{"id":4740,"date":"2010-06-17T01:55:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T05:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2010-06-17T01:55:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T05:55:37","slug":"succulents-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"Succulents on Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Glass mulch can be a pricy indulgence, one I don&#8217;t often make.  But I was recently given a pound of some icy mulch from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingresources.org\/index.htm\">Building REsources<\/a> in San Francisco.  Why can&#8217;t I always get presents like this?  What luxury to plunge one&#8217;s hands into a whole sack of this stuff and dress up whatever pot needs a little icing.  Rich as Croesus is how I feel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/?action=view&#038;current=616suc2004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/616suc2004.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Icy chips for Senecio medley-woodii and Sedum dasyphyllum var. major.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/?action=view&#038;current=616twi002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/616twi002.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Aeonium balsamiferum used to be upright, a tower of leafy rosettes, but then maturity and gravity caused its branches to tumble down (happens to plants too), which exposed bare soil on the surface of the pot.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/?action=view&#038;current=616twi006.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/616twi006.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today when I passed by the collapsed aeonium pot, I  remembered that, for the moment at least, I was flush with glass mulch.  This hand-thrown pot, brought back in a suitcase from an English pottery, made the trip back intact, only to get chipped here at home, but the aeonium now happily exploits the flaw and spills through the breach.   I ultimately decided to tuck in a couple echeverias I had handy into the soil around its collapsed branches.   And then I topped it off with a little glass mulch for good measure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/?action=view&#038;current=616twi023.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/616twi023.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just like everything else horticultural, fine glass and stone mulches can be addicting.  There&#8217;s a new store in town, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exoticpebbles.com\/\">Exotic Pebbles &#038; Aggregates<\/a> that I can&#8217;t wait to check out.<\/big> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass mulch can be a pricy indulgence, one I don&#8217;t often make. But I was recently given a pound of some icy mulch from Building REsources in San Francisco. Why can&#8217;t I always get presents like this? 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