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And my mom is on a bus heading north on the Atlantic seaboard to join up with a cruise off the coast of Canada. But there were birthdays to shop for yesterday, so naturally (selfishly?) I headed for a destination that included plants as well as possible gifts, Roger’s Gardens<\/a> in Orange County, California. I always find a little plant shopping helpful before diving into the murky waters of gift shopping.
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Harpochloa falx ‘Compact Black,’ Black Caterpillar Grass, in small 4-inch pots, was too interesting to pass up.
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Aloes and agaves planted in the display beds<\/p>\n

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Some of the agaves, like this A. potatorum, are underplanted with a variegated ceanothus (possibly this one<\/a>).
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And possibly because the jacarandas in the hell strip are treating us to a couple months of purple rain, I’m finding myself suddenly attracted to brooms and lingered to check these out at Roger’s. I’ve made a vow to sweep every day, and sometimes twice a day, lest the dreaded buildup of sticky petals is carried underfoot into every nook and cranny of our lives.<\/p>\n


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Brooms<\/a> and women go waaay back, to the antecedent besom broom, simple twigs tied to a handle.<\/p>\n

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<\/center>Some simple ideas that caught my eye. Possible display for tillandsias.<\/p>\n

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And the very clever florists at Roger’s hung glass lanterns filled with water and leaves.<\/p>\n

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and mossed a beat-up chair, turning it into a fernery<\/p>\n

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Happy Sunday to moms and kids everywhere, a greeting which leaves out absolutely no one and means everyone is entitled to a nice brunch today.<\/p>\n

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