather think about the ones planted in … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged ' Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow', Annie's Annuals & Perennials Nursery, Dustin Gimbel Second Nature Garden Design, Euphorbia 'Silver Swan, Euphorbia 'Tasmanian Tiger', Euphorbia atropurpurea, Euphorbia ceratocarpa, Euphorbia characias wulfeniii, Euphorbia lambii, Euphorbia mauritanica, Euphorbia mellifera, Euphorbia nicaeensis, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Euphorbiaceae, euphorbias, Huntington Botanical Garden, John Raven, Native Sons plant nursery, Rebecca Sweet, Sarah Raven | 10 Comments

The Kashmir Cypress

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Denise

A pre-dinner garden tour at Dustin’s. “What is it?” I asked. “You asked me that last time,” he answered patiently. “It’s psoralea.” “Oh, the Kool-Aid something or other?” (Strange, how memory works.) “Right,” he explained, “from Annie’s.” His psoralea is … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Annies Annuals, bocconia, Cedrus deodara 'Feelin' Blue', Cupressus cashmeriana, Dustin Gimbel, Echeveria agavoides, Huntington Botanical Garden, Kashmir cypress, Nancy Goslee Power, Orostachys iwarenge, Power of Gardens, Psoralea pinnata, San Marcos Growers | 7 Comments