Tag Archives: restios

West Los Angeles Nursery Crawl

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Denise

I don’t explore West Los Angeles and Santa Monica nearly enough, since getting there means battling some of the worst traffic in Southern California. But yesterday afternoon I had to work in the 1800 block of Sawtelle, roughly between Olympic … Continue reading →

Posted in plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged Billbergia nutans, Elegia fistulosa, Hashimoto Nursery, Kalanchoe 'Fantastic', Los Angeles Flower Market, Queen's Tears bromeliad, restios, San Marcos Growers, Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum, The Jungle, Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery | 3 Comments

Laughter in the Distance

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Denise

Not a title to a pulpy romance novel but a snippet of Hinkley’s hilarious prose from his infamous Heronswood nursery catalogues. (The nursery was opened in 1987, bought by Burpee in 2000 and closed by them in 2006.) The catalogues … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, essay, Plant Portraits | Tagged Begonia grandis, Ceanothus thrysiflorus var. griseus 'Kurt Zadnik, Clematis recta, Dan Hinkley, Embothrium coccineum, Garden Cottage Nursery, Heronswood, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Monrovia, Olearia 'Henry Travers', restios, Rhodocoma capensis, Roger Raiche, Roger's Gardens, Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain', Stiga gigantea, Vita Sackville-West, Windcliff | 6 Comments