Tag Archives: San Marcos Growers

Occasional Daily Weather Report; Thomas Fire’s impact on gardens and plant nurseries

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Denise

Stepping out the back door this morning, my skin instantaneously felt the difference. Running to check the hygrometer on the front porch, that immediate sense of all-encompassing hydration was confirmed. The needle registered over 90 per cent humidity. The pergola … Continue reading →

Posted in climate, Occasional Daily Weather Report, plant nurseries | Tagged Australian Native Plants Nursery, Instagram, Lotusland, San Marcos Growers, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Taft Garden | 10 Comments

low and green

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Denise

I’ve got to say it’s been a long time coming, but it’s still just a tiny bit surreal to wake up every day to more MSM coverage on lawns, and by extension, the plants that will have to replace lawns. … Continue reading →

Posted in design, Plant Portraits | Tagged artificial turf, California water restrictions, dry gardens, Las Pilitas Nursery, lawn removal rebates, Myoporum parviflorum, nurseryman/garden designer John Greenlee, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, San Marcos Growers | 8 Comments

weekend nursery browse

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Denise

On the way to dropping off a holiday wreath at my mom’s on Sunday, I stopped for a walkabout at H&H nursery, located on Lakewood Blvd. in a power line easement near the 91 freeway. I was hoping to find … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave titanota, Aloe 'Hercules', Aloe 'Rooikappie', Corokia cotoneaster, Correa 'Ivory Bells', Cynthia Giddy, Dichondra argentea., Euphorbia pseudocactus, H&H Nursery, Joy Creek Nursery, Kalanchoe beharensis, Little Red Riding Hood aloe, Notocactus magnificus, ozothamnus, San Marcos Growers | 7 Comments

friday agave love

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Denise

I had a paycheck a couple weeks back that was bigger than expected, so that’s when my ongoing cold inspection of every variegated octopus agave on offer around town turned into hot acquisition. Always expensive, always a little bit beat … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave franzosinii, Agave gypsophila 'Ivory Curls', Agave vilmoriniana 'Stained Glass', Agave x leopoldii, Cante Institute and Botanic Garden in San Miguel de Allende, Charles Glass, Guanajuato, International Garden Center, Mexico, octopus agave, potted agaves, San Marcos Growers, variegated agaves | 11 Comments

Gastrolobium ‘Bronze Butterfly’

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Denise

Before September turns the corner into fall, when my garden plans will predictably revive and become hopeful and catalogue-driven once again, it’s a good opportunity to take a clear-eyed look at the survivors. The survivors are once-treasured plants that slowly … Continue reading →

Posted in plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged Australian Native Plants Nursery, Brachysema praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly', Gastrolobium praemorsum 'Bronze Butterfly', Gastrolobium sericeum 'Black Form', Palos Verdes Begonia Farm, San Marcos Growers, Thamnochortus insignis | 9 Comments

back on the home front

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Denise

It’s finally happening. Miraculously, after a couple close calls resulting in an almost fatal wilt, Musschia wollastonii has survived and begun to hoist up that much-anticipated chartreuse candelabra of blooms. The Madeira Giant Bellflower must be an unforgettable sight in … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, garden travel, journal, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aeonium 'Zwartkop', Agapanthus 'Gold Strike', Agave 'Tradewinds', Agave attenuata 'Boutin's Blue', Aristolochia fimbriata, Australian Native Plants, Calamintha nepeta 'Gottlieb Friedkund., Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise, Cistus Nursery, Corokia virgata 'Sunsplash', Crambe maritima, Crassula pruinosa, Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', Cussonia gamtoosensis, Dan Hinkley, Digging Dog Nursery, Emilia javanica 'Irish Poet', Eryngium padanifolium, Eucalyptus 'Moon Lagoon', Euphorbia ammak, Far Reaches Farm, Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons', Garden Bloggers Fling 2014 Portland, Hayefield Seeds, Hibiscus trionum, Jo O'Connell, Leucadendron 'Ebony', Lotus jacobaeus, Mirabilis jalapa 'Limelight', Musschia wollastonii, Nan Onda, Olearia virgata v. lineata 'Dartonii, Pennisetum 'Sky Rocket', Prostranthera ovalifolia 'Variegata, Pseudobombax ellipticum, San Marcos Growers, Tagetes 'Cinnabar', Variegated Tataki Grass, Windcliff | 14 Comments

Agave parryi ‘Cream Spike’

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Denise

This is such a sweet agave for containers. Under a foot across in ultimate size, it is nevertheless a busy little mother. Just before its photo, I had cleaned out the offsets it produces so freely, which I’ll grow on … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Agave applanata 'Cream Spike', Agave parryi 'Cream Spike', San Marcos Growers | 4 Comments

Alstroemeria ‘Rock & Roll’ (consider yourself warned)

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Denise

A mind-numbing, eye-hemorrhaging, variegated alstroemeria has been unleashed at Southern California nurseries this spring. I reached for the camera phone when I saw big displays at two nurseries over the weekend. Alstroemeria ‘Rock & Roll.’ The tag predicts that it … Continue reading →

Posted in plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged Alstroemeria 'Rock & Roll', Alstroemeria psittacina, Monrovia, San Marcos Growers, Tesselaar International, variegated plants | 5 Comments

Asparagus virgatus

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Denise

There’s not a lot of fern action in my dry, sunny garden, much to my regret, but in the front garden on the north side of the house, planted in the parched gloom at the foundation line, a fern is … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged ' Plant Delights Nursery, African Broom Fern, Agave attenuata, Asparagus virgatus, Astelia nervosa, dry shade, San Marcos Growers | 5 Comments

Kalanchoe ‘Oak Leaf’

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Denise

Wonderful architectural bloom trusses on this 5-gallon kalanchoe at Lincoln Avenue Nursery in Pasadena. Was this a Kalanchoe beharensis in flower? The leaves at the base of the plant were difficult to see without disturbing the careful display. The San … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Dwarf Velvet Plant, Euphorbia tirucalli, John Greenlee, Kalanchoe 'Oak Leaf', Kalanchoe beharensis x K. millot, Lincoln Avenue Nursery, San Marcos Growers | Leave a comment