Tag Archives: Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
new and semi-new plants
perky pilocereus at OC Succulents What plants have grabbed your attention lately? Last week I was chasing down a hard-to-find compact form of one of California’s native buckwheats, Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum. The Grow Native nursery at Rancho Santa Ana … Continue reading
Posted in plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits
Tagged Acacia 'Cousin Itt', Callistemon 'Bottle Pop', Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet', Chilopsis linearis 'Desert Diva', Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum, Hesperaloe 'Pink Parade', Hesperaloe ‘Desert Flamenco’, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, Lavandula 'Silver Anouk', Mountain States Wholesale Nursery, Nicholas Staddon, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Salvia curviflora, Tagetes lemmonii 'Compacta', Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery, UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars, Village Nurseries
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summer in Judy Horton’s garden
A couple weekends ago, the Southern California Horticultural Society hosted another “Coffee in the Garden,” and included was a garden that I had been advised not to miss should it come up for tour. (Thank you, Shirley Watts!) For her … Continue reading
Posted in artists, design, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia boormanii, Aloe plicatilis, Beechwood Canyon, begonias, Blechnum brasiliense, CA, Echeveria agavoides, garden designer Judy Horton, Hollywood, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, Southern California Horticultural Society, Teucrium fruticans
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blooming kalanchoes
Leaves, leaves, extravagantly shaped, juicy leaves. It’s all about the leaves with succulents. Or is it? There are a couple kalanchoes in bloom now I’ve been noticing around town, Kalanchoe luciae with striking vertical spires, and Kalanchoe orgyalis, with lime … Continue reading
suitcase plants
Any plant is potentially a suitcase plant as far as I’m concerned, but these agaves and the Euphorbia ammak would present especially prickly challenges. Though I suppose, like anything, where there’s a will, there’s a way. But TSA might be … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged "Can You Take Plants on an Airplane?", Agastache 'Summer Glow', begonias, Dan Heims, Euphorbia ammak, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, LAX Encounter, Long Island, New York, Pennisetum 'Jade Princess', Planting Fields Arboretum, Plectranthus 'Emerald Lace', Terra Nova Nurseries
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OC Mart Mix needs to host a garden show
Another weekend misspent ostensibly holiday shopping (why pretend?), but in actuality just enjoying plants and landscapes, these courtesy of The OC Mart Mix. Although The OC Mart Mix was patterned after the Ferry Building gourmet marketplace in San Francisco, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave vilmoriniana, Cornerstone Sonoma, Ferry Building Marketplace San Francisco, Inside Out 365, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, OC Mart Mix, Rolling Greens Costa Mesa, Senecio mandraliscae, The Late Show, The Late Show Gardens
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221 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
From the tenth floor looks like this: And at ground level. Aloes, furcraea, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, Senecio mandraliscae, Dichondra argentea. One of the most successful public plantings of succulents I’ve seen around town. It’s been at least five years since I … Continue reading